Saturday, January 17, 2009

AN EVENING AT HOME AT APPLEDORN VILLAGE

MY DAY STARTED AT 5 A.M....AFTER BREAKFAST, I CALLED AT 6 A.M. TO SEE HOW PAUL'S NIGHT WENT AND SHE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS AWAKE AT 3A.M. BUT HAD GONE BACK TO SLEEP AND WAS SLEEPING. THEN, AT 7 A.M., I CALLED JON AND ANN AND TOLD THEM WHAT WE HAD DONE..THEN AROUND10 I WENT OVER AND STAYED WITH PAUL UNTIL ABOUT 4 P.M. I HAD LUNCH WITH HIM AND THEN SAT WITH HIM AS HE SLEPT SOME AND WHEN HE WANTED TO GET UP, WE WOULD WALK AROUND THE COTTAGE..I CALLED DAVID AND CYNTHIA AND PAUL TALKED WITH DAVID WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GOOD FOR HIM...I LEFT A LITTLE AFTER FOUR AND EILEEN AND STEVE TOOK ME TO WALGREENS WHERE I PICKED SOME ITEMS ON SALE...THEN I CAME HOME AND PUT ON MY GOWN AND SLIPPERS AND TURNED T.V. ON AND ON THE HALMARK STATION, THE MOVIE OF FIVE PERSONS I MET ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN WHICH I WATCHED..HAD SOME SUPPER..SO AS YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY DAY FOR ME AND SOON I WILL BE OFF TO SLUMBERLAND...I ALSO HAD A CALL FROM MY FRIEND, HILDA, TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING WENT WITH PAUL GOING INTO THE COTTAGE..THEY SAY THAT MOST OF THE PERSONS USUALLY AJUST TO THEIR NEW LIVING SITUATION IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS...I LIKE THAT I CAN GO AND BE WITH HIM, EAT WITH HIM, VISIT WITH HIM, OR JUST READ A BOOK OR WATCH TV WHEN HE DOZES OFF..I AM SO GRATEFUL TO MY CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE WITH ME AS I FIND MY WAY IN MY NEW WORLD AND ALSO GRATEFUL TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER WHO HAS BEEN AND STILL IS WATCHING OVER US...SO,,,,,,,,,,,,GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE............MARY

2 comments:

sarah said...

Hi Grandma!

I'm so glad that Friday went so smoothly.. I thought about you guys all day that day. It sounds like he's getting some amazingly good care, and that he's doing really well. I'm really glad for both of you, and I hope this means you get to spend some really pleasant times with Grandpa now (as you mentioned in your blog) - but yes, what a busy day!

I've been ill now since Wednesday, and I'm moping around the house alot.. but other than that, things here are fine.

Lots of love from England to you and Grandpa,

X O X O

Sarah

Elizabeth J. said...

Happy to hear you are doing well! Lots of love!

Elizabeth