i'm back!

Sorry that I've been on a hiatus. The site wouldn't let me sign in. This morning I realized that I'd been putting in my user name instead of my e-mail address. Ugh. I've heard that Gama has been making a fuss that I was coming up this weekend. I told her I might be coming up, but since Caitlin and I have been painting my house (one of my many projects I've been putting off since we moved in almost a year and a half ago) I've got stuff moved out of my bedroom and bathroom and ma going to get things put back together this weekend. I never told her I was coming up. Actually, I don't remember mentioning to her at all that I had planned to come up this weekend, but I never tell her for sure that I'm coming up until the Wed or Thurs before I plan to be there. I figure she'd forget if I told her before then anyway. Maybe it's the stressful situation, but she seems to be forgetting more and more everytime I talk to her.

One thing we need to consider for sure before moving Papa into a home, is what to do with Gama? I think we all know that she doesn't need to be in that house alone. Not to mention that it scares her to death to be there by herself. There are all kinds of apartment communities that cater to the elderly. Some of them allow them the freedom to come and go as they please, but there's always someone on the grounds just in case. It needs to be presented to her as a package deal. If Papa goes into a home, then she needs to go into an apartment. As somebody said, up to this point we've been lucky-Chantel has been there for Papa, but it's been good for Gama too to have somebody around.

Hope everyone has a good weekend! Keep me posted!
-lauren