Amnesia

I’ve figured out what to do about Mary’s foot! I’m so excited! She just needs to get up and walk around a bit—apparently it’s her circulation. When I think of all the times she’s been in pain because I didn’t know what to do…

I gave her another Hot Toddy tonight. I know, I’ve got to stop that. Wouldn’t I be a terrible mother??? She said she wanted it, though.

Her walking seems to be getting worse and worse. It’s such a shame. I remember when I came her four years ago and she’d just had a hip replacement and walked everywhere and could bend over to pick something up off the floor like it was nothing…

Did I ever tell you about my amazing ability to pull out facial hairs with my bare hands? All the aunts and Mom are amazed. Facial hair is one thing I simply can’t stand to see! Gross!

Mom came over to sit with Mary today while I went to mail a job application—Library Assistant for the public library—keep your fingers crossed! Maybe I’ll get it and like it and they’ll pay for me to get a Masters in Library and Information Science and then require me to work for them and my employment woes will be solved. It also doesn’t pay badly—not really great either, but that’s ok. Anyway, I think Mom really enjoyed watching the birds. I put Mary out on the back porch because we actually got a lot of sun today and it was warmish out there—and the birds and other animals were out in droves. We get a couple of woodpeckers and we’re always tickled to watch them.

Did I mention that I’m getting up earlier—getting Mary up earlier, too—and I’ve got a lot more energy. Maybe I just have more time! Whatever, I’m so amazed that I actually get up. I’ve just been wrestling with myself for not being able to get up in the morning basically all my life and now I’m just doing it without any big lectures (from myself). I’ve also been exercising. I see that it inspires Mary. We were lifting some weights the other day—just simple exercises. That woman is amazing! She could lift two pounds and do eight reps slowly twice. But her right wrist did hurt her today, so I hope we didn’t overdo it! I found a hand brace I one of her drawers and put it on her. She said it really helped. Maybe she’s had problems with that wrist before. I’ll never know unless that information just suddenly comes tumbling out of her sometime. You can’t ask, though. Asking is the worst way to find out something from Mary. That makes her freeze/lock up right away. But it’s so hard not to ask when you want to know something. Funny, it’s kind of like living with someone who has amnesia.