A Lazy Sleepy Day for Mom.

Today was one of mom's lazy day's, she stayed in bed and slept, and is still asleep here at 9:50pm, I didn't have time to rest I tried to catch up on the Laundry and worked on the Kitchen, I am fixing to take the trash out by the curb so it can be picked up in the morning. I also got caught up on my 2 days worth of Emails that had stacked up on me. As you can see I took the time to write this and get it posted, I know it is not much but at least it is something. A Cousin is comign by tomorrow so I can go to the Store and pick up a few things, so I need to get busy and work on the Kitchen some more, I am still putting things away and cleaning up off the stinking cat hair from Samantha.

No Sleep.

Mom did not sleep last night and I only got about 4-5 hours of sleep becauae of it, which I am used to since once a week she will not go to sleep at night, then when she does she sleeps for two days. She is confused as usually and thinks dad left her for another woman, she can not or does not want to remember that he passed away almost 14 years ago of a heart attack brought on my his cancer. She also thinks eveyone in the family doesn't love her anymore and does not want to come and see her. I do not blame her in thinking that way since she do not come and visit the way they used to when we lived on the farm, and even the consin who comes and helps me hasn't been here in a week or two, said her was sick and didn't want to give what she had to mom.

I forgot to add a Photo of my cat Samantha Sue this last week so here it is now, I love her and miss her so much,  She was and will always be my Baby Girl.

What has happened today, July 5th.

Today has been an uneventful day, or at least by everyoones else's standards it would be. Mom seems to be in a great mood, and remembers my name, which means something to me since she has not been remembering it here for a few weeks, she calls me everything by by my first name, which is, Rodger, or by my nick name Roddy. sometimes she calls me Jake, sometimes Jackie, sometime John or George, or Pete, or whatever else comes to her mind, Today though she has been calling me using my full name, Rodger Dale Campbell, or Roddy Dale Campbell. She is also still in bed here at 10:17am and doesn't want to get up, but I will be getting her up here in a short while anyway, since she needs to take her Medicines and eat Breakfast. Right now she is calling for Jackie, who I believe is one of the Women she used to work with at the Hospital.

Nothing much happened here yesterday, Mom stayed in bed and slept part of the day, while I worked on my Computer and around the house, right now I am washing some cloths, and here after while I will dust and vacumn the living room. Tomorrow I am going to do a late Spring-Early Cleaning of the Kitchen and try to get everything in order so we can at least see what the counters look like, I hate a dirty house and Kitchen, and haven't been able to clean it the way I have wanted. I also can not seem to find anyone who will come and keep the house clean for us, no one wants to do it anymore. I will close this for now and write somemore either later this evening or sometime early in the morning telling you how mom did the rest of the day. Until then so long and have a safe and happy day.

11:10am. I had to add this, those of you who know anything about Alzheimers will know why I am writing this, Mom remembered my name, not only that she said it, which I think is neat and cool.

Mom and I and my Cat.

Mom slept real good last night, even though she went to sleep about 12am, she woke up at around 9am this morning, she has been confused but then that is normal for her now. My Dad's 2 sister's Louise and June alone with Louise's daughter Kay came by this morning and stayed for a few hours. My Cousin Pauletta came by about 2:30pm and gave mom a shower, Paula, mom's niece came by at around 4pm and stayed for about an hour, so we have had a busy day here, and mom is wore out and should sleep great tonight.

My Cat Samantha Sue passed away sometime last night, it hit me like a ton of bricks and I am still shook up about it, she was my Baby Girl, I got her when she was about 6 weeks old and she followed me around like a dog through out the house. She also slept with me every night and it is going to seem strange not having her in bed with me tonight, this may seem strange to some, but I put one of my shirts, her favorite cat food, and some Catnip in the box with her. I plan on burying her in the Front Flower bed, and then planting some catnip and maybe a Yellow or Red Miniature Rose there this next Spring, that way she will also have flowers on her Grave and I will be able to talk to her when ever I want. She hated kids, but loved being around people When we were rebuilding the house after the fire, we put some beams across the living room, Samantha would walk the beams and then sleep up there where it was dark. She loved setting on the Second Floor landing and watchibng us while we were in the Living Room, either watching TV or visiting with whoever was there at the time. In a way, I guess I should have expected her passing away anytime, she was after all about 18 years old, and had lost a lot of weight the last few months and weeks, she was my Baby Girl and a part of my family, and I will not be able to replace her, but sometime in the future I will adopt another Cat, and I hope and pray She/He is a good natured and loves me as much as my Baby Girl did.