Journal Entry – August 10

Today was about the same as yesterday, with clear skies and no wind, but is was warmer.  The big moon is out tonight, but tomorrow night is the full noon.  

This afternoon I took mom to a nurse practitioner, and she stated that mom’s dementia is considerable worse than it was six months ago. We talked about her current faculties, since she can go to bed, go to restroom, and work some in the kitchen.  She stills knows where everything is in this house, despite the fact that she starts stating at 4:00 everyday that she want to go home, but I feel that she is stating that she is lonely and wants to be around people.  (It should be noted that we have caregivers here about everyday and this does free me to work on others things for myself or for mom.)  As we have noticed that past two falls of the year, mom goes through a negative battle during the change to standard time, with the night starting an hour early.  The nurse practitioner gave me information for care facilities, and we are feeling that this might be a time when she may needed more care, but we will only find out how things are going through the passing of time.  

For me to start building my house, large trucks can only get into my lots after May 15 of each year.  As for the company that I am purchasing my house from has stated, the roughing contractors need nine months of lead time to start building a house.  That means that I have to make up my mind if I am going to build in September of each year.  So, to decide if I am going to build this September, it is going to be a tough decision.  

Life seems like it is full of challenges.

Roger   

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