Today I awakened at my Alzhiemer's client's home to find that she is distraught over her cat. She threw her cat out the door after the cat appearing to have changed colors (say what?). She said that the cat turned pink. After seeing the cat last night myself and wondering if the cat were pregnant because she was big around, I was wondering if she meant that the cat was about to have babies or what. Still not sure what she meant, but I encouraged her to take a shower after engaging her in the Joel Olsteen show this morning and having some freshly squeezed orange juice and toast.
I put out some cat food while she was in the shower after not seeing the cat myself. After cleaning up the home we left but she thanked me for everything as she was encouraged by Joel Olsteen's power talk about minimizing our adversities and putting a magnifying glass towards the bigger and better things to come for us ahead - and, she agreed the the shower did make her feel refreshed as well.
We set out and went to Denny's for breakfast and then off to Sun Harvest for some bits and pieces for things to make at home. Poor thing. She got in her mind that she was going to make her famed chicken soup and when I told her that we might not need to buy a whole chicken because it won't fit into the toaster oven, she felt despair and disgust to her son who had taken apart her stove to keep her from setting the place on fire accidentally. I tried to point out that she might be able to do the same in a crockpot and she toyed with the idea for a moment then said, "No, I just want my stove to be working!". We went around and put some of those ingredients back and searched for other possibilities that she could do -- for instance instant oatmeal with the water boiled in the electric kettle, etc.
When we finally got home, we prepared some tuna salad for sandwiches this week and put away the groceries we did purchase. After calling her son to tell him that he really must get the stove working and hanging up on him after a conversation about his love life that isn't working out too hot, she pulled up a chair for me to sit in and said, "Come. Talk to me!"
I sat down and I got a lecture about taking a chance with life and finding a man for me. She called me a "gootah" (phonetically correct, but Jewish for a woman that does things for everyone else but herself). She says that she wants me to go out and spend $100 on myself -- a new dress, earrings, lipstick -- and go dancing. She says that I should get a sign to wear (like a nametag) and say that I am a free woman! (I can just see it now -- women who have already been married and are now divorced and/or widowed must wear a "W" - - an "M" inverted for "woman" and signifying turning over a new leaf! OMG...lol.....
As I finally was heading out the door after spending 30-1/2 hrs this weekend with her this weekend, she said to me, "You are a lovely woman. I enjoy spending time with you because you make me feel sane and you are fun to be around. You need to buy that dress, earrings, and lipstick -- and, find something daring to do!" It almost sounded like a preacher giving me a charge to do for the week ahead, as well as a challenge to find something daring to do.
Thank goodness she has Alzhiemers and she may not remember that she told me that next weekend or I might have to actually report to her the daring thing that I did this week; however, on the other hand, because she does have some degrees of Alzheimers, I might have the same lecture next week. Oh, nooooooo!!! lol....
