Bye Newell, back to work!

August 14 – Up and back to work!  It was a slow starting day for me after Bill did the floors and I got all set up and ready to go.  Then as soon as Newell came in to do his laundry it got busy.  I had hoped to get to visit with him some but it just wasn’t happening.  Phone calls, laundry issues, check-outs and the list goes on.  Bill was in and out and we said out sad good-byes to Newell, until the next time!

Kerry called and added to the mix of issues.  Dad got a fellow resident in a head lock and hit him and our understanding is they took him to the hospital but he was fine.  Now they say either dad has to leave or we have to have a companion for him form 10 AM to 6PM daily.  I got busy on that and got a temporary one from Age Advantage until we could find a male companion.  We think he is too much for a female to handle.  I ended up contacting the man who was caregiver for years to one of Bill’s former principals and luckily for us he was interested immediately.  He has been working part time and said he’d work 7 days a week for us.  I put him in touch with Kerry to iron out the details and he is starting on Tuesday.  What a relief!  It’s a bit additional expense but there’s nothing else we can do.  They are going to schedule dad an appointment to re-check his meds and see if they can increase but some of the problem is getting him to take them so we hope Joseph will be able to keep him on track.

Bill started on his pole painting project at the entrance.  He didn’t have a ladder high enough to do the top of the tallest one as the owner had that ladder with him working on his grandson’s Eagle Scout project.

It slowed up enough in the afternoon that I had time to get back to making scrubbies.  I managed to get 2 done today to add to my collection.

Later in the day we could see the storm clouds heading our way and at closing time we got hit pretty hard.  We had hail bigger than peas banging on all those Laundromat windows.  And we had some mean looking lightning strikes that seemed super close.  Then water was pouring in under the doors and one section of windows where they meet.  I was glad Bill hadn’t left yet as he mopped up water and put towels down to keep it contained.  The hail faded into rain and than slowed up so Bill went home.   We had done all the evening duties but I still had to balance.  He brought me back my raincoat but by the time I left it was about 30 degrees colder but the rain had passed on or stopped. 

We had a repeat of our dinner last night but the fish was gone so I had Italian sausage and Bill had a burger.  Still have enough meat for another night!  I was too tired to blog or journal so will once again have to rely on my failing memory of what and where went on each day!