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A good day

 We got our MRI appt for my LO! This Wednesday evening, so that was quick!

We needed that done so he could see the Cognitive Neurologist, who is only in the memory clinic office one week a month.

So, if we missed this one in September, we would have to wait another month.

We had a good day yesterday, I printed out the paperwork for Advanced Directives, and we went thru that, and it brought up MAiD, and he decided that was something he wanted if it was available in the future.
Then he decided to start clearing out the garage. It is a work in progress, but in the past, it's been hard because he wouldn't let go of anything, and I felt overwhelmed every time I went in there by all the stuff.

But now he doesn't remember that some of it belongs to him, he was sure it was all my son's - so it was a lot easier to get rid of stuff. Some is going to the dump, and some we are putting up on a local free site.

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