September Update

As anyone can see from the lack of entries, I am not a true journal keeper. Having read others journals (the library publishes diaries from the past and they are mostly mundane ramblings) I find it hard to be in that realm. Aren't you all lucky I don't feed you volumes of nonsense?

Anyway, having said that I will continue with a paragraph or two about our mundane, rambling days, ha ha.

During the month of September, Harry and I took Mom to Alexandria for a few days. We would have stayed longer, but long story short (I am saving you all from boredom) we needed to come back to Baton Rouge early.

During our stay, we contacted a real estate lady (Jo Betty Sterkx). She lives in the neighborhood, knows Mom and is the sister-in-law to Mamie Sterkx, the lady mom worked with for Dr. Deming. She has sent me information concerning the selling expectations of houses in the neighborhood. I will be forwarding them to interested parties (brothers and sister) for everyone to be informed.

While there, Mom didn't do any more than she does here, but she "became" the Lady of the House. That leads me to understand she has not accepted her living arrangements here in B.R. and based on some of her comments, she still sees herself being able to return "home". If fact, when I spoke of returning to B.R., her comments were that she was going to stay there and we could come back for a visit. She was not happy when I once again had to burst her bubble (as gently as possible) and make her understand that she cannot live alone. I was very concerned about being able to get her in the car for the return trip. But, praise the Lord for the saints. Mike and Laura showed up early morning and with their fellowship with Mom, she was able to get in the car and say goodbye.

She returned here to her chair or rocker and does nothing. When we try to get her interested in some small project, she is not mentally available. When the sisters from Alexandria visited her here in B.R. a few weeks back, they saw she was not emotionally resolved to being here. She holds on to the belief of returning to Alex. and is waiting me out.... Not hiding anything from her, she knows the house is being evaluated for sale, but until it is gone...

Harry and I started being concerned for Mom's wellness the weekend of my surprise birthday party (I'll write about that another time). We could see her becoming sick and made plans to visit the doctor. She was completely unaware of being sick. Once again, her bladder was the culprit. So she is taking medicine to get back to health. If left unchecked, it could become life threatening. It's what put her in the hospital when she first came to live here, and she was VERY sick then (not knowing or maybe afraid to admit it). Anyway, she is on the road to recovery.

So we now come to October...See ya next time.