Jeri called late this afternoon and at the conclusion of our
conversation she said "you sound less stressed than usual."
I had not been to Atria in 4 days, so I decided to take my mother out to lunch. When I got to her apartment, she was dressed, but asleep on top of the covers of her bed. I was in no hurry and we had no deadlines, so I just sat and read until she woke up. She woke up more awake than anybody I've ever seen 10 seconds after they wake up! When I suggested lunch, she said she was so tired and I asked if she preferred not to go, but she got into it and started to get excited about going out to lunch. I gave her a choice of Chinese food or Denny's, and she chose Denny's.
On the way to Atria, I had passed one of my favorite trees, which has only half changed color so far, but I really thought it was cool looking.
At
Denny's they are having new holiday meals, and so I decided to have
cranberry-orange pancakes and she said she would too. They came with
eggs, hash browns and bacon. My mother looked at the plate and I could
see that she was overwhelmed by the amount of food. I kept assuring
her that she didn't have to eat it all.
I had not been to Atria in 4 days, so I decided to take my mother out to lunch. When I got to her apartment, she was dressed, but asleep on top of the covers of her bed. I was in no hurry and we had no deadlines, so I just sat and read until she woke up. She woke up more awake than anybody I've ever seen 10 seconds after they wake up! When I suggested lunch, she said she was so tired and I asked if she preferred not to go, but she got into it and started to get excited about going out to lunch. I gave her a choice of Chinese food or Denny's, and she chose Denny's.
On the way to Atria, I had passed one of my favorite trees, which has only half changed color so far, but I really thought it was cool looking.
So though Denny's was in the opposite direction, I drove around Davis so I
could pass by this tree and she loved it. I put on my 40s playlist and
she sang every word to every song all the way to the restaurant.
At
Denny's they are having new holiday meals, and so I decided to have
cranberry-orange pancakes and she said she would too. They came with
eggs, hash browns and bacon. My mother looked at the plate and I could
see that she was overwhelmed by the amount of food. I kept assuring
her that she didn't have to eat it all.
By the end of the
meal, she had eaten more than I had and was considering ordering a
strawberry shake, but we decided not to get one.
On the way
to Woodland, we had passed a place that is in the process of putting
together their pumpkin patch. Right now it's just a big empty field,
but the pumpkin and the dinosaur attacking it were kind of interesting, so I
got off the freeway and drove around so that we could see it closer and I
could take a photo.
When
we got back to Atria I took advantage of the front desk's offer to have
someone come from the memory unit to take her back to her apartment so I
didn't have to walk all the way to the back of the building. I was
very happy to turn her over to them, so I could get to the store to buy
dinner fixings.
The whole day, including my afternoon nap,
was just so pleasant that I'm not surprised I didn't sound stressed to Jeri.
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