Albany day 4

Well, I spent the day once again at Mom's. We did a little yard work and cleaned out more of Dad's clothes. While looking through his odds and ends I found three of his teeth which had gold crowns. I guess with the price of gold on the rise he was holding on to them for an investment. They sure freaked me out and we had a good laugh.

I also got to put coins in rolls. He seems to empty his pocket change and it had really been piling up. Then I sorted through the long list of medications that grandma takes, called in some re-fills and sorted out her 4 times a day regimin of about 10 prescriptions. She should be set now for a few days if those taking care of her don't forget. Paula and I were having a hard time keeping up with it. Dad truly has been a saint over the last couple of years.

Mom suggested we go out for dinner and I think she was pretty proud of herself that she was going to carry her own wallet (she also hasn't had to carry a purse in years & she had also hidden it and couldn't remember where it was) but then we convinced her that Paula had room to carry it in her purse. By the time we got back from dinner she had asked at least ten times "now who has my wallet?" At that point we really did canonize Dad a saint because he never got upset with her or reminded her that she had asked the same question several times -- believe me it was driving me crazy after just a few days.

I also started a schedule on a calender of who is going to take care of her at the house because we aren't sure how long it will be until she can move in to the retirement house and she really does need 24 hour supervision. Since I return to Milwaukee on Saturday I committed to some time at the end of July/beginning of August.

I headed back to Gresham after dinner and hopefully I'll sleep well tonight, because I'm really tired.

Sorry my blog is so boring, but thought I should keep you posted.