Our daughter has taken over looking out for him a few days during the week because she lives only a few minutes away from his residence. Generally she will text me and report on how he is and what he is up to that visit. He also has two men from HomeCare come in every morning to help him shave and supposedly get dressed (by the looks of some of his get ups I doubt this). He also has a private-hire care female professional who comes in twice a week and showers him and takes him for outings. He likes her and calls her "his girlfriend." At first he stated that he was embarrassed by a woman showering him but I reassured him this was her job and she was "used to wrinkly old men." I don't know if that made him feel better or not. Of course my dear husband told him "Ya know Pop, in Vegas you would pay a lot of money for that!"
Last week when our daughter took Gramps down to the Bistro for coffee and a muffin he was complaining he doesn't have very many friends. While walking to the table he jabbed his cane at a walker a woman had set beside her table and said loudly "These things shouldn't be here....they are just in the way." Our daughter said the lady got up and moved her walker. She then texted me "And he wonders why he doesn't have any friends!!!"
I only started texting last year....and I love it. My phone is set to this sort of submarine, sonar sound when a text comes it. However I forget to turn the volume down and sometimes our daughter will text late at night when I am asleep and I will immediately wake up and wander down the hall to see what it is about. I will text her back and she will say something like "oh, you are up!" Yes - I had to get up to see this text because my phone made the text sound!!! So - perhaps I really shouldn't be texting if I HAVE to see what it is about....or learn to turn down the volume at night.
I was writing in this blog about something that happened with our daughter, her Grandfather and a text she was sending to me. Then after writing it, I thought that some people might not actually see the humor in the whole thing. FACT: Gramps has dementia, which is getting worse day by day. The FACT is not funny, but sometimes the SITUATION is.
Then I got thinking, while in the shower where I seem to do my best thinking, are we supposed to censor our own blogs? Are they not random thoughts, private soap boxes, things to share....? The problem with the written word is that people reading can't see your facial expression or hear your voice. Things can be taken the wrong way. So? To censor or not? hhhhmmmm.....I will have to give that some thought.
I am currently reading Total Recall - My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is written just like he talks - no NOT with an Austrian accent!!
His "go to" word in the real world, is.... fantastic!! In any interview he has he uses this word. "How would you describe this movie?" "Fawntahstic!", "What would you say about Danny DeVito?" He's Fawntahstic!" The word - fantastic - is all over this book as well.
What I mean by - just like he talks........we are so familiar with his voice that when you are reading his book you can hear him speaking out loud in your head. The book was a gift from my husband about a year and a half ago and I am just now picking it up. It is a good read. The muscle man is not stupid - he is smart, driven and has a great grasp of business. He is also very appreciative of living in a new country with many opportunities. A lot of people could learn from him........
He does have a rather juvenile sense of humor and I am sure this has created many cringe worthy moments. Like when Arnold Schwarzenegger meets Eunice Shriver (Kennedy) for the first time he actually tells her "..your daughter has a nice ass." That is not the ice breaker you want to say to your future mother in law.
There are many 'Hollywood' facts in the book and one I came across that just rocked me was that 'the powers that be' wanted.......O.J. Simpson....of ALL people.......to be The Terminator ......... Excuse me!!! Detective Nordberg!!! I just can't wrap my mind around that one....Arnold IS the Terminator and no one could do it better.
I am just in the part of the book where he and Marie Shriver are producing children at an alarming rate...how she is the love of his life.....how she is so supportive.........very curious as to how he justifies shtupping the maid in later years! "Arnold how would you describe the domestic help in your household." "Just Fawntahstic!!!"
Things I've learned this week:
You can bath a cat........but only once. Still sopping up the water!
The Bitch is Back are lyrics in a song....but is also what my garbage man is thinking after I called him about my garbage not being picked up for the second day in a row in 30 degree weather!!!
O.J. Simpson's first name is really Orenthal
Dennis Rodman - he of the metal face - thinks he should be up for the Nobel Peace Prize. He states that even though before he went to North Korea he "didn't know Kim Jong-un from Lil Kim" they are now 'friends for life' and he will try and talk him into being more peaceful. Really?
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