Highlights: Howes Your Coffee with Laura's "via satellite" appearance. Acknowledging this being her 15th anniversary of being sober. Scottie's still doing better, but his left hind leg is giving him trouble, and his teeth are, too. We set up a prototype fountain, a second one that is more audible, in the backyard. I roasted and dropped off Jess's coffee after my mom's check-in. She's had less energy, and her bloodwork shows a decline in a few markers, which might mean the treatments are becoming less effective. We will know more next Wednesday, but it's still the same regime for now. I have been pretty stoic and matter-of-fact about all of this, yet there will most certainly come a point at which the significance and the loss that will be inevitable will hit me harder. Or I'll spread it out and work it into going forward with a grateful outlook on how I have had all this time and all these experiences due to her being the influence she has been. Good and not-so-good. More on all that another time. An acknowledged change on the horizon is already underfoot.
