Hi Everyone!! Welcome back to the blog! I am going to use this for communication of how Ramona is doing. That way if anyone who is not on the email distribution is curious, they can check it out!
Goomba had a great day on Monday! After several attempts at waking her up, she arose at 8:50 and got dressed right away. She ate breakfast (1/2 sweet potato and and easter egg) and took her meds and blood pressure (118/78/93). Marshall was thrilled to have her back, as Goomba always shares her breakfast with Marshall! She was ready to head out the door by 10 am, with her trusty water bottle by her side.
We met Ray at the bank to say hello to Charles, the manager who was so helpful in getting Ray access to Ramona's accounts last fall. She chugged an Ensure on the way to the garden plot. We were unloading our garden supplies when we got an urgent call from Ray who's car would not start! (random) So we got back into the car and headed up the hill to meet his car in the parking lot of Maui Prep. She got out of the car and met the Headmaster, George Baker and chatted with him for a few minutes while Ray was getting his battery jumped. After that little interlude, we went back to the garden. She shuffled the 100 yards across rocky ground to get to the garden and sat down in the chair that I brought with me. She watched me for a while and then she decided that she would weed (it really needed her help!) so she sat on the little garden caddy and weeded for about 10-15 minutes! She rested for a little while longer in the chair while I finished my tasks and then she shuffled along again, dragging the garden caddy behind her! She downed a banana when we got back to the car.
Next I had to stop at the produce stand. I asked if she would like to stay in the car or get out. She said "I'd like to see what they have" and got out and browsed the stand. It was a busy time at the produce stand and there were lots of tourists there, but she was happy to check out the papayas in her grubby garden clothes among the tourists!
When we got home, she lay down for a well deserved rest for 45 minutes. I made her some Jook and she had another banana for lunch. I set her up with a word search, which was not very interesting for her, so she blew that off. I gave her some coconut water (good for electrolytes). She did not really like it, but she was a sport about it and drank it! She also shared a mango and a smoothie with Chloe after school.
After several attempts, she finally reached Aunti Berit in Florida and they chatted for a while. I thought she would lay back down, because she seemed tired after the morning activities, but at 4:00, she came into the kitchen and started cutting up the chicken to make dinner! Her BP in the afternoon was 132/74/85. She had some prune juice and talked a while with Reta and settled onto the sofa to relax when BOOM, Ray got home!
Ray was very insistent that it was time to go to the pool. This was an absolutely necessary activity and there was no getting out of it, everyone had to go. yes, everyone. Goomba argued for a while and then realized that arguing was just as exhausting as getting into the car to go, so she did get into the car to go, but she did not change her clothes. She sat by the pool with us while we splashed around.
Once we got home we ate dinner. Ray was excited that Goomba was makin food again! But he was bummed that she removed the skin from the chicken (I told her he would be) The girls were thrilled to have Lap Xiang in the rice like she always makes when she comes! We had chicken with carrots and potatoes, rice, broccoli, and cabbage for dinner. She ate heartily and helped us clean up. We each enjoyed a little sliver of pie (normally unheard of on weekdays, but it was leftover from Easter at the Chiarellas!). Ray played his music for us and the children ran off their sugar high and then started the bedtime routine. Goomba hung out until 9:00 and then took a shower and went to bed.
It was a full day in my estimation! She did rest often, but she got up and participated in lots of activities today. She can stand and do stuff for up to 20 minutes or so, then she needs to rest for a few minutes before doing something else. Tuesday, Ray is going to "take her out to play" in the morning, so hopefully she will not come back looking like Rocky after fighting that Russian Guy!
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