Day 110.......making Ross Smile.

Day 110.......making Ross Smile.

3 Girls and 4 Suitcases.

When I arrived at his place yesterday, Ross was feeling a wee bit sorry for himself-his words not mine. But he soon cheered up....I was there. His Monday morning smile for two hours, which I enjoy as much as he does. There was even a wee bit singing yesterday, which ended with us both laughing at our sillyness.
There was a new resident, being given a tour by his daughter and I could see that she, more than he, was anxious about this new situation they had found themselves in. I felt for her. I also felt for the lady who I chatted with in the TV room. Her husband has been resident for three years and he didn't seem to have any way to communicate and was confined to a wheelchair. I think that she enjoyed our chat as she told me all about her ancestors who had been from Linlithgow and had been shipped over here during the HIghland clearances.
On the down-side, the tv was covering the hostage-situation in Sidney and other sad news and I mentally wondered if we might be better chatting in the Library next week, with no tv and no bad news. Ross does seem to enjoy seeing what's on the news but I wonder if it may be more helpful to stimulate positive feelings rather than provoke negative ones, even if he will forget the news. Yeh, I think so.
After I left Ross, I met Jen at the subway and we headed to Target, which is a bit like an Asda. Jen is in search of the perfect fluffy blanket......unfortunately, she didn't find one. She reminded me of me when I am in need of the remedy Scleranthus, which is for indecision. She pondered back and forth....and back and forth......and back and forth-lol. We eventually took one but it may go back because she's 'not sure'
We have to go back anyhow, to return a little necklace that I picked up for Ali to give a friend. It was, I suppose, a long shot that she would like it but she's running out of time to get one before Fridays last day of school.
She's going to work some extra hours at the daycare, during the holidays and she has a couple of 'outings' organised. I think she's quite settled into her 'new' life.
My biggest excitement yesterday was discovering that the cheddar that I bought in Walmart on Sunday tastes like Scottish Cheddar-YIPPPPEEEEE. I must go back and buy several more slabs, at that price. The girls were also delighted. It's Cracker Barrel and is usually expensive so I haven't tried it. Hopefully it has a great sell-by date so that I can fill the fridge......and it's a big fridge, folks.
After the yummy mac cheese I made for dinner, we chatted with our favourite person in Scotland and he does make us laugh. It never ceases to amaze me how fast an hour whizzes by when we're chatting on skype.
The Christmas movie was chosen by Ali because she was complaining to her dad that the movies we were watching were rubbish. In her defense, some of them have been but last nights had to be the worst of all. The acting and editing were awful but we watched it and will never ever watch it again. I think we need to begin watching ssome of the big movies because Christmas isn't too far off now. I need to clarify with Andrew, if there is any that he'd like to watch with us and then the wonderful happy movies will begin.
Our weather is kinds Scottish just now-driech (is that how we spell it?) and it feels colder because of the damp. It's supposed to brighten up by the weekend and they have snow from 24th-26th Dec forecast, which hopefully will appear.
Okay, starting to waffle now and so will close. Need my breakfast anyway as I just heard the bells peel nine.
Much love,
Lxx