300th POST

This is my 300th post. If I had any readers I would have a give away.

LOOKING BRIGHTER

Things look brighter to me this morning. I've calmed considerably. I have three hours to write and read. I can hide away upstairs, not answer the phone or listen to any noise.

OUT OF SORTS

It's one of those being at loose ends nights. My brain is addled, my body is bruised. I would love to take an ambien and go to sleep but it would make me sleep too soundly. To make matters worse, there are no cokes in the house.

WHAT SHE EATS

My mother has been released from physical therapy, even though she can't get up by herself. That's not to say she hasn't made progress. We have the option of going for therapy but I can't get her out of the house without help. She will continue to do her exercises here at home.
Even with her collapsed esophagus, I fed her hummus and Triscuits with rosemary and olive oil. It made her sick but she said it was well worth it.
The morning dreariness has given way to sunshine causing the leaves to glow, the glow before the cold.

A NEW ADDITION

There is a new addition to my porch this morning:
*1 mouse, dead

THE THINGS ON MY FRONT PORCH

I'm sitting on my front porch. I have the laptop, a coke, and 8 mini Snickers. I'm laughing at all the things on the porch.
These are the things I see:
*A wooden porch swing hanging by chains and springs, bounces nicely
*4 pillows, ragged
*long wire rabbit cage, empty
*short rabbit cage with purple bottom, also empty
*1 large white goose, not real
*exercise bicycle, unused
*1 pumpkin
*1 hummingbird feeder, empty
*1 flower pot, empty
*1 metal plant stand
*wind chimes
*1 rake
*1 toddler bicycle, on its side
*1 red cat dish
*1 discarded Tupperware bowl used to feed cats
*1 wooden glider, bought for $10 at St. Vincent de Paul
*1 green glider cushion, stained
*1 McDonald's french fry bag, empty
*1 chicken nugget box, empty
*1 half-full Mountain Dew bottle
*1 McDonald's Happy Meal sack, crumpled
*1 plastic glass
*1 lounge chair with pad
*1 wooden school desk
*1 deer skull, broken, scattered, stolen from the back porch of the Methodist parsonage
*4 bricks, broken
*2 rocks
*4 floor mats, various sizes
*1 rug, folded
*1 children's swing, handmade
*8 cats, on and around the porch
*leaves
*Snickers wrappers
*empty coke bottle