Nearly every day we go for a walk down to the lake or for one of the many little errands we need to do i.e. mail, groceries, etc. But I'm not sure if I've mentioned the Teapot....this is an over 55 club which we joined when we first arrived, as one of our friends thought it would be a good destination for us to have. Well she was right, in my case, but in Mac's case not so. Every time we drop in, he starts off saying, well how long are we here for...what are all those old people doing, no i don't want coffee....but eventually he calms down, has coffee and at times even talks to a few people if they talk to him first. Yesterday, was one of those days, where we went there, mainly because they will be having a Flea market, and I wanted to give them a few of my pieces of junk jewellery to sell at this event.
So, to show that he was not interested he didn't remove his jacket or have coffee, but i persisted as i felt like having a cup of tea..which i did, but since he was not too keen, skipped chatting with anyone, and just wrote my little grocery list with his participation, and we left to do this excursion - grocerying - as i call it. On the way decided to make a little bit of a break in the routine and go a different direction, mainly to check out a restaurant and the times they were open...then yuck, we were stuck on a street being repaved. The noise was just awful as trucks, steam rollers etc. drove Mac up the wall, so when arriving at the grocery store, he was push push, are we finished, have you got everything, what next, where are we going now...it's a wonder I got anything.
Finally we were wending our way home, and most times we arrive at the entrance, which is wide and paved differently then the rest of the street, and usually i ask, do you know where we are, and sometimes he knows and sometimes doesn't. but yesterday, he just pushed ME along, and said, WE ARE HOME!!
Although I would in other days be annoyed at being rushed, just his saying We are home, pleased me no end. One of the reasons i've not been putting too much on my blog, is that he is going along beautifully, every day is a pleasure, we do various things that are a constant...i.e. yoga, music, exercise, walk, he is in love with the light, his cat, and the structure of his days which pleases him no end...actually he didn't always know where he lived so this is a good marker as we are checking how he is since he is off one of his meds...
BUT,
today will be a new experience....meeting a person sent from ClSC, to give me respite so far i haven't gone too many places without him, and have been paying Debbie who did this kind of work for my brother in law in the past., is experienced and knows Mac.... CLSC provides the service for 3 hours a week as part of their mandate .so we're able to access this plan. Today we will find out if this will work, I'm leery not just of a new person, but apparently, i just discovered when i told the girl today would just be to know each other and later she can be with him alone....turns out, they send a different person every week, it may be the same one it may not....Well that's not a great idea, and so he will not be the only one who is leery...so we will see....to be continued.....
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