African violets

Saturday, January 7, 2017
I was expecting snow today so had planned to visit mom tomorrow.
There wasn't any snow fall that I was aware of so decided to go and have dinner with mom.
When I phoned to reserve my dinner, I was told I didn't have any meal tickets so I ended up paying cash when I got there.  I had prepared a cheque for $100 last year, but it still hasn't gone through.
Mom and Donna were seated, but no Ailene or Jacquie.
Mom seemed a little miffed about something.
Donna told me that mom had poured milk in two coffee mugs and then had added water.
Mom was probably trying to copy me.  I usually add milk to our teas.  Unfortunately the teas hadn't arrived yet so mom poured a cup of milk and a cup of water into each mug.
I just used the half water and half milk to top up our teas.
Another man in a wheelchair was grumbling about something that the care aide didn't seem to understand.  He followed me to the kitchen.  I was pouring the milk/water into my mug over the sink.  He wanted to add water to his tea because it was too hot.  I offered my "milk" and he was thankful.
When dinner was served to mom and Donna first, mom said she wasn't hungry.  I think she was still miffed about the milk and water incident.  We had teriyaki chicken drumsticks, rice and mixed veggies (lima beans, carrots, etc.)  Dessert was orange layer cake.  Yum!  I deboned mom's drumstick.  Mom said she wasn't going to eat it.  Soon my meal came.  Mom started to eat her meal.
She ate everything except for a little rice and she didn't touch her cake.
I peeled oranges for mom and Donna.  Mom only ate half the orange.  I asked her if she needed to go to the bathroom and sure enough she did.  I asked her if she knew where she was going.  After a few seconds she asked me where the washroom was so I escorted her until she was confident she knew where she was going.  I just had to walk with her to the entrance of the fish tank room.
Donna and I lingered over our tea and dessert and then we went back to the room.
I had brought African violets for mom and Donna because their poinsettias were looking pretty bad.  I threw the poinsettias out and replaced them with the African violets.  They seemed happy.
There was a nice empty box in mom's drawer.  I asked her where she got it from, but she hadn't a clue.
The paper towel dispenser in mom's room isn't working.  I've been using orange towels in mom's night stand.  I'm concerned because one of Joan's visitor's was coughing.  It was a phlegmy cough.
We went to play cards in the fish tank room.  Shanta was sitting at her usual place so I went to round up Anna and Michael.  Michael won three times, mom won once and everyone else won 2 times each.  They always have fun.
It took a while for mom to get into the game.  She knows the suits, but seems to be confused about the numbers.  Also she thinks she is supposed to take my card and she forgets to turn the card over.  After we played the first game she caught on.  Michael helped her.  Anna helped Donna and I helped Shanta turn over cards.
No laundry.  Also, mom was wearing the same clothes as yesterday.