Tonight's picture was taken on Easter of 2004. Mattie was two years old and that day we took him to the National Arboretum. We loved to go there around Mattie's birthday because they had an azalea garden in bloom. My joke to Mattie was that these flowers bloomed in honor of his birthday. In typical Mattie fashion, he collected something along his journey that day..... two dandelions. This was a signature Mattie move, because when ever we went out walking, a piece of nature always came back with us.
Quote of the day: The simple act of caring is heroic. ~ Edward Albert
The morning started with my usual chaos. I got my dad up. He proceeded to say that he had to go to the bathroom, but was just going to go in the shower rather use the toilet. I of course said.... NO! While using the toilet, he has a habit or putting his hands in the bowl before he flushes. He literally will take a wad of toilet paper and dip it into dirty toilet water, to wash himself with it. No matter how many times I tell him NOT to do this, it falls on deaf ears. Instead he tries to rationalize with me that the water in the toilet is clean. Wrong on many counts!
It is a glorious weather day, so Sunny and I went on a big walk. Sunny deals with fall and winter weather much better than spring and summer. The heat slows him down, so we have to take periodic breaks and I always bring water with me for him.
Because I am tired of seeing my dad sleeping in his chair by day when he is home, I brought him in the car with us as we were touring houses. He never got out of the car, but at least it was a diversion. As I feel sleeping begets more sleeping and it isn't good stimulation for his mind or body. After his reaction to the COVID shot yesterday, the only way to go from that was up. It was a gastrointestinal nightmare Friday and it would be wonderful to have a day free of chores, meeting needs, and providing care. Not going to happen, but it would be nice.
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