Day 219

Day 219

Sunday December 29, 2013

Physical:

Sunday was, in general, a fairly good day.  DH was “up and down” a bit more than usual; that is hard, because I have to just sit there and wait for him … don’t dare leave him on his own.  He simply cannot “connect” with the fact that he’s no longer strong enough to stand and support his own weight.  At least he wasn’t quite as “off” in his mind as he’s been lately.  He did keep going on about cats escaping; I can only assume that seeing Maggie frequently has put that in his mind.

He didn’t eat as well as I expected for his supper .. even though I gave him some “dirty rice” which he loves.  But we did have birthday cake and ice cream in the afternoon; I have no idea if that had anything to do with it or not but I don’t think it matters that much.

He’s not sleeping well, mostly because of coughing.  But I have learned not to go check as often; I can recognize the difference in sound between just “resettling” and trying to pull on the rails. He’s still sleeping this morning (Monday), but coughing a lot.

People:

My brother, sister-in-law, and sister came over and brought birthday cake and ice cream!  Nice!!  I love when they visit,  and I believe Jimmy enjoyed it too.  He didn’t even doze as much while they were here, even though he rarely says much any more.  (he did tell them about the cats he “lost” and the one who sleeps in the car tail pipe).

Emotions:

As usual, very mixed.  Sad when family left but mostly because I know it will be a long time before I see them again.

Emotions:

I turned the TV off and turned on an audible book.  I thought it would put me to sleep, but it didn’t.  I will have to soon get more books downloaded .. it’s a bit of a relief to have something to “do”.  I did finally get my bobbins, so I can try to sew; it’s been so long that I don’t know how difficult it will be.  I have to “undecorated” the sewing table first.  But I’m hoping that between being able to sew some, and “read” again, I’ll be less depressed.  I won’t be less tired or frustrated – there’s just no way around that.  But we’re heading into a few winter months which tend to be a bit dark and dreary.  With S.A.D.D. on top of everything else, winter can be stressful.  I have to keep reminding myself to just take things “one day at a time”.