Altogether a fairly good day for mac, not necessarily for me as I have other problems in my life besides Mac, such as getting all kinds of stuff accumulated over 50 years out of the house that we (hopefully) have sold, also making sure of the power of attorney, mac owns the house - i have to sell, so there are few glitches here. That's one of the sad things about this disease - we cannot share problems as Mac's memory is so short that even when we are packing stuff in our home, once we have returned here he forgets that we have even been in chateauguay, and that we own a house. Yesterday he heard me saying his name on the phone, asked what that was about, I told him well i was mentioning that you own the house in Chateauguay, well that caused a little fracas, "no way, i don't own a house, well i replied, with me you were in that house 50 years...a stunned face as mac turned to me and said, impossible...but then I digress as I wanted to say how he was today.....
He was super, joking, as we walked in a freezing wind to the bank, walked back home through the mall nearby and then later, looked forward to the fish and chip dinner we were to have in the dining room....i have mentioned before our table mates, 95 year old Edith and 93 year old Alice..but at another table nearby sits one lone but happy lady - she is or looks sharp, jokes and talks with us and every Friday has her beautiful white hair done at the beauty parlor here in the building...But at the end of the dinner, she always looks a little wistful and quickly the 95 year old Edith jumps up and says do you want me to take you home...'oh i don't want to disturb your after dinner tea...Edith always says, no problem, i'll come back for it...and off the two of them trot...Edith very very slim and spry leading the taller lady along...When Edith came back i said, Rita, that's the lady's name, is always walking she certainly knows her way around the little park in the back and around the lobby...Edith replied that's as far as she can go, otherwise she would be lost.
i was surprised to hear Mac say..'Does she have any family??? and he was so on target as that is so correct she is always alone...Edith said, her family live in Switzerland or somewhere, and she does not have any visitors at all.. Well she is always keen and never seems to mind - i added...Edith said, she would be lost though if i didn't take her home - she is never sure of where she lives...i said quietly to Edith on the side, neither does Mac..well she right away turns to mac...Do you know where you live/ mac said, 'well I'm not sure, but I guess I would go thruogh a few doors and find our place...I could see that Edith was quite shocked...but that didn't stop her from saying as he got up from his place and started brushing all the crumbs and stuff he gets all over himself...You are a little baby, I'll just have to spank you if you don't stop messing your self, and with that she started brushing him off...Mac said, "be careful or I'll pop you one...she answered and I'll pop you back and they both laughed happily...
This is how it is, he loves the people here and can take all kinds of guff from them.especially from Edith,..we visited Alice later to give her the number of a local dentist...and he was so happy to do this, he thinks of this place as one big home and everyone part of his life...sometimes when we are eating dinner in our apartment, he says, are we the only two here...he loves the ambiance when walking around the building waving and talking to everyone...so since we had no where special to go to for any length of time ..he was a happy camper all day in this big home...so .hurrah and g'nite.
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