May 26,27,28 Ruth

Where should I begin, it was a super hectic week. When I arrived I met Gail, the new weekend lady. She was very nice and let me know that nothing too exciting was going on except that the TV was out for a good part of Sunday night and she had to call someone to explain to her how to get the DVD player working. As soon as I walked into Jean's room, Jean started complaining that she didn't understand how to get the DVD to work and that Bill wouldn't learn. She was very agitated over this, so I showed her how to do it, step by step. They decided to watch Columbo DVD's that we received from Netflix.

A half an hour later, Christine stopped by to bring me some new reading material. She stayed a good 3 hours hanging out and eating lunch with us, which is a refreshing change of pace. After Christine left I placed a grocery order and then made dinner. All was quiet.

In the morning before Bill and Jean woke up, I decided to move some furniture in the downstairs bedroom around. My attempt at decluttering, which I have come to find out is going to be a monumental task. I made breakfast, Jay got here at 10am and Maria was here soon after. Jay came in the house and right away Jean was agitated again and started saying "let's move this here and get me the hammer." She was really riled up, to be perfectly honest it was not Jay's fault, he just stepped into the hornet's nest that we will now call Jean's Move, it is all she talks about, all she thinks about. She is very concerned about where all her furniture is going to go. She wants to go back to the house that she wants to copy ASAP. An approximate move date needs to be established, so that we can get her to calm down. This is a Rancho attack times 10. Everyone is well aware of her behavior before she goes to San Diego. Agitated, Irritable and down right mean. She has been in the early stages of that, these last couple of days. Which reminds me- Jean would like to dole out some of her grandmother's hand painted china to Christine, Joan and Amanda.
Maria did a great job, each time she comes, she helps to declutter a little more. She is really doing a fantastic job lately. After Maria left, Charlae came over and did massages for Bill and Jean. We scheduled her for another massage in 2 weeks on a Tuesday. John had to cancel, groceries delivered.
Today- Tree and a woman named Ginny Richardson came by at 9:30am to take pictures of the back patio. The pool is green and I do not know who the pool guy is or what his number is. He usually comes on a Friday, so maybe Sylvia can get that info from him. Paul Jones got here at 12pm and started in the living room. I got Bill and Jean ready to leave by 1pm. Paul helped me get them both in the car and then put Jean's walker in the trunk. He was a big help today. We stopped at Lynn's to pick up Jean's pants, went to Russo's to get Jean's permanent crown. Dr. Russo told me that Jean has cracked another tooth since our last visit 3 weeks ago and needs another crown. I will make the appointment next week. After that we went to Dr. Lesueur the dermatologist to have him look at Bill's ear. The sore on his ear is a pressure sore and he NEEDS TO SLEEP ON HIS LEFT HAND SIDE, he needs to keep all weight off of that ear so that it can heal. If he does as the doctor prescribed and it still doesn't heal then he needs to have a biopsy done.
At 4pm we met Christine at Red Lobster- she was not impressed with the dive and never wants to go back, but we enjoyed her company. Last and final news- the a/c is not working. It is on, but it is an oven in here. I set it to 70 before we left to try and cool the house down while we were gone, we got home and it was 81degrees and a sauna. Greg Yates is on his way.

Next week- Tuesday- Carotid ultrasound for Bill, INR check @ Khaled's, Bloodwork needs to be done for an upcoming appointment with Dr. khaled.

Saturday- Cookie and Jean are going out to lunch and Jean will take her to see the new house. Hence the house key issue. Sorry for the long blog, have a great weekend everybody.