Saturday, March 21

Sue and I had great intentions, but for us to ever think that we would all get enough sleep over the night just wasn't going to happen. As we said in our first blog, dad is not a "good" sleeper. He was up at the ass crack of dawn. Even though he was moving about however quietly, we all sensed his movement. He did the "bird bath" thing since he can't shower and get his head or chest wet. He was a bit antsy so Sue and Dad went out for a walk to the little coffee/beer shop next door and had some fruit and rolls. It was a little chilly out so they didn't stay out long. Once back dad took a little nap while Colette and mom got up and ready to go.

We all took our time getting ready to start the day. After sorting through Dad's med's again and getting Mom her 10 pills for the morning it was time to find a real breakfast. Off to Mel's again. We really should be getting paid from them for all the times we have mentioned eating there. They just have some good ole home cooked meals and it is not horribly expensive. We added to the collection of kids meal boxes for the cute car container. Dad went for the 1958 Edsel this time.

We decided to try and find a store to get some more shirts for Dad so he didn't have to pull them over his stapled head. We put Wal-Mart in the GPS and it brought us to Walmart.com head quarters. Tried again with the GPS for Target and we scored. The Target we went to was a two story building so everyone is tired out by the time we finished and we came back to rest for the afternoon.

We are now finishing up watching a second movie and will be heading off to dinner soon. We will be going down to Fisherman's Wharf to hopefully find some shrimp.

Dad is doing great. His medication has been reduced and he is doing fine on it. We are keeping a diary of times and pills to take to Susan on Tuesday. We have taken the bandages off the top of his head and off his chest. He has 12 staples on the top. We can't tell how many in the chest. So far everything looks like it is healing well. Both dad and mom are tired. It will be slow going for a while, but I am sure once they get back to AZ and MN all will be well.

Sue leaves in the early morning, so it will be an early night tonight.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. We all appreciate your thoughts and prayers over this last week.

Colette & Sue