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190 Days Check In

 Holy cow what a difference 190 days makes.  Today is Mothers Day 2023 and my first sober Mothers Day since Mom left in 1996 (27 years!!).  Today was spent doing yard work from the moment that we rolled out of bed until about 2pm (just in time for the NASCAR race).  In the backyard we were able to seed and get grass to grow from seed even with the canopy of the tree in the back.  Emily worked on the flowers and I worked on the mowing the front and back and it turned out to be a gorgeous yard and this evening Mother Nature is gracing our yard with a nice steady rain.  The backyard might need watering due to the tree canopy though.   So yeah, 190 days ago, November 5th 2022 is my sober date as the last time I took a beer drink at 0730 on November 4th.  I would then be taken to the Behavioral Assessment Center at Advent Health Hospital, the old Shawnee Mission Med Center, and be evaluated by a lady named Cassie (Cassie the Beagle had passed away with 2-3 weeks prior to this).  I remember