When I decided I didn’t want to smoke cig’s anymore… I was ready to quit cold turkey… only problem… Homer was a smoker and he wasn’t so ready to quit…

Well, we are in Arkansas and I ask the VA for that drug that helps you quit smoking and yep, I gave it to Homer and I quit smoking cold turkey… (It really wasn’t that hard, even after 30 years of smoking 2 packs a day, I was ready)…

Homer quit the booze back in 01… and by Dec 17, 2007… We both quit cig’s… and then when we go home to help with his dad, I buy a pack in Nov of 2011 and proceeded to puke my guts up… Yep, no more cigs ever…

Well, we move to Hawaii in 16 and pot is legal… We then move back to WA in 21 and pot is legal and then we move to MS in 24 and pot is legal…

Our first 6 months here, we didn’t smoke pot… But, once we got Homer’s diagnosis of dementia, we both jumped back into the pot scene, legally and now a year and a half later and I am ready to walk away from smoke of any kind…

Why???

My lungs, my nasal passage and I am so over drainage non stop… I am allergic to marijuana… It is a true weed and in the military my allergy testing showed I was allergic to dogs and we have 3 and I am allergic to cats, no cats and I am allergic to rag weed and hay fever and most pollens will set me off on a sneezing rampage… Definitely need stock in Kleenex…

Yesterday, after Homer’s little dizzy spell the day before, I brought up the subject again about walking away from the pot… and Homer agreed…

I had to let him get to a place in his head, where quitting the pot wasn’t going to have a negative affect on his dementia…

Fear is the biggest issue with dementia, it rears it’s head at the worse of times and will manifest in ways, you can’t compete, with the fear… Facing the fear, understanding the fear… That means Homer is still able to reason and think for himself…

I spent my summer this year sick… First being exposed to COVID in July at Homer’s neuro’s doc’s office, then I catch a cold after that is over and I have had nonstop issues since and after 3 months of this… I am ready for a breath of fresh air without any added issues…

The puppies aren’t going anyplace… That allergy will be there to the dander… With the smoke going away… I won’t be coughing and hacking as much, very little, in reality… Dog allergy is manageable, add everything else and it’s a mess…

When the pot is gone that is here now… We will be going dry and see if that works for Homer, if not, then we will look at edibles or oils that he can do in his room away from me…

I am ready to wake up and not be coughing my head off… I kind of need it anymore, a clear head…

My day started at 4AM… We are headed into wet weather, but still hot… Cruising the coast starts this weekend and I am hitting the store today, so we don’t have to go anywhere while that is happening…

Enjoy your day…

I remember…

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