Sun 1 Nov

Spent our Halloween evening watching Chamber of Secrets after the trick or treaters were done and we shared a ham dinner with Michael and Lon.

I'm starting to come to terms with my mom's status. I don't believe it bothers her as much as it does me that she will likely never be independent again. She just wants to be taken care of by nice people and hopefully to have less pain. I hope she'll like her new room and roommate. I don't think we'll be able to take her out or bring her to the house, even for the holidays as there's no way we'd get her up the steps into the house, and certainly no way I could help her to the bathroom even if we had a commode on the main floor. I hope to focus my time with her remembering all the fun things she has done.

I'm not sure what we'll do today. I've asked Michael to join us for church, breakfast, and a visit to Grandma in PCH as he hasn't been to the nursing home since she's been there. I realize the setting creeps him out so I thought it best if we all go together. He'll have to go periodically if that's where she's going to be long term. Not sure then if we'll pick up some things to clear out the new apartment, or just unload the things in the truck from the old place at the house and work on finding places for things that won't interfere with the boys. I may just stay at the house then and do some more work there. We'll see.

Just got through making a really nice lunch for Dad, Michael, and Lon. We had grilled tenderloin steak, roasted asparagus with garlic (your recipe), and beer bread. Yum!



Food:

8:15 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light vanilla soy milk, 6 oz oj, coffee
1:30 pm 4.75 oz tenderloin, 6 spears roasted asparagus, slice Tastefully Simple beer bread, 12 oz light vanilla soy milk
3:00 pm Leaf-shaped chocolate bottom cookie
4:00 pm 1 sm pc English toffee, 1 oz Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips
5:00 pm 2/3 c 1% cottage cheese, 1 c yellow pepper strips, 3 super cherry tomatoes (210 g)



Exercise:

7:10-8:00 am Brutal ballet DVD