Daily Log 02/06/2009 - 02/08/2009

Thanks to the efforts of my very wonderful friend Linda, my mom arrived here safe and sound Friday and was greeted by Buffy with a huge hug and lots of kisses. We got her settled into her room and things have been going as well as can be expected. She's withdrawn and depressed which, under the circumstances is to be expected. After all, she lost her house of 27ish years and has to live with and be taken care of by her son. It's going to be a long process to get her to open up and start to live again but, I really think it's going to work. She's already showing some signs of being happy. She's so used to be left alone in her room in the dark that we make sure that her window is open and her light is on until bedtime. She needs as much stimulation as possible. Once she gets more comfortable, I'm going to start introducing her to my wonderful friends/neighbors.

Saturday, Spence and his father in law helped Kat and I move the rest of the big stuff, antiques etc out of my mom's house. Moving the piano was a chore. Several times, I had to look away while they worked on getting the piano up the Uhaul ramp. The piano survived with only some minor structural injuries. Getting it down was easier thanks to gravity and Spence's friend Ivan I think. I felt so bad after Kat dropped Spence off to pick up his care at work. He only made it 2 miles or so before it broke down and I couldn't get a hold of Kat to ask her to turn around and pick him up. Luckily, his father in law was able to take a tow truck out to get him.

We really like my mom's weekend care giver. She is absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately, she is working for someone else during the week so we can only get her on the weekends.