Herky jerky day.

Sweetie and her kids.

 I've got to get some new pictures of Sweetie. I don't know what, just something that is more current. I've gone through many of the pictures in my photo albums. Even if it is one a day, or one a week, just something new. 

One of the hardest parts is that we are doing the same thing day in and day out. One of the things that we haven't done in awhile is a trip to the zoo. 

With it being winter, I would think the zoo would be a place to wonder, but then again, being that it is winter, will she get cold? 

We are having a mild winter here so far. No bad rainy or snowy days. It is nice, but at the same time, I know we will pay for this later in the summer. The forest will become dry and there will be forest fires. It seems that the whole southwest is going to be a tender box, waiting for a match. 

As of now, I'm on a hunt for a place for Sweetie to stay when I go on my trips this year. It is going to be tricky, for most places are full and there isn't any openings. Plus, I am now waiting on our family doctor to give us a "prescription" to give the facility, so they can give Sweetie her CBD. 

It seems that even though CBD is over the counter, they cannot give it to her without a script from our doctor. So much for my responsibility to be Sweetie's caregiver. 

Monday

Sweetie is up and alert. I try to make her comfortable with me in the morning. I've found that if I spend sometime with her, just sitting and talking to her, telling her what we have planned for the day, she seems more ready to get out of bed and get started. 

This is how the morning started. She let me help her sit up and slide off the bed. One of the nice things about this bed, is that it has a box spring under the mattress. Which makes the bed to be about 24" tall. So when she gets out of bed, she doesn't have to stand up, she slides off the bed. 

It was a quick in and out of the bathroom, and on to breakfast. Have her fruit and juice waiting for her. Then cereal and toast with CBD on the toast. 

After breakfast, as she is sitting there, and I'm talking to her, she breathes in some water. Coughing, she tries to catch her breath. Stay with her until she can breath again, and let her be to see if she will recover. 

She doesn't, so into bed she goes. Soon, she is asleep again. Which means a morning alone on the course. 

Being that it is MLK day, a holiday here, so the course is busy, and it will make play either slow, or moving right along. It turns out, I'm ahead of the crowd, and move quickly through the course. Had a 3 par day. 

Home, and Sweetie is still asleep, and I leave her alone. 

When she wakes up, she seems to be in good spirits, and happy to see me. I like that, that she still knows I'm someone she can trust. Anything that comes with it is whip cream on the ice cream. 

Head for the store, buy our supplies, and for the first time in a long time, get some ice cream. Peanut butter cup. 

Home, pop corn, and TV. Dinner, and ice cream, then to a meeting. 

Sweetie is having a difficult time lately. She seems fearful, and sometimes whimpers, and then is a flash, is smiling and happy. I keep her close, and she makes it through the meeting. As the evening goes on, she relaxes and all it good again. 

Home, watched some more TV, then to bed. It was everything seems fine, then when we get into the bedroom, she doesn't want to go to bed. We've done this dance before, and I soon get her in bed, and we snuggle until sleep finds us. 

It was a herky jerky day, on the Road to Dementia Town. Some stops, some rough roads to get through, yet over all, we were able to Keep Our Shiny Side Up. C'ya, Luv Ya, and God Bless.