Tonight's picture was taken in January of 2009. That day Mattie was invited to TWO birthday parties. I attended both of them with him. This party was for a kindergarten friend and the theme was a fashion show. In fact, Mattie was the ONLY boy at the party. Yet he tried to get into the spirit of things. All the kids dressed up at the party and then they had a little fashion show, as they walked down a pretend runway. Though Mattie wasn't able to walk, we tried hard to make him feel like he was participating.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 64,543,154
- Number of people who died from the virus: 848,074
Another day in paradise on the Farm. Though my dad is the one with significant disabilities, I understand his needs and have developed a routine with him. The one I am butting heads with is my mom. We land up arguing constantly. There are many reasons why we are fighting. At the heart of the problem is that the state of Virginia is foreign to them, they don't know their way around, they have no friends here, they have no routines, and therefore, because none of this exists, I am trying to fill this void. In a matter of minutes, I went from an independent person to one who is working non-stop and caring for everyone. It is a very hard adjustment and there is never a day off. Which means that anything I used to do before my parents moved in...... getting my hair cut, seeing friends, taking conference calls, doing Foundation work, is almost impossible to do. Therefore I admit to being frustrated and angry at times. Who wouldn't be when working around the clock?
Today I was in the car for most of the day. Because Peter isn't home, I had to take my dad in the car with us to Georgetown (in Washington, DC). So driving from Oakton to the District of Columbia can take me 45 minutes. My mom wanted to go get her hair done as well as her nails at my salon in the city. Typically I would leave my dad home with Peter, but that wasn't possible today. So I drove them into the city, I dropped my mom off. Then I went to my local Safeway in Washington, DC. Hoping that their shelves would be stocked with food, because what I am finding in Oakton is NOTHING. NO produce at all! While I was at Safeway, I left my dad in the locked car, parked in the sun for warmth. Thankfully Safeway had produce!
I literally got the groceries back home at 3:45pm. It's Friday, so traffic was bad. But at 5pm, I have to load my dad back into the car and drive to the city to pick up my mom. Of course in between I had to make my dad a sandwich, because it has been a long time without eating since breakfast. So to recap.... that was driving from Oakton (home) to Georgetown, Georgetown to Oakton, Oakton back to Georgetown and of course Georgetown back to Oakton. So in total that is 3 hours of driving!
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