CHAOS!

Last night ... 5 grand kids + 1 Gordo = CHAOS!

EDWARD!

FYI ... if you don't know about the "Twilight" series ... this post won't make a whole lot of sense.
In case you didn't know ... Gordo has read every one of the "Twilight" books. He's become quite obsessed with Vampires and Werewolves. Never misses " Being Human" and just finished reading "The Last Werewolf".
He also has this huge dislike for "Bella" (Twilight's lead character). She's indecisive and clumsy ... blah blah blah. The only time she passes the "Gordo" test is when she becomes a vampire ... thus the reason we won't watch any of the movies until "Breaking Dawn" part 2 comes out.
Yesterday I tripped ... again ... over the stupid oxygen hose and darn near fell over. Dad looks up from the book he's currently reading and says ... Pooker Annie ... don't worry ... I'm the only one who knows how clumsy you are and you're certainly not nearly as awkward as Bella. Then he returns to his reading. I jokingly reply ... when I become a vampire ... that will change for me too. Now ... dad is back to his book and hardly paying attention to me ... so he just replies ... that will be great ... Pooker Annie.
Really?
EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's OK

I get these daily email reminders of what I posted last year. Rather interesting to see what you were doing and thinking on the exact same day as the previous year.
Care-giving has become so routine and easy ... sometimes it's hard to remember what life was like prior to Gordo's arrival. The best part ... it's totally OK.


Posted: MARCH 28,2011
I have learned so much over the past month. Mostly about myself. If you would have told me 6 weeks ago that I would be cleaning false teeth, mopping up urine, preparing meals, monitoring oxygen and medicine intake, dressing and bathing dad , while lugging him around in a wheelchair, etc. … I would have said … YUCK … no way! I’ll pay someone else to do that stuff. Well … much to my surprise … I can and actually insist on doing these things myself. It’s amazing what we can do out of love and determination. Although I’m no Florence Nightingale, I’m working on being a damned good caregiver.

To Succed

Gordo's doing great, but I wasn't inspired to write this morning. However ... the following was worth sharing.
Have a super day!
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mirror Mirror

Every morning Gordo sits in his chair, takes out his mirror(a big Winnie the Pooh one that I got at the dollar store) and puts on cream around his dry eyes.
This morning I walked into his room to give him his paper, as he was talking to himself ... "Mirror mirror on the wall ... who's the fairest of them all? You ... you silly old bastard".  It was everything I could do ... not to burst into laughter. Then he looks up at me and (randomly) blurts out  ... Pooker Annie ... I don't care what the bible says ... I really don't think the meek with inherit the earth.
OK ... then.
Just another day in Bizzarro World!
Have a great week my friends !