Time flies when you're having fun/2

I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged here. Maybe it's because I do write a lot of e-mails, and by the time I'm done with those...it's also time to turn the computer off.

Yesterday we visited UberNana. As soon as I walked over to her, I noticed that she had a frantic look on her face. "What's wrong Mom?" "Well, I feel TERRIBLE", she said. When I asked her what felt terrible, she said, "I'm LOST! I don't know where I am or what's happening to me!!!" Oh boy. Every now and then we have a day like this. These are the most painful days.

So, we showered her with kisses and hugs and tried to reassure her she wasn't lost. And then we answered the questions, over and over and over. She wanted to know where she was...."what's this place"...."how did I get here?"....."WHY am I here"?...."how long have I been here?" ....."Why can't I go home".....and "but there's nothing wrong with me!!!" It really takes quite a while to gently move her away from those thoughts and back to the moment.

Eventually we had her laughing and talking about candy.....silly things that happened that day.....and our big plan to buy a Gypsie wagon and tour the country selling snake potions and doing belly dancing!!! (Poor Grampa just shakes his head and laughes.....but he did say he would drive the wagon!)

By the time we leave, she's back to her happy self....and I'm spending hours trying to shake off the gloomy feeling. It's gone now, and hopefully she won't suffer with one of those mood attacks again for a while. It's only happened a couple of times in the three months she's been there, so all in all I guess we're doing pretty good. Considering what a wild and totally crazy woman she was 15 months ago, when all of this Dementia thing finally exploded, I guess we're doing great! Thank God for medications!!!

24 Hours are up!

Well, my 24 hrs off are done! I did have fun. Yesterday I went shopping for a wedding gift for Susan and George. I finally found exactly what I wanted at Pier I. After that, I drove up to my favorite quilt shop, and hung out for a while. I did pick up a few FQ's fo new fabric.....sort of jungle themed. Can't resist!
Mid afternoon I went to see a movie that Kate and Mark had advised me not to see. Doomsday. O.K., so they were right! The popcorn was good though!
After a quick cruise through the craft store, I was home for the evening. It seemed strange for Arthur not to be here. He'll be back tonight, though.
This morning, I unpacked four boxes from my storage unit....mostly knick-knacks. I managed to wiggle most of them into Nana's china hutch. I came across a few things that will go into the tag sale box. It's best to do those types of projects when Arthur is gone, as he doesn't like to see changes made to the house. When he's here, I actually sneak things into the house. Some day, I suppose I will be the one to get all this crap OUT of this house! That'll be fun.
O.K. off to pick up the King!

Grand Opening

Way to go Mike!!! Yesterday's Grand Opening of the new Whole Foods store was a huge success! I was so happy that I could be there. Your department is awesome, and I know you've put in tons of work to get it up and running.

I was just so proud of all of the compliments your peers gave to you on our walk around the store. They sure love you at Whole Foods!

Great job Mikey!!!

Lost in life?

I guess I'm not a very faithful blogger! I can't believe so many days have gone by, since my last blog. I'd love to say that it's because I've been up to all sorts of exciting things, but alas, it's not true. Maybe all bloggers and writers go through non-creative, I-Just-Don't-feel-like-it-today, feelings, although it's not good to have ssoooooooooooooooo many.

Yesterday I drove 259 miles, in a horrible rain storm, to celebrate Susan's bridal shower. It's still odd to think about her getting married, after 50 years of her being very single. I sure hope she knows what she's getting herself into! Not that I have anything against marriage, mind you. Susan and I have been friend for 20 some odd years, and I can't tell you how many thousands (O.K., so maybe hundreds.....dozens? Oh stop!) of conversations we've had on the subject and she has given me......um.....lots of reasons why she would never get married. I suppose with age she's softened on some of those, or at least I hope so, as she and George will be getting married in two weeks. Bless them both! The wedding should be lots of fun, as there will be some old friends of ours that I haven't seen in 15 years!