2007/03/22
Posh Spa, Ridgewood, Saint John and Friends
Margot has just gone home from her visit to Winnipeg. It was so great to be together one last time in the old house. We went for pedicures at a really posh spa called "Ten" at the Hotel Fort Garry. I was a spa virgin, so I'll describe it. First you get into a white terry cloth robe. You sit in a lounge to wait for your esthetician and munch goodies. There is even wine (for a price). Soft music and lighting makes it all very relaxing. Then take you in to the pedicure roomand they wrap you in a comforter and you lounge in a recliner chair while they pamper your feet. It was so luxurious. I could get used to such luxury!
Margot and I went for lunch and dinners and even took in a movie. Of course we spent lots of time reminiscing about her childhood and discussing how our grieving is going. When I dropped her off at the airport she was a little under the weather. We dosed her up with Tylenol. She's been developing a virus of some kind so I hope she'll be all right. In three more weeks I will be in Vancouver! Time is flying.
I have chosen my mover and they are packing everything for me, so nothing remains but to cull out more things that I am not taking and arrange for those items to be picked up for auction.
I have made arrangements to sell my car and I have made my travel arrangements by train through the Rockies. I think it will be a good trip. Lots of great scenery to be seen from the VIARAIL train.
I have word that my father is to be transferred to Ridgewood, a veterans' personal care home next Tuesday. That was really good news as he has been in an acute care hospital since last August. Now I know he will be well cared for and it's a load off my mind. I'm pleased because at a place like that they must know how to handle cases of dementia like his and he'll be looked after.
So I decided to go to Saint John for a couple of days to see him. I'm going April 2 to 4. Who knows how long he will recognize me? And it will cost more if I wait until I am in Vancouver. So, things continue to move right along.
The neighbours have all been so good, offering advice (most of it useful) and help with cleaning out the house, etc. A lot of my furniture has been bought by my neighbours. And I continue to meet friends for lunch, dinner and get-togethers. I am lucky to have so many good friends. I will miss them. Will I make new friends?
The adventure continues.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France
Posh Spa, Ridgewood, Saint John and Friends
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Margot and I went for lunch and dinners and even took in a movie. Of course we spent lots of time reminiscing about her childhood and discussing how our grieving is going. When I dropped her off at the airport she was a little under the weather. We dosed her up with Tylenol. She's been developing a virus of some kind so I hope she'll be all right. In three more weeks I will be in Vancouver! Time is flying.
I have chosen my mover and they are packing everything for me, so nothing remains but to cull out more things that I am not taking and arrange for those items to be picked up for auction.
I have made arrangements to sell my car and I have made my travel arrangements by train through the Rockies. I think it will be a good trip. Lots of great scenery to be seen from the VIARAIL train.
I have word that my father is to be transferred to Ridgewood, a veterans' personal care home next Tuesday. That was really good news as he has been in an acute care hospital since last August. Now I know he will be well cared for and it's a load off my mind. I'm pleased because at a place like that they must know how to handle cases of dementia like his and he'll be looked after.
So I decided to go to Saint John for a couple of days to see him. I'm going April 2 to 4. Who knows how long he will recognize me? And it will cost more if I wait until I am in Vancouver. So, things continue to move right along.
The neighbours have all been so good, offering advice (most of it useful) and help with cleaning out the house, etc. A lot of my furniture has been bought by my neighbours. And I continue to meet friends for lunch, dinner and get-togethers. I am lucky to have so many good friends. I will miss them. Will I make new friends?
The adventure continues.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France
Posh Spa, Ridgewood, Saint John and Friends
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