JOAN’S BLOG – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008 – LEAVING THE WORLD OF AD BEHIND-ESCAPING INTO A FANTASY WORLD FOR A FEW MINUTES

The thought crossed my mind today – What would I do if I could? What would I do, if for just a day or a week, I could do anything I wanted, go anywhere I wanted as if I had not a care in the world? And money was no object (This is my fantasy, after all.)

Maybe I would get on a plane, fly to San Francisco, and spend a week exploring the city all by myself (on foot), talking to my son and daughter-in-law about everything and anything, and the word Alzheimer’s would never enter into the conversation.

Maybe I would call my sister, who lives in frozen Chicago, and tell her to meet me in St. Thomas for a week of beach bumming.

Or would I call that college roommate I told you about, and convince her to jet to Rome or Paris or Greece for one more “cloak and dagger” episode for old times sake?  That’s what we used to call them in college when we covered for each other when………….well, never mind the details.

Maybe I would drive to Miami and spend a few days at the home of my oldest (we met in first grade) and dearest friend, laughing and reminiscing.

This is fantasy, of course. I have neither the funds nor the opportunity to jet away on a whim. Nor would I leave Sid and my responsibilities. I just need to spend some time in the “normal world” away from the “Alzheimer’s world” (Straddling Two Worlds Blog), if only for a day. Don’t we all need that once in awhile?

One of my non- Alzheimer friends has promised to take me to lunch next week at a restaurant on a scenic strip on the ocean, where the conversation will be about dogs, food, and baseball, not Alzheimer’s Disease. It may not be a jet setting fantasy, but it is a visit into the “normal world” that I am looking forward to, and that I desperately need.

What about you? What would you do if you could escape the Alzheimer’s World for a day, a week? What is your fantasy? MESSAGE BOARD TOPIC:What is Your Fantasy - If you could escape AD for awhile

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