It was a lovely week.
Mom was visited on Wednesday by the RLC who came to visit and play Scrabble with her. They were joined by another resident, Barbara, who seemed to want to play, but told them she was too stupid to do so. They assured her she wasn't, but that didn't convince her. So, off she toddled elsewhere.
The ladies played for some time, and Mom kept adding tiles to the words. Finally, Jean saw her chance as Mom's attention was drawn thither, and she sneakily removed them. Mom didn't even notice. I'm not all that surprised, though.
This morning, Mom arose rather late - just before 10 am, and had her breakfast. Due to her request 2 weeks prior, I didn't fetch her for church. She demanded we go, though, but it was too late.
So, we went into her room and she had me pull out a bag of trousers (women's) from the bathroom, where she was keeping them safe. I pulled out each pair, and we thought them over. She was going to take them all to Jean's house for Jean and Connie, but I convinced her to keep 2 pairs, which still fit. She wore one of them - the summer whites - to Jean's for lunch.
Before we left, she kept asking if we could drive to see Tom & Peg. I reminded her it was a 3 hour trip, give or take, and she pooh-poohed me. "They don't live that far. And, besides, what else do you need to do? You don't really need to go to work tomorrow." My. My. My...
She also ran down a list of things she wanted to do. She kept looking at different cars asking about them and their prices. I had a fairly good idea and this seemed to quench her thirst - she wasn't sure they should really be that expensive. She was hoping to find a good one for under ten thousand, but only Tom could find it for her.
We arrived at Jean's house and her son, Terry, was also there. A wonderful lunch. We had steak burritos which Mom thanked Terry for - they were delicious, but I made them. And then, we also had an apple pie a la mode. Mom was complaining that she wasn't very hungry (Jean made the same complaint), but ate every drop (as did Jean!).
The banter was quite wonderful; full of laughter and brightness. Mom spoke of her parents and other ancestors - many of whom seemed to be still among us, somewhere. It was good to hear her laugh and be convivial. A truly marvelous afternoon.
When we left it was quite wet and rainy. We arrived at her abode but she was on alert - her lights were on in her room, and the closet door was open. Uh oh! This meant someone had been in there. Indeed they had. They had gone through her things to wash them, and they were drying as we arrived. Hopefully they found her socks she had been wearing earlier and put back in the drawer ("Why should they be washed? I'm the only one who wore them. I'm not a dirty person.").
It's good to know they're watching out for her, even if it's against her wishes....
Mom was visited on Wednesday by the RLC who came to visit and play Scrabble with her. They were joined by another resident, Barbara, who seemed to want to play, but told them she was too stupid to do so. They assured her she wasn't, but that didn't convince her. So, off she toddled elsewhere.
The ladies played for some time, and Mom kept adding tiles to the words. Finally, Jean saw her chance as Mom's attention was drawn thither, and she sneakily removed them. Mom didn't even notice. I'm not all that surprised, though.
This morning, Mom arose rather late - just before 10 am, and had her breakfast. Due to her request 2 weeks prior, I didn't fetch her for church. She demanded we go, though, but it was too late.
So, we went into her room and she had me pull out a bag of trousers (women's) from the bathroom, where she was keeping them safe. I pulled out each pair, and we thought them over. She was going to take them all to Jean's house for Jean and Connie, but I convinced her to keep 2 pairs, which still fit. She wore one of them - the summer whites - to Jean's for lunch.
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| Mom is actually wearing a different coat on her own volition! |
She also ran down a list of things she wanted to do. She kept looking at different cars asking about them and their prices. I had a fairly good idea and this seemed to quench her thirst - she wasn't sure they should really be that expensive. She was hoping to find a good one for under ten thousand, but only Tom could find it for her.
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| Jean and Terry say, "Hey!"\ |
We arrived at Jean's house and her son, Terry, was also there. A wonderful lunch. We had steak burritos which Mom thanked Terry for - they were delicious, but I made them. And then, we also had an apple pie a la mode. Mom was complaining that she wasn't very hungry (Jean made the same complaint), but ate every drop (as did Jean!).
The banter was quite wonderful; full of laughter and brightness. Mom spoke of her parents and other ancestors - many of whom seemed to be still among us, somewhere. It was good to hear her laugh and be convivial. A truly marvelous afternoon.
When we left it was quite wet and rainy. We arrived at her abode but she was on alert - her lights were on in her room, and the closet door was open. Uh oh! This meant someone had been in there. Indeed they had. They had gone through her things to wash them, and they were drying as we arrived. Hopefully they found her socks she had been wearing earlier and put back in the drawer ("Why should they be washed? I'm the only one who wore them. I'm not a dirty person.").
It's good to know they're watching out for her, even if it's against her wishes....
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