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Light and dark today! Sunny and cloudy! Quiet now. Workers and all have come and gone. A lot of movement, noise, and activity throughout the day. I went out for a short while to grab a green tea latte and ultimately some food. Soup and sandwich--turkey noodle and toasted ham and cheese. Simple comfort food! Napped for a short time after eating. Felt drowsy but never really slept. Now, I'm feeling hazy and out of kilter. Ate an ice cream bar (vanilla ice cream dipped in dark chocolate). Was good but now it's gone!

I feel like I want to eat some type of food but don't know what. Just a general craving! It's getting close to dinner time. I'll eat a bowl of fruit (as per usual) and see if that mitigates the cravings. Melon, pineapple, mango and papaya--colors and taste delights. Maybe I'll also eat a bit of cheese with the fruit. That's starting to sound great!

MD went shopping with her caregiver, A, today. They brought back a mountain of food--4 or 5 carry bags of stuff. I noted that the whole pile was for just one person. Actually, just one tiny person! Humans are amazing! MD probably feels better when her cupboards are heavily stocked, but when I step back and see the pile, I can't help but wonder. Food enough for the masses!

I'm starting to hear some noises in the kitchen. MD is probably starting her dinner preparations. I have to give her credit--at her age she's doing well in terms of maintaining her independence. Yes, she's rather narrowly focused on what she does and such, but she's still in control. She'll soon turn 97! She reads, writes, cooks, cleans, shops, and more. She's a bit forgetful about recent things but has clear memories of her past. She is model of growing old but keeping on with life.