Well, I tried to keep my new and improved attitude today and it seemed to help. Church was fine and I tried to be less impatient while we had coffee. I do notice how my Dad is changing…he often now forgets to touch the holy water and make the sign of the cross when we go into church and doesn’t make the sign of the cross before he gets into the pew either. Boy did he fall asleep alot today…and we sit RIGHT in front of the priest so it does make me feel a bit abad. Oh well, I keep nudging him and he wakes up. Grocery shopping was o.k. too…..I mean he told me the same story about settling a case in Buffalo the entire time….up each aisle and down each aisle…the same story again and again. But you know, he also sits there and tells me how he doesn’t know what he’d do without me and how much he appreciates everything we do for him. I try to remind him that he not only gave me life but raised me and has helped me all my life, and still does. I know to him that’s not enough though. Anyway—not a bad day. Of course JUST as we started to put the groceries on the checkout lane he said, “oh, what about some doughnuts?” so we set off across the whole damn store to get two doughnuts. I cannot tell you how slowly he moves. But then again while I was getting the receipt from the cashier I looked over and though, “where the hell is Dad?”. He had sped off towards the door so I trotted after—the man can move when he wants to…..

At Leo’s parent-teacher conference his teacher had asked why he wasn’t in Chess Club. I said I DON’T KNOW….we tried to convince him. His best friend is in Chess Club and his best friend’s father is the person who runs it…..and I think all of us thought that Leo’s little analytical serious mind would be perfect for chess…but he had adamently refused. So his teacher asked if we played at home and I admitted that I don’t know how to play chess, but Ernie said he did and it was one of those times that I thought….”ohhh, why didn’t I think of that?”. So we went to the dollar store today (they’d been begging) and after buying a couple of cheap toys we also bought a $1 chess set. So I have been happily watching tv and looking at stuff online while Ernie just played an hour and a half chess game with Leo…… Leo is WAY excited about it though and now Owen is begging to play. Ernie is such a good man……