The subject line is for my benefit. Each day now I take a piece of paper and write “Today’s date is ….” and then follow it with an extremely detailed to do list…

Check out of hotel. Make sure you pay.

Brush your teeth.

Make sure clothes are clean.

Jordan isn’t the only one having trouble with short term memory.

I hear it’s supposed to get to 31 today in Saskatoon. Figures… the kids are back at school. We are finally getting a break from the heat here, woke up to cool breezes and cloudy skies. Thank goodness. Spent yesterday in Jordan’s unairconditioned vehicle, loading it, unloading it, groceries, running errands. I was a sopping wet, red faced rag by the end of the day. I do like driving stick again though – you can get rid of a lot of aggression shifting gears and revving the engine.

Jordan got three 30 minute passes yesterday. There is a walking path alongside a creek right beside the hospital, so that’s where we headed. Right in the heat of the midday sun.

 I took in his Mac laptop and my iPod last evening and he very happily deleted all my “crap top 40” music and moved 2,000 of his favorite songs on to it instead. He spent an hour and a half working on it; playing me songs, talking about the Regina Folk Festival. It was the most “normal” he has looked and sounded in a long time. Of course he still has to throw in a few zingers to keep life interesting (a lady in a pink bathrobe who was desperately trying to escape from the unit is actually an undercover cop trying to get out with the evidence). It is so bizarre.

I am now a resident of the Tiki Shores motel. Bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette. Right on Lakeshore Drive so I can see the lake and feel the breezes. My cell phone doesn’t seem to work that well in the room (I am sure Jordan would have an excellent explanation for that) so if you need me, try the land line.

Greg called the minute he got home – full of regrets about leaving Penticton. I am hoping a couple of hot days at the cabin in the company of Lucas will re-energize him.

 Talk to you soon.