Today's character still eludes me.
    Usually I have it figured out by now (even though any particular day may, later, prove me wrong). My mother has been up twice, since before 0700 for 45 minute intervals, insisting on smoking (and enduring the waiting period while she comes off the oxygen) but trotting off to bed when I begin to prepare breakfast. I think both arisings were spurred by her subspace noting, in her sleep, of the car engine, as both intervals occurred about 10 minutes after I arrived home from car-borne errands.
    She looks good, sounds good, but isn't ready to face the world, yet, I guess. She confirmed that it is Sunday, a funny thing, actually. She always asks, of every day, "Is it Sunday?" or she'll state it. I used to think she did this because every day seemed like a pastoral Sunday (which I wasn't sure was good), but, because her reactions vary depending on what day of the week it is (i.e., if it's Monday or Friday she's enlivened, as these are both hair days; if it's a doctor's appointment or a blood draw day she wishes it was Sunday), I decided it may be that, to my mother, now, every day begins with the potential of being a Sunday, but she's not disappointed if it's not.
    Well, today, it is Sunday and she seemed quite pleased, as though she had partied all night and felt no guilt about sleeping in.
    I will be going out a few times, today, a supply run and a short friend run. I'll wait until after her breakfast, which will probably take place in an hour or so, to remind her of my plans. Her complexion was rosy. She may want to accompany me on one or the other trip...I can hear a resounding "Naaaahhhh..." from the peanut gallery. You never know...it's days like this that are the most promising...
    For myself, I'm not computer inclined, today, but I wanted to check in. I have some thoughts about my mother's sleeping environment I want to muse about on the keyboard, but, later, I think...we've still got a few of MCF's movies, and I was much encouraged, last night, that she was fascinated with X-Men. There are two more action/adventures, one psuedo-science fiction, and I've got a few books that look good. Sure sounds like a Sunday to me. Good thing it is a Sunday.
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