I barely spoke to the grandparents this morning. I made some breakfast and ran out the door to do volunteer training at the Humane Society. I thought it was going to only be an hour session, but four hours later I'm sitting at Petco selling kittens and dogs to the families of Port Saint Lucie. I'm aparently not pound material like the hooligans volunteering to work off DUI's, so I was already promoted! Now if I can get them to PAY me.
When I got home we had some snacks and I double checked whether they took their medicine like the calendar indicated they did. Carol took her meds, but had no patch on at all...? and when I gave Grandpa his medicine he set it on the coffee table. When I came back to make sure he took them, I saw that he had hid the shot glass of pills almost behind the microwave. I brought them to his room and he declared he wasn't taking them. "I love you so much I want to keep you healthy." "I'm not taking them." "What? You need me to get you some water?," I yelled over the T.V. When I get back he takes the pills and throws the shot glass at my feet. I hand him water and he says, "Thank you."
Carol and I go to the grocery store (Walmart) where she piles in cookies and 5% juice boxes as I frantically try to get vegtables, protein and fruit in the basket. The trip is a success because I convince her we should get non-fat raspberry sorbet as our second ice cream of choice. Carol really is such a great person. When we go to Walmart, she stops and talks to the greeter, asking them about their day. She gives the right away to the sullen teenager who didn't even notice anyway. Lets the lady in the motor-cart go first in line and offers to unload her basket for her. She follows it all up by telling the cashier that her hair is "perfectly bouncy." Maybe all my low-fat nonsense is what is making me less sweet.
Dinner was fine except Grandpa was a little snappy--"Grandpa, that pot roast is already really salty if you taste it." "Don't worry about it." [Silence] "I though it was supposed to rain today but it stayed perfectly sunny all day." "It was hotter then hell today." [silence]. But, as soon as my cat walked in his mood completely changed. MauMau this and pretty kitty that.
After dessert we retired to our seperate bedrooms, but I've been hearing someone roaming in the kitchen about every half hour. When I went out to get some water a few seconds ago I noticed that a good amount of the ice cream and cookies were gone.
To sum up--
Daily sanity level of house: 7 (out of 10)--It would be an 8, but my friends keep sending me text about how much fun they are having and "thinking of you". I'm watching every episode of Nip/Tuck on a Saturday night.
Erika's daily activity away from house: Play with puppies and kittens!
Daily lesson: Really make sure Grandpa took his meds
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