Adventure, day 1
Typing this from Florence, South Carolina. The first day of travel went well. Tim and I are in our hotel room now, relaxing and watching 'Bob's Burgers' on the tv. I've got my laptop hooked up to the library WiFi and trying to catch up on the flist a bit.
We left a little later than I meant to, but it all worked out perfectly. We were on the road from my parents' around 10:30-11. It was smooth sailing all the way, once we got out of the traffic that is Virginia. We got to the hotel around 5:30, which was good because my Dad was fading fast.
My Dad starts to get a little weird once the sun goes down, it seems. I think part of it is just getting tired but it is possible this is "sundowning" and may be the early stages of dementia or alzhiemers. I also think it might be tied to alcohol, as when he is at home, he starts to take shots of whiskey when the sun starts going down. I think he actually did really well today because he couldn't drink anything but water. My Mom said he was sick last week too and is recovering so he is a little drained.
Tim is a real trooper considering he drove the whole time and my parents and I ended up talking the whole time. I'm not sure if we will be able to maintain that tomorrow. I should download some NPR podcasts or something to listen to in case we have nothing else to say LOL. My Mom and I are good at talking about nothing for long stretches of time though. It is a Grady skill.
Anyway, need to get to sleep, another day of driving and talking tomorrow. But in the end, we will be in Orlando so YAY!
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We left a little later than I meant to, but it all worked out perfectly. We were on the road from my parents' around 10:30-11. It was smooth sailing all the way, once we got out of the traffic that is Virginia. We got to the hotel around 5:30, which was good because my Dad was fading fast.
My Dad starts to get a little weird once the sun goes down, it seems. I think part of it is just getting tired but it is possible this is "sundowning" and may be the early stages of dementia or alzhiemers. I also think it might be tied to alcohol, as when he is at home, he starts to take shots of whiskey when the sun starts going down. I think he actually did really well today because he couldn't drink anything but water. My Mom said he was sick last week too and is recovering so he is a little drained.
Tim is a real trooper considering he drove the whole time and my parents and I ended up talking the whole time. I'm not sure if we will be able to maintain that tomorrow. I should download some NPR podcasts or something to listen to in case we have nothing else to say LOL. My Mom and I are good at talking about nothing for long stretches of time though. It is a Grady skill.
Anyway, need to get to sleep, another day of driving and talking tomorrow. But in the end, we will be in Orlando so YAY!
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