Wednesday, June 5, 2013 The house will fall apart....

We have now been in our new digs exactly 3 months today...and in reply to an email from my cousin who said she thought we were doing the best thing for ourselves considering our situation I answered;

Too true it's great that we live here...although my friends back in Chateauguay seem to think that's not always the case, and are sure that i must miss the house - back yard, sun porch etc.  Well in some ways i tell them yes true, especially we loved sitting out in the sunporch every morning,  watching birds in the trees, especially cardinals,  haven't seen one since i've been here...then we'd go off for a walk, it was always soo peaceful and quiet...

 

Well it's not like that here but we can have it three ways....we go out and there are trucks  lots of people,  cars  ...horns.....lights  that's the 32nd st  way,  behind us going out the back entrance, it's a small park, peaceful and quiet, and small tiny birds very  few people passing by, ...as well we can be almost private as not many people take advantage of the back yard here with the garden swings  - so we go to the three areas at different times depending on our  mood...the trucks cars kind of thing are when we are going to the lake, we have to pass that one block,  then we're on a quiet street down to the lake, and of course the lake, that's the best.

 

Couple of nights ago, Mac woke up with one of his bad dreams, actually he doesn't really wake up  talks and walks kind of in  his sleep, and kept me awake for almoat two hours with saying the house would fall apart if he went back to bed.  Wanted his dinner, swearing that he had to do something,  and so on and on in a bizarre fashion, Finally got him back to bed and he went back to sleep immediately, i was not so fortunate and stayed awake most of the night thinking when will it happen again.  I had stopped the visitor (nurse)  who checks us in the night, but decided o.k. time to put that back in the agenda, also got a phone number to page the nurse just in case...so I sure don't have that in Chateauguay, so therefore a benefit for which i'm really thankful.

 

in a way i'm  thinking of every contingency; .i have found thats  the best way to meet the unexpected.  

 

Had  Mac's  visitor today from the ClSC, and was free to join my friend for an afternoon tea and discussion yea!!  A man visitor that was great...he seems to be very funny - Asked him if he wouldn't mind  speaking English. as Mac's French isn't the greatest ..he said, 'no problem - that will be just 25cents more.' 

 

Returned from my respite time - as it's called, and was met by Mac and his new friend, both very content...so hurrah for the CLSC - Social workers, and especially for Respite care givers....g'nite.