Friday Night at the Races

Friday, June 25th, 2016

Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes and carrots.  Dessert was cake.
When I arrived shortly after 5:00 p.m., the meal had already been served.  I got myself a tea while I waited for my dinner.  Mom gets anxious it my meal is not there because she feels she has to share with me.

They celebrated Jackie's birthday this afternoon at tea.  She was wearing her blond wig and going by the name Betty.  She looked great. She was wearing lots of silver bling.  She said the cake was strawberry shortcake with whipping cream and because there weren't so many residents, there was a lot of cake to eat.  They celebrate all the birthdays for the month on one day each month.  There is a singer/guitarist who entertains the residents.

Mom accepted a banana from the fruit lady today.  Usually she doesn't want anything.  She now has two bananas and an orange in her collection on her night table.  When her collection gets too big, I turn it in to the nurses' station.

Donna ate all her dinner and her dessert before mom was finished.  I told Donna to go ahead to the room and use the washroom first and me and mom would come to the room later.  Mom lingered over her dinner.  She only ate half of everything including her cake, but she drank all her milk and juice.

I notice there are what look to be food stains on mom's pants.  She wears a bib at meals, but sometimes she spills on her tops as well.  It seems to happen more often now.  I noticed a pulled piece of thread or fabric on her pants.  I told mom I would cut it off, but she was adamant that I needed to fix it a different way.  She knew that she wanted to pull the thread inside, but she couldn't figure out how to do it.  If I had a needle, she may have been able to do it.

I told Donna we were going to the races.  She asked if we had to pay and I told her it was free.  Donna's horse won a race so she got a chocolate which she shared with mom later.  The girls had a fine time at the races.

After the races, the girls went to sit with Santa and Anna by the fish tank.  Michael came and joined the girls.