Something a little different today. I invite you to log onto the home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com - and read today's blog and comment here. Sometimes my mind goes in strange directions.
Yes, nice analogies. I am fortunate that (at least thus far, and into stage 5,) I don't get much stormy weather. But I sure recognize the other patterns.
A little foggy sometimes lately: nearing his bedtime tonight Dh suggested that we just sleep here in this house instead of going "all the way home." I was startled but said in a minute that I thought that was a good idea, since we had made the bed up so nicely this morning. He was puzzled but then remembered.
Then he said he had been thinking about buying a suitcase for "his trip." I asked where he was going but that only made him look more confused so I dropped that and said he could use his red pilot bag. He didn't know what I was talking about so I got out the pictures of our last trip, showing him sitting at the airport with this suitcase. Then he remembered it, we looked at the pictures of the trip together, he remembered the trip quite well (Madrid a year ago!) and the fog seemed to have lifted.
Some fog here today, too. My DH plays golf with a seniors group on M, W & F. I drop him off and he calls me from his cell when he is done and I pick him up. He called me this afternoon. Asked me to bring the gas can to fill up the golf cart. I used the bathroom, got the gas can, jumped in the Jeep and headed out. Before I got 2 blocks, my cell rang. It was him (again). He said, "Come and get me, I'm done." I asked him if he forgot that he had already called me. He said, "I did?" I said, "Yes, remember we talked about me bringing the gas." He said, "No, but that's a good idea." Picked him up. Filled the gas tank up on the golf cart. Before we got home (10 minutes), he said, "That was a good idea you had to bring the gas."
Mostly fog here all the time with a little bit of rain. Thankfully, we have never had a hurricane (Maybe we just don't live in the hurricane part of the country. LOL) Seriously, I am grateful that I've never had to deal with a bad day as described under the hurricane part.
I love your comparison with weather. I was thinking as I read - what will be the condition for the outbursts. I love the hurricane one, especially since we live in Fl on the Gulf and have had to take sudden changes in plans. But with AD, we don't have NOAA flying inside the storm to give us all the data. My high functioning LO today tried to make a telephone call on the tv remote control. I have to admit, I have done that too. We both had a good laugh. That is the sunshine.
Isn't it funny that no matter what strange way our mind goes it is never in the same direction as our LO's? My LO seems to always leave me behind guessing where he is going with his. As far as this weather report it is right on track. My dh read this and said it really hits home. Right on target....lol...... Most of the time it is fog here with patches of storms close by. I have rainy days often and am warding off the Hurricane season. God Bless you Joan for always finding a way to put humor in our lives.....
I was just visiting the Alz. Assoc. Message Boards and was responding to someone's cry for help. You see, last week, it was my cry for help, and now, I'm a bit better, and able to answer someone else's cry. Isn't that the way it goes???? That is what we're here for, right?
Well, I thought I'd share my post here, for those who aren't on that Board. Here 'tis.
_____________________________________________________ I read a quote, I'm pretty sure it was shared on the Boards here:
"When you're going through hell, keep going."
I kept thinking of that last week.
I just want you to know that last week was hell for me. I kept going. This week is better.
I know there will be good days and bad. Just keep coming back for support, and *definitely* go to www.thealzheimerspouse.com, because I have found tremendous help and support there as well.
Also know that I am praying for you.
When I was in High School, I was in the musical 'Carousel'. I played Aunt Nettie.
I sang a song, that still comes into my head, actually, quite a lot lately.
'You'll Never Walk Alone' When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm is a golden sky and the sweet, silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, walk on through the rain, though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone. You'll never walk alone.
Although we are often lonely, we are never alone. We have each other.
My DH want's to know what the weather is every half hour or so. He is on the weather channel getting an update. If people call us on the phone and he answers he asks them what the weather is. He wants to know what it is going to be tomorrow too. I remember reading somewhere of a husband with dementia that had the weather channel on all day until someone changed it and then he would change it back. As far as my DH's weather, he is foggy with a lot of unpreditable weather fronts. Highs and lows all the time.