Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Weird weather we've had the past couple of days! Because of the storms, I shut my computer down last night and decided to keep it that way! Peter had picked up Dad and brought him home around 9. Thankfully it wasn't raining hard and he had no trouble getting Dad out of the car! Right after Dad got home, we realized he needed changing. I had him sit on the pot and took off his pants and depend. He has to have his shoes on, no matter what. So, I gave him his bedroom shoes to wear. After we got him cleaned up and changed, he watched some TV in his chair. When bedtime came, he did not want to get up. He kept saying, "I want to stay here." and "I'm not ready for bed." I hate to make him get in bed, but I was ready and he was sleeping in his chair. Again, it's that, "Don't make me move or do anything - I'm fine where I am" attitude! It took me, Van and Simon to get him up. Once he started walking he was fine. He went to the bathroom, and then I helped him brush his teeth. I got him comfortable and hit the sack myself. This morning, when I went in the kitchen and turned on the lights, Dad got up. He started walking toward the bathroom. He stopped at the bathroom door and looked around. I said, "What do you need?" He said, "I need some water." I said, "To drink?" He said, "No, to wash with." I said, "Do you want to take a shower? (Yeah, right!) and he said, "No, I want to go diving." I told him it was October and we would have to do that when it got warmer! Pretty wild! Van told me that the other morning when I was in the shower and Dad kept getting up that Van asked him what he needed and he said, "I'm looking for a place to lay down. Van said, "He kept getting up to find a place to lay down!" Funny. Funny. Funny.......... Susie