again been way too busy to blog

this moving and pushing a walker back and  forth, making sure Bonnie is ok and packing and unpacking and  all the details that moving involve compounded  by doing everything with a walker instead of a car.

I had friends and family help out and I'm almost done packing at the old apt....down to  5 hours of stuff left.  Still have to do all the calls too ...that involve moving( like tomorrow - calling telus to give them hell for  charging me for the next month when I had called twice to cancel.
Also they want me to lug all the shiny boxes and little black things and the remotes to the post office of course! A piece of cake when have a walker!
SO that I 'm getting my friend Amanda to help me with that on Thursday and a few other scary things I  can't handle on my own.
My friend Helen is here right now with Bonnie and she is doing so many things to help me including  driving me to Ladner to get a microwave I need to take to PR.
In the meantime I have to eat my words from my last blog -- I was really having a hard time my first here was frightening and lonely. I kept seeing Bonnie in the shadows .
Well assisted living as it turns out is like staying at a hotel - they make my meals, my bed and check on me every morning and night . The aides and nurses are  really kind and I like 99% of the people here.
I must be getting used to the food because I east every scrap -always hungry too with the HD.
It's almost like a hotel except they don't chocolates on the bed !
The other night I was sick I  walked down to where the nurse is and had a chat with her - I really feel safe here.

I sit at a table with 3 other women well it turns out they are sweet ladies - they are they look me in the eye and have  love in theirs like mums to me . My mum has been gone 32 years now and these women say to things like 'make sure you take a taxi it's too cold out .' They're all hard of  hearing and some have altered taste buds so some of the conversations are like this ' what is the soup like ... I don't know what I'm doing later ...no the soup ...oh it tastes like beets well it's actually dessert it's strawberries...' and so on I make sure if they care to tell them  what they're actually eating .
The fellows at the next table are the loud ones I warned them I have supersonic hearing and can hear everything- they said 'well be better tone this down' but they forget.
The old lady next door to me is 97 and has been teaching Tai Chi for 30 years - she is amazing no walker - great posture and she;s teaching me in the hall every morning .
Now this week moving to PR for 2 weeks with the Bonnie til Keith gets up  here....that's why I'm frantically packing in my old place .
Josie has arranged for movers and is staying at my old apt while they get my furniture loaded up on  a truck and I 'll Bonnie for a few hours here til they are ready to  drive to PR that's when she and I will be in this lovely cosy home the  painters are painting like crazy right now Josie also arranged.
My goal after Keith gets up here( can't wait Keith for you to see the house ) is to stay healthy til there's a cure.
In the meantime I don't have to stress about getting groceries in my walker - Keith will be living in our place with the Bonnie, I;ll be living here in assisted living . I do understand now why my Dr and Josie recommended it  - it's good for someone like me who really does need help but not so much and I feel this huge wave of support from the people who live and work here.
So far Lynnie - you did a great job of packing thank you much. Down to last 20 boxes and I always get panicky when I think I can't finish  but I always do.

Helen is taking me to PR tomorrow to get  do some errands with me and I want to show her a few things she's never been to PR I think she'll like it.
Jenny is settling into her new little apt and posted a sweet  youtube video of her deaf cat knocking things over and Jenny is giggling in the background she has no idea how that does my heart good to hear her voice. I am very proud of my girls and love them and my grandchildren very much.
Can't wait for the first time we hook up in PR - I can stay there very limited time because Assisted living guidelines but I love that place so much it does my heart good.
Oh and in my usual black humour I said to Keith last night..I haven't changed much,;' hahahaha right
Even the fellow at London drug s today said he noticed a diff after only a few months.
SO folks even tho  I';m on a slippery slope lets hope theres lots of  laughter and love and music and kindness and ice cream and my cat ..
The women who work and lived here have certainly made that difference...
It's all been amazing really
that's all for now I am so danged tired

kath