Lately i've been writing about the abberations or the odd stuff that mac does, or doesn't do...but of course the day does have 24 hours and much of the time is spent happily walking talking, eating eating eating...oh o.k. we do too much of that but it doesn't show on Mac, just on me....so just to give an example of the happier moments of today. Mac was all keen at about 4 o.clock to have dinner in the dining room...so decided o.k. let's eat there, even though we had our friend over for a fairly big lunch of quiche, salad, rolls, strawberries and yogurt, cookies..
.Dinner in the dining room is at 5, food is served around 5;30...so we usually sit with our 2 seat mates, Alice and Edith, but Edith was absent, so just Alice...and Mac seemed so happy to see her...and while we waited to be served turned to her and said...So how was your day??? I could see Alice was just delighted to tell him...usually she is a bit crabby and has much to say about staff that is negative, but not today...turns out she had a really good day. Mac couldn't have been happier as he listened and commented...she had a brand new wheelchair..better fitting, and smaller, easier to manage; another good thing was her daughter had sent her lovely large pictures...of herself and her beautiful home in Vancouver island with a view of the pacific ocean right in her back yard practically...and last but not least...Alice had managed to have a wonderful sleep last night waking up at 5;00 a.m. instead of 3;00 a.m. for a change...
He then went on to say how good the dinner was, pork chops done just right, mashed potatoes, turnips, and to start beef noodle soup...plus the finish...mac's favourite...sugar pie..(just for the record being a veggie, i had goberge salad and tomato juice) .So as we left the dining room he waved and spoke to the people who spoke to him, and was completely happy with his life...but the piece de resistance...was our fantastic walk on the lake with the sun going down sending the most beautiful rays across the lake and through the leaves in the trees...all he could say constantly, was... this is beautiful, and it certainly was...
So back to our apartment and our usual little goodnight chat with our neighour downstairs...where he was the first to admire her new hairdo...and then told her about the sun down on the lake...when the girl Stephanie who prepares him for bed came for us..he said, ...have to leave but we'll be back...and surprise, when Stephanie said, 'well have a good weekend, i'm off till monday...' he said 'oh i'm going to miss you'...well
Stephanie was so pleased...she turned to me and said, "hey did you hear that.."
For mac life is beautiful today...and so it is for me too..g'nite.
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