Day 262

Day 262

Sunday February 9 2014

Physical:

It was a fairly good day in that I got DH moved to and from his chair without mishap.  I’m not saying it was easy, but there were no “close calls”.  His mind was, apparently, at Wal-Mart most of the day.  He kept asking about the “other car”, and got quite annoyed with me if I tried to say there wasn’t another car.

He did, as usual, sleep most of the day.  I guess that’s saying his chair is reasonably comfortable.  Maybe.  But the fact is, more often than not  he sleeps 80% or more.

He ate about the same as usual, a sandwich for lunch and a pot pie for supper.  I believe he really has no appetite, and will only eat enough of what I give him to “get by”.  He used to be able to eat a couple of sandwiches, and at least 2 pot pies.  However, he still has a bit of a sweet tooth, and gladly accepted a small bowl of sherbert and a very small piece of cake.

People:

TGF and the boys stopped by with some additional groceries.  DSS didn’t come, with a very flimsy excuse.  He did call later, and I let him know his dad was disappointed.  He said he’ll come this afternoon (Monday).

Emotions:

Last night I had an exceptionally good night.  I barely managed to stay awake to watch the Beattles tribute show; and though I was vagely wakeful once or twice, I didn’t really wake up until close to 6:30.  And yet, this morning I’m very weepy.  I believe it’s a combination of things:  left over nostalgia from the show last night;  worry about another predicted winter storm – the kind that does impact my area – and it’s potential effect on the weekend; and throw in that DH is wakeful and his mind is way out of here.  In a short time, when I took in an early pill, he said so many contradictory things that I can’t even tell what’s going on in his mind.  I can tell him he’s home, and he says OK .. but within minutes, he’s somewhere else.  He made the comment that his mind was like a spinning top and he couldn’t tell where it was going to stop.

The weather forecast continues to say the storm will be gone by Friday and the temps will be in the 50s.  I will cling to the hope that a sloppy mid week will not threaten my weekend off.  I now have 4 days to wait, and have plans to stay busy and get the house clean before going. 

There will be no CAN today. (Monday)  This could turn into a bit of a lonely week.  She had car trouble; when they called I said I didn’t think the need was enough to justify scrabling someone else’s schedule to send a CAN out today.  With bad weather moving in there’s no telling who will or won’t be able to get here the rest of the week.