Life with Chin and Joy: Thursday is Hair day.

This is my first blog attempt - so please be patient. I'm creating this to document my time with the folks.

Day 14 of 16 for this round.

Chin woke up today at 6:00AM and took care of Joy's morning routine - breakfast, putting away night time things etc. Sylvia arrived at around 7 to put on Joy's brace, socks and shoes.

Meantime, Chin took a 3 hour nap, ate lunch, then hasn't been back inside since.

This morning, Joy got her blood level checked by the nurse (Michelle, a former student of mine) - her blood was not as thin as the dr. wants - so her medication is adjusted yet again. Then, Joy's hairdresser, Lorraine, came by to cut and set Joy's hair. Cheryl and Addison dropped by as well and together, Cheryl and I cleaned out the draws and cabinets of Joy's hutch - washing all of the silverware and platters, while Joy worked on her therapy exercises.

Lunch - salad and potato omelet (made by Cheryl yesterday).

After lunch - Joy sat in the lounge chair with legs elevated - one of her least favorite activities. For those who don't know, Joy has a blood clot in her left leg, which swells to resemble a pork roast if not constantly moving or elevated. During this time, I did laundry.

Danny, my cousin came today to cut the grass - thanks Danny!

Lorraine came back about 3:30 to finish the hair - doesn't it look nice.

For a little afternoon snack - I made a delicious "dump cake" that we ate with ice cream.

(One of my new hobbies while I'm staying with the folks is taking stock of the food items of which we have a surplus - typing them into google and finding new recipes to try. Today was fruit cocktail and cake mix.)