Saturday, October 31, 2009

I phoned Dad this morning and said I would come around 10 AM, since I was hung over from our family Halloween Party!? Anyway, he was fine with that. He had eaten a little when I arrived and I fixed him the egg mcmuffin that was in the fridge. He told me for a while how lonely he was and he said he was thinking about getting married again, since he had two conversations with two different women this week. We had a pleasant conversation about his future. I shared with him my concerns about him living alone and gave him some information about Assisted Living Facilities that I had learned. My feelings are he doesn't really want another wife with all her family and their issues, but just needs female friends that he can talk to whenever he wants. I told him to leave money out of the equation and that he really doesn't need to worry about money... in the right Assisted Living Facility somewhere between me and Todd, he could choose to have companionship, solitude, activities, no activities, food, outings, his own furniture in his quarters etc. I assured him we would investigate together, but nothing could happen until after Christmas. Selling his condo would be difficult in this economy. We would probably have to replace the carpet and paint the walls. Anyway, today he was completely on board with the idea. We'll see. I took his hands, looked him the eyes and said, "Dad, you need to trust us, we want to find someplace where you feel happy. We will take care of you!"
We mixed it up a little today and went to Tony's Burger and then to Wal Mart to get some groceries. After we came back to the Condo, he remembered he needed some Milk of Magnesia, so I ran over to Dicks and picked some up.