Friday, July 29, 2011

" DO WE HAVE ANY ( long pause) YOU KNOW " ?

I DID KNOW WHAT MIKE WAS ASKING FOR, AS HE WAS MAKING A MOTION WITH HIS HANDS, AND KINDA RUBBING THE TABLE.  YES, HE WANTED THE SPRAY WAX PLEDGE.  I TOLD HIM IT WAS UNDER THE SINK, AND THAT'S WHEN THE FUN BEGAN.  I SAY FUN, BECAUSE I TRY AND FIND HUMOR WHERE OTHER WISE THERE WOULD BE SADNESS.  MIKE FIRST PULLS OUT THE CARPET CLEANER AND SAYS "IS THIS IT"?  NO HONEY, THAT'S THE CARPET CLEANER. MIKE PUTS THAT BACK UNDER THE SINK, AND NOW PULLS OUT A BOX OF MR. CLEAN MAGIC SPONGES.  "IS THIS IT"? NO HONEY, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CAN OF PLEDGE, THOSE ARE SPONGES.  BEFORE HE CAN GIVE UP OR GET UPSET I WILL USUALLY HAVE TO GO FIND WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE WANTS FOR HIM.  IT CAN BE SOMETHING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AND YET HE DOES NOT SEE IT FOR SOME REASON.  THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.  HE MAY WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DENTAL FLOSS IS.  I TELL HIM EXACTLY WHERE TO FIND IT, AND YET HE WILL COME BACK TO ME IN A FEW MINUTES WITH "I CAN'T FIND IT", SO OFF I GO RIGHT TO WHERE I TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE AND HAND IT TO HIM.  HE IS ALWAYS VERY APOLOGETIC FOR HAVING TO GET MY HELP, BUT I JOKINGLY TELL HIM THAT'S WHAT I AM PAID FOR.  I'M NOT REALLY LIKING THIS LATEST CHANGE OF HIM USING HIS HANDS TO TRY AND TELL ME WHAT HE WANTS.  I WAS NEVER VERY GOOD AT CHARADES, AND I'M AFRAID IF I DON'T GET WHAT HE IS TRYING TO SAY HE MAY STOP SPEAKING ALL TOGETHER.  HE WILL ALREADY SAY "JUST FORGET IT" IF HE CAN'T COME UP WITH A WORD, OR A THOUGHT, AND I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT BY WHAT LITTLE HE GIVES ME TO GO ON.  I TRY AND NOT LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, AS NONE OF US KNOWS WHAT LIES AHEAD.  IN MIKE'S CASE, I AM HOPING FOR A CURE.  I DO KNOW THAT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS DOING IT'S PART TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE.  SPEAKING OF WHICH, I HOPE MANY OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US IN OUR WALK IN OCT. . THERE IS A LINK FURTHER DOWN ON MY BLOG THAT EXPLAINS ALL ABOUT IT. IT EVEN HAS PICTURES OF MIKE AND I FROM A PREVIOUS WALK!!  THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, WISHING YOU A SPLENDID DAY-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

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