Tue. ,Dec. 9,2008

12/9/08
What do you think of the snow we got? Are you tired of the snow yet? I am so blessed. My neighbor to the north has a plow on the front of his truck, so he's been plowing my drive for me without me asking him too. He did it some last year too. I still shovel some.
Sun. afternoon, I went to visit Kenn after church. They were having a Christmas Open House with food and singing in the rec room of his building. When I got there they had him in the rec room. He had his eyes open and maybe listening to the singing and noise. When I was back in his room talking to the nurses, I was standing on his right side. The nurses saw him looking at me and focusing on me. The nurses agreed he knows and comprehends who I am, what with the way he responds when he hears my voice. I told the RN to chart it and she said she would. Some of the CNA's think he smiles a little when they rub the top of his head and a few other times. He ate another individual container of applesauce and then some water. That makes 3 times now that he's eaten a container of applesauce and not had a problem. I took him outside for a very short time because of the wind.
This morning, Kenn was to have a doctor's appointment, but because of the weather I canceled it. I didn't want no one to take a chance on the roads today, traveling that distance. It sounds like Beaver Dam and Juneau got over 9 inches, where we got less. It's been kind of quiet around here since Fri. when Jeremy left for work. He's been gone all weekend and he was supposed to be coming home this morning, but he picked up another shift so he isn't coming home until sometime tomorrow.
Fri. night, I had a few emotions because of looking at some pictures of Kenn and myself in June,2004, at someone's wedding reception. It was bittersweet to see him sitting there on a chair smiling and talking. Pastor Rod was in some of the pictures too. He's the one that had an accident about 2 weeks before Kenn's, but he died. All the memories and thoughts were so overwhelming. I fought back the tears until I was in my car on the way home. It's been pointed out to me that part of the reason I am having a hard time even wanting Christmas to come is, because after it's over, then it's less than 2 months to the anniversary of Kenn's accident. I'm just not feeling ready to deal with that yet. So many times I just wish I could crawl back into bed and pull the covers up over my head and not deal with nothing. I just found out I need a power of attorney document, to do anything with Kenn's IRA account. As if I don't have enough to do without this problem. The guardianship paper isn't enough, so I'm trying to find out what do I have to do to get this. I got my car back from being fixed. I sure can still use your continued prayers. God is so good. God bless.