Just another day...

Plugging right along...

We set a wedding day for May 14, 2011. That day close to the same day we met face to face, and it is Bob's new birthday. That is the day he had his brain aneurysm, but lives to tell his story.

Where: I don't know. I want a small country church. Stay tuned.

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OCD?...

I took my own advice and wrote down what I wanted to say in this blog about what happened today. I believe Bob's stroke left him with a little bit of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Bob had a shirt on that had small vertical stripes. At one point in the day, he was looking for a different shirt to change into. When I asked him why he wanted to change, he said, " The stripes are crooked, and it is driving him crazy." I have OCD tendencies about some things. I would consider changing a shirt because of crooked stripes is OCD. My OCD has to deal with having items on a counter being perfectly spaced at equal distances from each other. Also, books need to be arranged on a shelf from tallest to the shortest, and the spines need to be perfectly matched.

Before Bob's aneurysm, my kids and t would secretly move an item on the counter just to watch me align it again with everything on the counter. I wouldn't say anything, I would just do it before being able to do anything else.

I would have to give Bob two thumbs up for his memory today. He was surprised too that he remembered many things that happened earlier in the day. However, for some reason, this afternoon, I found him packing clothes. He thought we were going somewhere for the weekend, so he was taking the time pack a bag. Where did that come from?

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What did I want to say...

Things always happen during the day that I say to myself, "I need to put that on the blogpage." Then, when it's time for me to write the blogpage, I forget what I wanted to inform everyone about. Maybe, I should take my own suggestion that I tell Bob to do everyday, "Write in down."
He writes on a calendar what he does every morning and afternoon. That way, he's able to remind his brain what he did in the morning, because after his afternoon nap, he thinks it's morning again. Then, if he takes a late afternoon nap, he thinks it's morning again when he wakes up. Sometimes, that would be a good thing, if you didn't like how the morning went. :-/

Bob's feet were really "paining" him today. He doesn't feel it's enough to make an appointment with the podiatrist, yet. The pain may be simply from not standing for a year, and then, putting 275 pounds of pressure on them all at once. Most feet gradually adapt to weight gain.

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A day late, but I posted...

Am I bad again? I totally forgot to make a post on this blog last night. What I can say is that Bob is getting better each day. One thing that is frustrating is when I give him a choice to choose from, like food or events to attend, he always says, "I don't know." I always say that wasn't one of the choices. I'm trying to get his brain to use decision skills.

We had a discussion tonight about what put Bob in the hospital last year. He remembers only what I tell him. Bob knows his blood vessel broke in his brain. I elaborated more. We both decided, we wished they videotaped his brain surgery so we could see it. eww...

Bob says his feet are constantly asleep that's why he doesn't walk as much as he should. Interesting.

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Bob's so crazy...

I found out something that Bob did in his younger days. At a friend's wedding, he put cornflakes in the groom's defroster in his car and turned the blower on high, so when the married couple started the car, cornflakes blew all over. Now that's funny.

The temperature was too hot today to do anything outside, so, we didn't exercise; nor did we go to the driving range.

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I'm not helping anymore!...

Alright...my t's brain is close to where it was before his brain aneurysm. We played a game of backgammon. I hadn't played it for at least twenty years, and he didn't remember at all. So, I printed the rules from the Internet. Once we refreshed out memories of how to play, Bob won! Dag-gone-it! I let my guard down thinking I could win, thinking he doesn't have strategy skills, and he "blows me out of the water." That's it. No more nice guy when it comes to games.

Bob did well in all aspects today, except, after his nap this afternoon, he forgot that he had taken a shower and shaved in the morning, ate breakfast, went to church, and then had lunch. weird.

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I fell into a scam...

There's something about having a nice deck and a quiet backyard to be able to enjoy dinner with someone you care about. My t and I ate dinner on our new deck this evening. The kids made most of the dinner, then served it to us. (I wonder what they want? Maybe they were just being nice. hmm...)

I finished my book called "My Personal Medical Information Book". It will be available for purchasing soon. The cost will be $9.50. Stand by...

Bob said to tell everyone that he feels good. He said his brain is a little scattered at times, but other than that, he feels good.

Believe this...I was scammed! Have you ever heard of the mystery shopper? That's where you go to a store to evaluate the employees' customer service, then send your evaluation back to the contact. Before doing that, you deposit a huge check that they sent you into a bank account, wait for it to clear, then send a portion of it back to them by Western Union.

Well, I did just that, but while the check was clearing, I called the company to verify that they were legit. They seemed to have all the right answers to my questions.

The check cleared at the bank, so I sent by Western Union the amount they requested. A few hours later, Western Union called me telling me it was a scam. They sent the money back to me to put back in the bank. Thank goodness for Western Union, otherwise, I would have sent $3000 to someone in New York, and I would have owed the bank that amount too. The scammers forged checks from some other business. I hate to be the CFO of that business.

Lesson learned, "If it seems to good or easy to be true, then it's a scam."

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