Beach bums and Bed Slugs!

Well its official, we have wheels! I hitched a ride to the airport today and shopped around the rental car counters until I found a sweet deal on a Kia.  Ask yourself this question.  When is the last time I went a week without driving a car?  I've discovered just how much transportation molds my feelings of independence.  Several times Mom and I have been without a vehicle & completely at the mercy of others to get needed items such as medicines and medical care.  In case you're wondering, that really stinks.  So, I went straight from Enterprise rental car to Walgreen's to buy chocolate.....I mean sandals for Mom.  I did buy chocolates.. those Ferrero Roche chocolate nut balls and they were the sweetest tasting honey to my sugar-starved lips as ever a mortal has eaten! I'm justifying straying from the straight and narrow veggie lined path of Hippocrates since it was a bona fide medical emergency.... for Mom that is.  If I didn't have chocolate there may have been an unfortunate situation involving Mom's face and my pillow :>) When I got back I asked Mom if she wanted to go for a ride and to my surprise she said yes.  We drove the 10 or so miles to the ocean front and got out of the vehicle to take some pictures.  Mom had a great time looking at the ocean and there were some birds along the way that she had never seen and was quite interested in.  

God has brought so many great people our way, many of them Christians! One woman brought me some very good probiotics for Mom last night. She said that one of them was great at promoting sleep so we sprayed a few of them in her mouth just before bed. I am very happy to report that Mom slept for 7 straight hours last night, got up for about 1/2 hour and then slept for another 2 hours or so.  We were total bed slugs until about 10:30 am and it felt awesome! Keep praying that Mom gets some good sleep every night.