Visit with Dr. O
I took mom to see Dr. O yesterday. When I picked her up, it was obvious her A/C wasn’t running. Her hair looked like it had dried after being sweaty. She had put some effort into what she wore; linen pants and a white cotton blouse with cut work on the hem. I got her […]
Precious Potting Soil
!Rant Warning! Plant transport went well until I made the right turn into my subdivision. It was then that the jade plant pitched forward and spit out its brick. Yes, its brick. The plant’s seatbelt was still on (I can’t believe I’m writing this), but the pot was at a precarious angle, and its brick […]
July 2018 Island Trip – Day 2
Today is simpler than yesterday, though loading mom’s three huge plants in the extended cab of the truck took some doing. They are wearing seatbelts, and all need deep watering and transplanting. The load going back is much smaller and doesn’t need tying down. The Amazing neighbor and his wife stopped by. I gave him […]
July 2018 Island Trip – Day 1
Yesterday was a wee flurry of getting little things done. I: Unloaded the truck into the upper barn Learned that my sushi date with the neighbor was off as her daughter needed help with the kids. Consulted with the deck builder about The deck. The mantle The trim between the cabinet and windows at the […]
Ready to Go
Today I culled the mailland storage unit of everything that can stay in the upper barn. The Beverly Hillbillies song has been floating through my head all afternoon, as a rocking chair is prominently, and securely, purched at the top of the truck load. While the load is tight, it look precarious. I’m leaving earlier […]
Quick Trip
I’m heading to the Island for an overnight early Wednesday morning. The finish carpenter on the Island is extremely busy. My list for him has three items on it, only one of which I think might be a show stopper in terms of leasing out the house. That would be inventing doors for the cabinet […]
Monthly Annual Review
This evening I reread my posts from July of 2017. The perspective was enlightening and helpful. It shows how mom’s paranoia has eased off of surrounding imagined happenings, or confabulations. She’s no longer conversationally fixated on Dr. G’s supposed visit, but now merely, occasionally refers to the ‘visit.’ Yes, she still obsesses, yet it’s about […]
Rhetorical Question
I wrote to mom’s doctor today, catching him up on bits and pieces I think he ought to know before we see him next week. He might appreciate knowing that he’s the one who’s cleared mom to return to the Island… I ended my note with: “Mom is too ill to understand that she has […]
Scope Creep 2.0
The membrane roof is complete. We are taking small steps toward putting things back where they go, sorta. Until we replace the deck, not everything, obviously, is going to sit on the roof, including us. The humming bird feeder has busy customers once again. We’ll get the drip irrigation going, and then hang up the […]
Med List
Mom got a hold of her medication list Wednesday. She asked for it. Unfortunately her primary diagnosis of, “Major neuro-cognitive disorder, probable Alzheimer’s” was written at the bottom of the list. This sent her sideways, and she left a 2-minute long voice mail for my daughter. When my daughter called her Grandma back, she explained […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 