Sunday afternoon

Today, I visited my friend who has Alzheimer's. It has been a few months since our last visit. She has always been asleep and I could not wake her up so I have not seen her with her eyes open for awhile now. This time was a bit different. She is in a new room and was in a chair/bed. She was awake. I saw those beautiful blue eyes but they were lifeless. Definitely not recognizing anything, especially me. She gave me a grunt when I called her name and touched her arm but nothing more. Am I wrong in thinking this is such a waste of a life? of HER life! Yet, I am aware of others who do not have this disease and are wasting their lives as well...in a different way. So, I guess I can - and should - only speak for myself. I left her after half an hour and felt sad. She did not really know I was there or how long I was there. It could have been just a moment for her, if she even thought about it at all - which I doubt. Again...so sad.

Next I went to WEM since it was nearby. I don't usually go to that Mall. Too busy, bad parking, too much walking. Yup, all of those things again today. Got stuck in the parking lot waiting for cars to exit before I could move into another row. I understand road rage! I finally decided to just 'get out of there' and on my way to the lights, I pulled into the lower parkade and fortunately got a spot right in the front as someone pulled out. That does NOT happen to me but today it did!  Nevertheless, I was at the restaurant section so had to walk quite a way to get to the stores and to find a directory which I never did. By the rink there was a 'guest services' kiosk which I stopped at and asked if the name was meant to help shoppers or just the hotel guests? He was able to help direct me where I wanted to go but they did not have what I wanted. By the time I had walked around in there, I was ready to go home but it was a long walk back to the car in the parking lot. I had on the wrong shoes for doing any walking and by the time I did get home, my big toe had rubbed itself red and raw! Now I have something else to complain about!

One thing I did notice was a lot of young people (looked about 17-20) with babies in hand. Most were in black, with rings in their ears,or their noses, or their lips, baggy pants or skinny jeans. The mall was busy and with many of these younger people. I know you can't judge people by their appearance but I am wondering what our future generations will be like. Really? Is it that hard to pull up your pants??!!

Well, I ended the afternoon with a quick trip to the ladies wear at another mall and it proved unproductive as well. It was time to go home and veg. The one thing that was good from this afternoon's outing was I picked up a Tim's dark roast on my drive home and I'm currently enjoying it as I write. 

Fall Cleaning

I started clearing out my closet.  Trust me, that is a horrendous task. Some people don't have problems with doing this - they just chuck it out! Me, on the other hand, well, I tend to stop, look and try it on one more time!! Well, maybe it isn't too small, maybe I can wear it still, or I like that colour, or that material, or that style (even if it doesn't fit me anymore)!! I also look at the COST $$$$ of all those clothes lying in a heap on the floor and begin to 'start going through them a second time'!! Why did I buy this? I haven't even worn it!

In the end, my closet is re-arranged and a few things are gone from it - some to the garbage and others to the second hand store. Mostly, it is just neater as the extra hangars were thrown out and now everything is hanging on those nice white hangars! At least it looks better - till the next cleanup!