two thousand and nine has been good to this old woman. but i suppose every year that i go without discovering i am suffering from a mysterious illness (which i still think i am), or that my mother is really a hologram, is a great year.
this is also the only year where i have only been two hair colors-a record i do believe.
but right now, as i sit on my sofa, i am really grateful for elderly people. i am around them an average of forty hours a week and i consider most of them some of my good friends. i used to be terrified of old people before i started working at an assited living community. i thought they were gross. and some of them are, but they are still all amazing people.
one old man just turned 100 yesterday and when he walked (oh yes, he WALKED) in to the dining room for breakfast, everyone bursted out in a disasterous rendition of 'happy birthday'. it was horribly beautiful.
some shifts i get to work with the residents that have alzheimer's and dementia, and let me tell you those are great people. i never go a shift with out being fully amused. for dessert one night i served them rice krispie treats, and after my good friend bud had eaten his, he told me "that was some good aerated bread". they make my day every day.
of course we have the ladies who are the big gossips, the pervvy old men, the woman who will never be satisfied with a meal, and the ones who will always annoy me to hell and back. but when i quit, whenever that may be, i will always remember how i was always entertained, always impressed, and always enjoyed getting to know my old friends.
but i need a vacation, so on to california for a warm christmas!
simple, unique with a vintage vibe
the mansion at maymont, an old "property"
stopped at shoshone falls in id on our way home from wa
we visited arches national park whilst in moab