7:15: PM – Things have been going so well lately that I almost forgot that Mom had been having problems. I woke up a little bit ago and Mom came down talking to the couch while I was in the kitchen. I heard her say something about “I know you’re awake.” She then walked out to the kitchen and noticed that I was outside and mentioned how she had been hiding upstairs and that she didn’t know how to cook. I let her know that I’m not asking her to cook… she hasn’t cooked for me for years. Then she wanted to know if she was my sister! I reminded her that I was her son. She brought that up again after mentioning that Jeremy, Chris and Troy were her sons also. She mentioned that the “critters” were small mouse-like animals that she sat upstairs and watched.
Now she’s sitting on the steps trying to have a conversation, so there’s more weird stuff to come, like she’s my sister (again). She’s brought up the nursing home several times: “I don’t blame you if you put me in a nursing home.” I’ve let her know that it’s coming soon enough at the rate she’s going. She brought up critters again and getting frustrated, I loudly asked “What critters?” And she answered that they were rats. This is getting to be too much to try to keep up with, so I’ll just end this post with, it’s bad tonight from out of nowhere.