Sundowners and wandering.

At the Albuquerque Balloon Festival.

Where to start? What has changed? What is going on? And how am I handling it? In my attempt to keep some sanity in our lives, I have made the decision to maintain a strict regimentation of when to give Sweetie her CBD Oil. I am now giving her a dose every 2.5-3 hours. She sometimes wants to do it herself, and when I can't talk her out of it, I let her self medicate herself. She is always more willing in the morning, its the afternoons and evening we have our confrontation. 

The other is to walk more. Instead of watching movies or TV shows on a continual basis, we now get out and walk in between shows. I hoping that the exercise will help her work off energy and mellow out her sundowners. 

Yesterday was a surprise day. As normal, nothing planned, we had just finished our breakfast, and was out on a walk when my phone rang. It was our son and he wanted to know if we were up to a round of disk golf. He has a passion for disk golf, to the point that last year, he took us out to play with him and the boys. I enjoyed our time with them and so he got me a beginner set of disks for a Christmas present. We had a wonderful time, and the boys help grandma as we played. It was a good outing for all of us. 

On one of our walks, we met a family in the park with their two little ones, and one in the oven. She is a doctor, a speech therapist, who works with Dementia/Alzheimer's patients. We had a good conversation, and I got a lot of encouragement from her. Seems, my Driver is putting people in our path to bless me. 

We got out and walked around our little block 3 times, and all three times, I didn't have to shepherd her, to keep her away from neighbor's doors. In-between times and as the day grew long, she would get restless and walk around the house, and if she went outside, I was there with her. One of the new attitudes is she wants me to stay home so she can go out by herself. I can't let her, so I have to make up some story to go with her. 

We had a number of Easter Eggs yesterday. I am always amazed at the joy that happens after the daily drive with my Driver and we travel down the Road to Dementia Town. He is reminding me that everyday will have its challenges, its joys, and disappointments. The best part of all of that is they are just temporary, for they will pass into the pass and with Him at the wheel, and me riding shotgun, we will face it together, down the road we go, Keeping our Shiny Side Up. Hey, don't let yesterday color your today for you too can make it as you travel your road, Keeping your Shiny Side Up. See Ya, Love Ya, God Bless.