So far, so good.
If this weather holds, this will be the nicest weather we’ve had out here at Christmas in 4 years. It’s in the 60s and sunny and a far cry from the 30 degrees with 40 mile an hour winds that we left in DC yesterday. Flight was fine, but for a 5 hour flight it felt like it was about 12 hours. Hotel is great, and breakfast this morning hit the spot.
Popped over to the care center today to see Grandma - caught her after lunch and just before her afternoon snooze so we sat and chatted and watched some TV. Her room setup is perfect. The bed is on the one side, and then she’s got her two chairs and end table on one side, some of her pictures from home and such - it’s not “home” but it’s very cozy and nice and doesn’t feel like an institution. She’s kind of out in left field, and there is some occasional aphasia when she’s talking, but she sure as hell knew Donald was there when he said hello.
Overall she’s in good spirits, and frankly, the meds they’ve given her to keep her from being all wound up are working very well - she was in a perfectly pleasant mood. However, she did ask Donald, “I know I really shouldn’t be worrying about these things, but am I going to die here?” (I was out of the room and missed this gem.) Apparently it was said with about the level of curiosity and concern as if she’d asked, “Are we having pizza tonight?” Donald fielded it with something along the lines of “Since you don’t know when you’ll die, there’s no real way to know *where* you’ll die.” and she found that perfectly acceptable.
Went and got her Christmas goodies. (Yay for her finally just saying, “Oh, candy would be wonderful for Christmas!” and having people around who can read the labels and help her open them!) Hit the Dollar Tree for a gift bag and tissue paper - SO much better than the dollar stores back east. They have actual brand name items, rather than anti-freeze laden toothpaste called “Coldgate”. And a whole damn aisle of Willy Wonka candy. My brother & I may have gotten ourselves a few goodies. (As Donald said, “We’ll be lucky if we don’t end up in a diabetic coma before the week is up.”)
Thanks to the Arizona/Dallas game, the hotel restaurant will be open from 6AM to 10PM tomorrow - very nice considering that a) little if anything else will be open tomorrow, and Christmas Dinner at the care center is actually Christmas Lunch, and though I am sure it will be very good, I think we’ll probably be a touch hungry once the evening rolls around.
So, we’re off to a good start I think.
Originally posted at CafeChatNoir.net.
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