#21 Grumpy girl!

Well it's been a couple of weeks since the "sitter" started and that seems to be working out well. I just hope that mom is being nicer to her than she is to my husband and I.     She has been a grumpy goose lately, yesterday she was eating her salad and had her fork dangling in the air while she was looking around at nothing. The salad dressing was dripping off it and onto her, the chair etc.   I was hoping she would put the fork back near her plate but that was not to be the case.   She looked around trying to find the "fork" which of course was in her hand.. she had no idea what the heck I was talking about.  When I got up to help her put the fork back near the plate .....omg did she get an attitude.   She got a sour look and started to be "pissy". She was refusing to finish her dinner.... well I had to play the "Big Mama" card and get a bit firm with her...... she didn't like it but she came around.

Tonight Anthony was in charge because I worked late and for some reason she got suspicious of him and so he told her "ok ,  I don't understand why you are being this way but go ahead, Sandy will be home soon."   I pull up the drive way about 15 minutes later and I see her staring out the window stalking anything outside!   By the time I had pulled into the garage she had disappeared from the kitchen ( where the window is)  I went back to the bedroom to catch up on the days event. When I came back out.... I saw her sneaking around the corner watching for me... I acted like I didn't see her to see what she would do.  A minute later I spoke to her.... she confessed she didn't think she was very nice to Anthony so she wanted to say she was sorry.   I tried to figure out what she thought he had done and she could not tell me a darn thing.....

to end on a funny note..... when we went back to brush her teeth.. I always have to tell her to stand up straight so I can see better.   This time I helped her to be "taller" and I told her to stand tall so her boobs would stick out.... she spewed tooth paste out of her mouth with laughter!!   LOL at least the day ended well!!

Dr appt tomorrow, nothing big just a medicine check..... later!

# 20 Let the silliness begin!

Well the first week of having someone help mom went well.  The  80yr old caregiver was awesome.  During the week, she made mom some fruity jello with whip cream, brought over some potato soup, went for a drive one day and stopped to have lunch at a local restaurant and the next day  she polished moms nails and she loved it!!

I came home Saturday after working at the salon, to find she (mom) had put a jar of horseradish in the ice dispenser tube.  She had also gotten into the Cheetos... which she loves!!

Today we went to see "Joyful Noise"... cute movie lots of gospel music and great one liners.  She seemed to enjoy it.
When she was getting ready for bed,  she went to the restroom and somehow she managed to have one leg of her pants fine while the other leg the "panties" were on the outside of her pants... she came hobbling down the hallway with her butt exposed becasue she couldn't get the pants all the way up!! LOL   A scary sight for sure!!

Still waiting to hear from the hearing aid people ...... ironic!  Hope they call soon! 

# 19 Daycare and other events!

I need to start writing things down to share more often!  I keep thinking "oh, I will write this"  then when I get ready write....poof! it's gone.   One thing I do remember is that during the Christmas break, I was watching some daytime TV with mom and "Let's Make a Deal" came on.   Well as I may have mentioned earlier, she thinks any bald black man is my husband. so of course she thinks that Wayne Brady ( the host) is my hubby!!  "Is that your fella?" she says... I try to convince her that he is at work and that is someone else.  

The funniest thing happened as the young blonde gal that shows off the prizes.... Mom starts talking.. I try to make sense of it but am having problems figuring out exactly what she meant...     Come to find out she was talking to the TV because the blonde girl was talking to mom!!   Yup.. she thought the gal on the TV was trying to show mom what she was going to get.  She believed the lady on the TV could see her!!!    It was a bit of a challenge to convince her that the lady could not see her and unfortunately she was not going to get the prizes being given away!!

Mom's hearing aid is in the shop getting fixed, in the mean time I am losing my mind.  I am wearing earplugs!  Between the husband who has his TV blaring, Mom with the living room TV going full blast.  I hope it gets back soon!! They said it would take about a week... that means tomorrow.   We will see.


Today was the first day of someone coming to stay with mom for a few hours I think it went well.  Mom said she enjoyed the lady (who is 80 and has a good mind and physically good)  It's nice they are about the same age.   Jo ( the caregiver) called and said things went well too... I hope that it continues to go well.   She will come each day I am working during the week to make sure that mom takes her meds and eats a decent lunch... by definition that means she eats the lunch...NOT the dog!!   LOL