I'm fairly sure Robin and Meredith are having a race to see who can go the longest without writing a new blog. One more time I'm filling in. Here is a funny story about Mom (Robin, Heather and Meredith's grandmother):
Mom and Dad meet friends at IHOP every night at 5 pm for supper. Why IHOP? I have no idea, that would be a whole new blog. Mom, in the last few years because of her dementia, will go in her bathroom to get ready and fall asleep while sitting on the toilet. Every day. She can sleep for 2 hours. She can go in to get ready at 1pm and still not be ready at 5pm. Dad tries to help her but she runs him out of the bathroom. She can't fasten her bra or button her shirt by herself but she doesn't want his help til she's ready for it. He tries to have her ready by 5 to meet their friends but many days it just doesn't happen. He says he tries for it not to make him mad but some days he just can't help it. He decided (probably because I suggested it) that if she wasn't ready at 5 they would stay home and eat cereal. That might work if she didn't have dementia. Unfortunately she can't remember the rules. One day she came out of her bathroom at 5:25 to go to dinner. He told her they weren't going. She got in the car and kept honking the horn. And honking. And honking. Dad called me and I went over there. I opened the car door and asked her what she was doing. "Waiting for your father to take me to dinner." I told her he had already eaten cereal for supper. Her comment? "Fine, shut the door." He finally coaxed her in the house after about 45 minutes.
Yes girls, YOUR grandmother.
Mom and Dad meet friends at IHOP every night at 5 pm for supper. Why IHOP? I have no idea, that would be a whole new blog. Mom, in the last few years because of her dementia, will go in her bathroom to get ready and fall asleep while sitting on the toilet. Every day. She can sleep for 2 hours. She can go in to get ready at 1pm and still not be ready at 5pm. Dad tries to help her but she runs him out of the bathroom. She can't fasten her bra or button her shirt by herself but she doesn't want his help til she's ready for it. He tries to have her ready by 5 to meet their friends but many days it just doesn't happen. He says he tries for it not to make him mad but some days he just can't help it. He decided (probably because I suggested it) that if she wasn't ready at 5 they would stay home and eat cereal. That might work if she didn't have dementia. Unfortunately she can't remember the rules. One day she came out of her bathroom at 5:25 to go to dinner. He told her they weren't going. She got in the car and kept honking the horn. And honking. And honking. Dad called me and I went over there. I opened the car door and asked her what she was doing. "Waiting for your father to take me to dinner." I told her he had already eaten cereal for supper. Her comment? "Fine, shut the door." He finally coaxed her in the house after about 45 minutes.
Yes girls, YOUR grandmother.
1 comment:
WOW, is all I can say aboput that!
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