Robin's visit this weekend

Got this email from Robin today:


We had a good weekend….I brought the 3 videos up that I ordered from Discovery Channel….Nonie (sp?) and I worked for an hour trying to get the DVD player to work…no luck…so I went to Target and bought another one…came back, hooked it up, and it worked beautifully. Mom kept saying the cable guy hooked the other one up so I asked if anyone had seen it working….no one could tell me…so apparently the one we gave him at Father’s Day had never really been seen working so I hope you still have the receipt for it. Dad really enjoyed the DVD on Spain and said, "We stood right there." Dad also told me that he wants to "go down there." I said, "Where? To Macon with Lauren," and he said, "Yes." I lied and told him, "Mom and Lauren are checking on that."
Nonie was very intimidated (standoffish and watching me) and didn’t appear to know what to do with most everything. She didn’t even know WHERE to start with getting Dad in and out of the bed…basically I lifted him alone – I was impressed with his ability to scoot his butt back onto the bed (once I had him on the edge). I sat on the loveseat while he did a breathing treatment and she didn’t notice that the meds were all gone (the cup was empty)…good way to burn out a motor!
I asked Mom what I stuck my nose into…apparently she just thought Lauren was coming and I told her that Lauren was unsure about coming up until the last minute (she’s going next weekend). I asked Mom if she’d prefer I didn’t come…if she just wanted Lauren to come….and she said, "I want you to do what you want to do with the price of gas, etc." I need to realize that she has dementia and not get my feelings hurt.