Livin' on Easy Street

Spent some time with Mosey yesterday. First stop, Art Class...we arrived fashionably late, as usual. I tried to get her to help hand out cookies to the other artists but mom was in hoarding mode so I did it. Then we chatted most of the class, glancing through magazines for collage ideas. Mom is officially past the point of painting, it's too complicated and frustrating for her. So, for now we're doing collages. You'll be receiving X-mas cards soon...our first crack at collage collaboration. After class, we headed back up to her room because her pants were sagging really bad. After a half hour of bathroom activities, costume change, prettifying and settling in Mom started opening the gifts that Char sent. (Thanks! She loved 'em) Never one to rush through an activity, Mom took her sweet time with the gift opening. An hour later, we were ready to go out on safari: a couple errands on the Walker Campus(she lost her glasses a month ago so we check periodically in the laundry lost and found)and lunch next door at Walker Place(fancy private-pay senior residence). I worked on the X-mas cards while mom had a leisurely bowl of soup and a couple apple slices. Another 1-1/2 hours tick by and we mosey back to Walker Health Center, stop in the greenhouse on the second floor to water a few plants and enjoy a little nature. Once back on the unit, mom blends in with her people and finds someone that needs her attention. I quietly drift off, work on a couple little projects in her room and pack up my activity bag. I head towards a back exit and see mom's walker parked outside her friend Beverly's room. Another day on Easy Street.