It's Tuesday, and Paige arrived at 11:00, as usual. Another 3-hour break for Joan from me, and for me it's shopping day. Since I switched my time to 11:30 for shopping, I no longer have to wake up at 6:30 in the morning.
My shopping is a quick event, never longer than 1 hour. Everything is planned out the night before, the man who's made, the shopping list completed, printed, and in my pocket. Because of the time, the traffic is not bad, and I can get to the store within 15 minutes. Inside the store, I know it well enough to know exactly where everything is. So, at the most, I usually spend 45 minutes shopping. Today's cost of the food for next week was $52. I'm trying desperately not to go above $55.
When I returned home, Joan and Paige were watching another episode of Breaking Bad. It's an old series now, but with Jones dementia, it's like watching each episode for the first time.
After Paige left, on YouTube, I put one of the many videos of Just scenery with music and sat down to watch a little office. The music in the background was Christmas music, playing Christmas carols that Jonan and I have heard all of our lives. However, now, Joan cannot remember their names. It's just another portion of her memory that has disappeared.
Poland's Defense Minister publicly invited the United States to relocate troops currently stationed in Germany to Poland. Poland and Lithuania are actively lobbying Washington to make this shift.
If it happens, Poland would host the largest permanent US military presence in Europe — a significant strategic shift for NATO's eastern flank. Poland already hosts thousands of US troops on a rotational basis.
The push comes as Poland accelerates its own military buildup, spending a record $48 billion on defense in 2026 and training 400,000 soldiers this year alone.
Did you know Poland is positioning itself as the anchor of NATO's eastern defense?
