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He was willing to go for a ride in the car yesterday and go to lunch! We were very surprised he accepted the offer. He said he enjoyed the time out and the food was wonderful! He had his favorite….. RIBS, corn on the cob and a few fries. Not the healthiest menu, but it’s something he really enjoys! He was in good spirits and even put off his bedtime for a couple of hours to enjoy a couple of shows he hadn’t watched in a very long time… at least we were able to put CNN aside for a few hours yesterday and it was very delightful.

He was in good spirits for most of the day. Lots of smiles, a few chuckles and even a little teasing. No sundowning, though he did mention that the house seemed a little dark yesterday after coming back from lunch. There was some cloud cover outside, but I’m pretty sure it had to do with the fact that he didn’t want to use his sunglasses yesterday while he was out — and the house always seems a little darker after coming in from outside when he doesn’t wear the glasses.

Find a few Kodak moments throughout your day.

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Interest in having access to a laptop computer and iPad has resurfaced. We updated the operating system on his old iPad, but found it was connected to an old non-working email address and the password isn’t written correctly in his password book to reset things to a new email address and password. Luckily, we have another iPad, though slightly smaller in the house that no one was using on a regular basis. We were able to reset that one and charge it overnight so he will be able to use it if he has interest in it. Hopefully, that will suffice… though he was nearly adamant about going to the Apple store and either having them reset the one he has OR buying a new Apple laptop and iPad. We’ll see if he remembers anything about it this morning…. I’d really rather he not invest in new tech equipment at this time as he really has an issue memory wise with things as it is and he gets frustrated easily when things don’t work like he thinks they should or respond to his tapping on the screen fast enough. But that story is for another day…..

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He slept all night – no vivid dreams or hallucinations. A gift for both us. He enjoyed an ice cream treat yesterday afternoon and got quite a few steps in as well. I think he was missing his news program as my DH prefers to watch other things on the TV. He’s still refusing to use the walker(s), so we’re offering him a hand or an arm and watching him carefully as he goes from one room to another.

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Vivid dreams are back and it’s been a very long night short on sleep. Hoping for a better day today.

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Find a reason to laugh every day. It does make the world seem a little brighter despite the chaos that seems to surround you.

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Slipping into the past for a major portion of the day – reframing or redirecting in certain scenarios is a little more difficult when he insists he needs to write a letter so family members (long deceased) will have his address. I’ve no doubt he’s lonely and would love to spend time with them, but looking at pictures and not being able to call or hear their voices makes it all the harder at many levels.