Just a little jiggle...

Last Sunday Granny was all ready to go to church with us. The previous week we had a miscommunication & left without her. Oops
So before church begins we gather in the foyer to have coffee, chat, etc.
We are sitting at a table with my friend L, and Miss D comes up & sits down. She starts talking to Granny. Granny notices Miss D. is wearing a Christmas shirt with flamingos in a line across the front (think breast area) dressed as santa girls. Granny looks at Miss D & said "I think if you give those a little jiggle you can make the flamingo dance!" Miss D kinda looked horrified & said "I don't  believe I want to have them dance". L & I were laughing so hard. Poor Miss D, a kind hearted soul innocent, never married, trying to make small talk with Granny. I still laugh when I picture Granny shaking her chest at Miss D....

Yesterday Granny & I ventured out to Wally world... always an exciting trip to say the least. When we first arrived all of the little motorized carts were being used. Granny stated she would just walk.. I'm thinking ok, this is gonna take forever... after checking out the mittens & scarves I decided to check to see if any carts were returned. Yes!! there were 2 of them..Yippee...
Of course about this time it dawned on me I needed to drive the thing out into the store and locate Granny...... In my head I debated was it worth being seen on the silly thing.... So I unplug it, read the directions & headed out to the mittens...
I gotta say once I got over the feeling of people are going to think I'm lazy or what's wrong with her she too fat to walk the store ( Yes I am guilty of thinking that about others) I kinda enjoyed watching people quickly move out of my way.... Did they really think I was going to run into them? I was totally in control of the cart.... I swear...

Time of Thanksgiving

1 ~ 3 times a week Granny has a home health care worker come in and help her bathe, clean her room, etc. This week I am especially thankful for Tena coming over... Granny exclaimed "you can help me shower then you can cut my toenails" Inside my head I was cheering... That would had been my job if Tena didn't come over 

2~ Sunday Granny fell in the kitchen while we were at church. She failed to use the panic button she is paying for to call for help.... Crawled into the living room & pulled herself up on the footstool.
I asked if she needed to go in to the emergency room, she answers no, no I'm fine...
Monday morning she gets up with new aches and pains... I repeat let's go in and have you checked out, she responds no, I'm fine... even dances a little jig....
Tuesday afternoon I take her to a doctor visit, he checks out her knee, takes xrays, she then brings up falling. According the xray her hip is great, no problem. We spent 2 hrs total. She's going to have the screws in her knee removed. Good I think she'll have less pain...
We get out to the truck & Granny proclaims in a wobbly voice, I need to go to the ER... I respond really! Ov  vey, I said fine, can you walk in or do you need a wheel chair.. Wheel chair she replies...
I park her in the lobby & park the truck, as I walk in 3 ladies are helping her stating She fell on Sunday... I loudly say SHE REFUSED TO COME IN!!!!
After 2 1/2 hrs she was declared fine... after multiple xrays, blood test,  observing, she is fine....
After we get back to the truck in her normal non-wobbly voice she suggest stopping for tacos for dinner...
I am thankful she didn't break any bones.....

2~ While I'm thankful hearing aids I would be so much more thankful if she turned them on instead o telling me loudly she can't hear me.....

I've heard it is hell to get old & I believe it more and more every day..
I've decided I am not going to get old, I am done aging as of today..... 

the abnormal is our new norm

Life has changed, things have settled down, the abnormal is becoming the norm in our home...
Granny is no longer like a newborn baby sleeping the majority of the time. She is finding her place in her new home. We now have an alert button necklace for her, I believe the idea of the alert button has calmed her, knowing she can get help if she falls is a biggie. I went back to work this week, just 2 days, however this is different for granny to be on her own for the day. She did her own laundry, washed, dried, folded and put away... Impressive... I now know she will be doing her own laundry...
We have set up a gal to come in 3 times a week.
We are moving forward, still have moments of frustration, however not as many. I am trying to be more sensitive, put myself in granny's shoes. I would feel the same as she does I think questioning why I am still here, why doesn't God take me.
I have been working on upholstering a chair for the last 1 1/2yrs. (that is a whole different story) All I have left is the cushion and the back... I pulled it out and asked for granny's help. Her face became bright, her eyes glazed over.... she came alive... She got out her notebook and started taking notes on how to finish this chair (finally) & even how to fix what I didn't do correctly.. Even down to refinishing the legs vs replacing them (my idea).
I do believe I will be pulling out the rest of the unfinished projects around here.....