These were the words from Mac in Leslie, our son's car as we wended our way home from a lovely day at the lake. Well that was a sentence I could agree with readily, he certainly hasn't seen her for a long time, and he was quite content as he said this, normally he is agitated and wishing he could find her...so that was a plus. I almost hate to say it, but he is more relaxed at the witching hour..sundown, and now it seems he has switched his agitation and yelling time to getting up in the morning..I try to get him to bed earlier but he lies there awake to the usual sleep time which is about 9;45...and then perhaps awake again for a little agitation or a really awful agitation at about 1:00 a.m. but even this is happening less and less..hope I'm not speaking too soon here..
With the heat these past few days, although we were still walking, it's shorter walks, with longer rests...which makes for interesting sights and sounds...Yesterday he was quite content in the country, and enjoyed the view and the people...and was quite content as long as I was right there..so that makes me feel good as we plan to go for a couple of days next week..hope that works out..
As to the interesting things, a couple of days ago, just walking around the park in the back, we stopped to pet a cute little dog....the woman who owned the dog said his name was Belle, she asked how we liked living at the Floralies as she was thinking of moving here, and had her name on the waiting list. I said I wasn't sure if she could bring the dog, but that we had a cat...She then told us she had two cats, one was the baby of the other, but she didn't give it away as it had curvature of the spine..for which she was doing therapy...i told her our cat's name was Mischa...well she said her small cat was 'little Turd" boy Mac and I really did a couble take, then she added well the mother's name was Big Shit...well another kind of double take, both Mac and I couldn't think of an answer to that.. but I said well I like Belle that's a nice name...for your dog..she said "well those are the names my son gave to the cats..but their real name is Star shine and twinkle star or some such, and of course my son calls Belle - Flea bag....With that she said, well i'll be on my way...we waved goodbye to the dog and the lady, and I thought oh well takes all kinds...when a big black Lab, ran toward us with his tail wagging away...thankfully, we were able to enjoy her name "Princess Lia, from Star Wars.' The only thing is by about 5 minutes after our conversations..I can't pursue the funny names with mac as he has completely forgotten them...but one thing or sure he loves to pet the dogs and check out the little children we see.
One other little improvement is his interest last week in the ball game we watched, don't know if it was because there were girls playing, but last year he would be anxious to leave at crucial times in the game, but this time he really enjoyed, and waved goodbye to the team...think too because they spoke English he kind of enjoyed their cross talk. Again as we left I said, the ball team's name is The Hackers, wonder why? He answered, What ball team? and so it goes.....or so goes his memory.
Well we've been stuck in all day, as it's been so rainy, so we better do some walking in the building...where, although he doesn't remember anyone's name, he feels so secure, waves, and at times kind of salutes people, it's quite funny, it's as if he is the owner of the place...and for sure everyone waves back, and many are on the same wave length as he is, they don't remember either but seem to feel safe and talk to each other quite happily on the main floor, do they make a lot of sense...well sure, the main topic today...RAIN.
g'nite
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