Friday Night
My boy and I were in the area and stopped by around 5 last night for a visit. Grandpa had just finished dinner and was back in his room, when we entered his room I yelled for him but nothing, I walked in further and he wasn't in there....so I thought. He then shouts..come on in...I said where are you? I walk to the pitch black bathroom and there he is fumbling with his belt, I helped him do his belt up and told him MAYBE you should turn on the light and you could actually see what your doing. I know these are his normal clothes and Shirl probably wouldn't like it but maybe he could wear more casual pants without a belt, zipper and button without his shirt tucked in, seems like it would be more comfortable but maybe hes comfortable in what he's used to......just a thought. We brought him some sugar wafers which he loved and shared with boy, he was very excited to see boy and can't believe what a handsome guy he is. He knew we looked familiar but didn't know who we were. After about 15 min. Grandma stopped by I asked him if he knew who she was and he said, I believe she is my lovely wife...I said yes, she is. He said he was happy about that but he doesn't get to see her that often (she was rumbling around his clothes talking under her breath...not listening to a word he was saying) I told him he'd get sick of her if he saw her more so its best this way...he laughed. She was very happy he knew who she was :) He had a lot of things he was trying to tell us....Grandma got tired of listening....but I was really concentrating on what he was trying to get out....He said he had a great time on his trip today up the canyon and saw some horses....he spent 5 min. trying to tell me something he wanted and finally I was able to get it...he wants a map of where he went today.....I told him I would ask the nurses when I left exactly where he went and have Mike make him a map and bring it next week when I come...which made him so happy. He really enjoyed getting out today and told me all about it. He also asked me if I went running today, I said yes...I did. He said he was chasing me screaming?!? I said you were....he says...yep that was me chasing you....I don't know what that was about!?!? When I said we had to go now he told me ok that he was just going to sit in his chair and scream now....I said why would you do that...well I don't know and then he laughed.
thanks Erica, you are such fun to read about. I'm thinkin the same thing on the pants thing--maybe just some elastical things some day cuz that would be easier for him and others to manage. I know they're not the most stylish apparel around, but, sometimes we just have to go with the ease and practicality of things, ya know. Toss that fashion sense out the window sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThnx for stopping in there Erica...I find it interesting that he asked you about running. There are pockets of knowledge and memories in that poor brain that bubble to the surface sometimes outta the blue.
ReplyDeleteWould be interesting to see if the change to easier pants could be made. Remember this is the man who has never owned a pair of Levis in his entire life because he did not like the way the material felt. He has forever worn those Sears type work pants no matter what he was doing.... Changing oil, weeding the garden, fishing, mowing, bbq-ing...It might traumatize him to not have a belt to mess with!!! Ha ha!!!