Breakfast And Baits

This morning while cooking breakfast for my Dad, Zack Clark and Randy Haines came in and needed a pot of boiling water... After they assure me that no one is having a baby in the parking lot , I tell them to come on back....everyone knows I cannot multi task when cooking...It takes every ounce of concentration on my part to prepare food....ok...here I am..daddy's pancakes in a skillet which I find out later should be cooked on a griddle and a pot of boiling water....I am still on my first cup of coffee and in my pajamas...

Zack is dipping swim baits in the pot of boiling water because the tails are curved and they will not swim right....

Yes, I haven't been on the main road in a long time...I am always on a detour....always...But I Love It!

Mom
Mom came over this morning..."where is Sharon?" she asks me....I tell her I've gone to town...I should be back soon". A few minutes later same thing...."has anybody seen Sharon?". I'm gone Mom...I will be back soon.....Do you need anything?". "no, I just miss her...". Well I will be back soon....20 minutes later....well, here we go again....Instead..."Oh Hi Honey, You got back...do you need me to help you do anything?".
Mom was not in the building today, but maybe tommorrow will be better..she spent the entire day looking for me, her watch and her cell phone.....But she was busy and had fun..all my fishermen know she has problems and they all talk to her about her favorite subject...ME.

Priority....Sale or Stroke?

My very latest detour....Mom and I are in Walmart...I need to replace a tv here at the lodge...there it is on the shelf..as advertised, on sale, $248.00. A beautiful, 32 inch screen tv, just right for room #7....all these years of returning my buggy to the buggy stands out on the parking lot to keep my prices low is paying off...but there is only one left and I spy a guy coming up on my right looking at the same set I am and looking very determined....I kick it in gear and tell Mom to walk faster.....we beat him and sure enough he was going for the same set...Ha! I have scored....feeling so good about my score we wheel to the back to look at drapery material, that makes me sound like I can sew, candles and fancy cupcake papers, that makes me sound like I can cook.
Anyway, we are shopping, Mom becomes deathly ill, passes out and seems to be having some kind of seizure...a minute or two into the seizure, a couple comes along, calls 911, a clerk comes along, gets a chair, a manager comes along with wet cloths....we are a scene and as I look out into the crowd I spy Lee...she steps in ...takes control, helps me talk to the paramedics and all in all, just saves the day for me....she is helping with Mom, getting info, giving info just absolutely taking care of me...she might as well have had on a cape that day and been able to fly....she was my hero....I have a death grip on my buggy, cause after all it has my tv in it....Lee prys my hands off the buggy, saying go on, I'll take care of your buggy....I am protesting...Lee you don't understand, I must have that tv....she looks t me like I have lost my mind....She turns to the store manager who in turn is looking very puzzled..as if to say, how can this woman be so obsessed with unpurchased goods in the buggy....he assures Lee, he will park it I the back ...Lee said I will give him your name, Now Go And Take Care Of Your Mother...I Will Meet You Out Front....I turn one more time....she is motioning for me to go on....Go...Go...Go...

Mom in ER


Mom gets wheeled out, spends about 30 minutes in the ambulance, they get her stable before transporting, Lee and I follow them to the ER. They admit her because apparently she did indeed had a stroke....they conduct tests all night, I talk with the doctor, she says they want to do a few more the next morning and then she will discuss a plan with me. 

2nd Day

Lunch

Shopping on the way out.



This was all yesterday...as I write this tonight we are home because Mom is a medical miracle....Dr. Go told Mom to go home and keep on playing....as you can see, she has recovered very well. As we were leaving, she went around the floor, told each and everyone of the nurses what a grand time she had but it was time to go home....we stopped at the gift shop, went to McDonald's and came home....it was almost like she was in a parade.

Hello McDonalds!

And I Did Get My TV....
I have got to stop taking DETOURS......

I see crazy people...

A few weeks ago when I took Mom to visit Aunt Chrick at " The Home" I checked in....saw several people....found Aunt chrick...set her and Mom up at a cozy little table so they could visit and decided I was early enough to go visit my daughter who lives only a few miles away.  I look around for someone to tell that I'm leaving for an hour or so and a delightful woman comes up and offers to help.  I explain, she tells me she's been working here at "The Home" now for about 2 years.  I've never met her, she is very nice and helpful and I comment that I am so glad to meet her and will be seeing her again in the fall. She explains that she only works in the summer as she still works at the Department of Human Services during the fall and winter. We had a wonderful conversation...I feel really good about leaving.  She is so attentive to Mom and Aunt Chrick offering to get them tea and a snack while I'm gone. Wow..talk about one on one service...how great is that!

I leave, am gone for about 2 hours, come back and the residents are having dinner. Mom and Aunt Chrick are hooping it up, having a good time and I notice that the caregiver I was so fond of is at another table .  Why ..  she is eating with some other ladies, what dedication, she really loves her job to stay overtime and eat unseasoned food.  I walk up to her table, she jumps up, introduces herself, and now she tells me she was a school teacher and is visiting her sister.  I find that odd ... maybe she has a twin.  No, I go to get a cup of coffee and here she comes again.."Aren't you new here? I am Covia, and I can't find my car....will you help me?". Here comes a real caregiver who takes Ms Covia back to her table.....time for her meds. 
Oh my goodness...I left Mom and Aunt Chrick in the care of a crazy person.

All Skate

I am my Mom.....

I found myself saying today to her...."and if he told you to jump off a bridge would you do that too!"

The Fifth Season

Mom asked a new question today...didn't want to know day, time or month....she wanted to know what season it was..I responded, thinking once again how funny I am with.."Why it FOOTBALL SEASON Mom"
Her reply...Well let's play!

I went outside to play with Mom. This afternoon, we are going to slide down a grass hill on cardboard....and  make a bonfire later. I can hardly see for my tears, but they are tears of joy, for real now...I refuse to be sad on a day when I can play outside with my best friend...

She is in her Fifth Season....(there's a book somewhere inside me)

Georgia on My Mind

David and I went to Lake Hartwell, Georgia to fish the ABA Couples Nationals....before leaving Mom and I had a real girl's day....manicures, pedicures, hair color,,,,,everything to make us special before the trip....Mom was not going with me as I would be fishing every day from sun up to sun down....We went, had a large time, and came back...upon arrival Mom comes over before I can get to her apartment...She walked in and was so glad to see us, couldn't believe how much she missed me and was so glad to see me again....we were gone a week but she felt like she hadn't seen us for months....I being the fast thinker said,"I know Mom....you can't go away like that again...we miss you too much...Did you have fun?". She says, "oh yes, I can't tell you how wonderful that trip was...It was so good for me, but I am so glad to be back home...I love you but I missed you too much....I won't ever leave again"

Time and space...it doesn't exist in Mom's world.....all the guilty feelings I had while away have been lifted....I learn something new everyday from Mom...