I will be very honest with you and myself here today, ok? I have been thinking g about dialysis and being put on the kidney transplant list, and doing dialysis treatment in the home rather than going to a clinic 3x a week for the past 6 years at MercyHealth and changing to Fresenius Kidney Care Clinic that is through SSM Health. I am, indeed much happier and I feel I did not run away from my problems but ran to my happy place once again. With that said, running from Burbank Plaza that caused the last 6 months to a year a sadness I could not get away from unless I found a new home, and remembering being at Garden Court visiting my friends Kelly and her husband who had Down Syndrome for 50 years before he passed away from early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in young people. Remember when actress Estelle Getty who was Sophia on the Golden Girls who passed away with very aggressive Alzheimer’s disease? That is what Jimmy ended up with in the last two years of his life I’m afraid. Anyway, moving to Garden Court in October 2020 was getting away from what was making me very unhappy to run to my happy place. I was NOT running away from the problems that caused me to leave a place I called home from 1991 to 2020. I lived at Burbank Plaza the longest in my lifetime as an adult after being out of my parent‘s home since December 1989. Yes, I have been thinking of how far along I have come along living on my own this weekend sadly and happily enough —- both sad and happy times of course. I have seen, observed, and done a lot to fight for my independence in my life and have been on my own two feet most of my life. Anyway, I have noticed things that need some work on, a lot of work on, and need to be let go for good and letting go is giung to be the hardest for me unfortunately. Why share this here than in My Life in Words? Because it pertains to the change from Mercy to SSM Health for my medical needs due to Mercy being a big disappointment in my life the past 3 years when it started in 2022. More later… Deb is on her way into the building to get me ready and out for the day at dialysis for 3 hours and Jackie will be here this afternoon.