Week of January 11-17, 2010

Rough week! Dad was in a bad mood most of the time I was with him. Monday when I was there,I brought him the rest of the stuff from his Condo and I told him I needed to make a deposit in his account because we closed on his Condo. He gave me his whole checkbook instead of just a deposit slip. The next day he called and said someone had stolen his checkbook. I told him, I had it and would be bringing it back today along with a three ring binder and paper that he asked me to buy. Wednesday, when we visited, my daughters witnessed him yelling at me because he said I wrote a whole bunch of checks from his check book. I told him, I didn't write any! Just made a deposit! I told him that was Sheryl's handwriting and that she had been diligently keeping his checkbook since Mom died. He continued to complain and said he was moving because his Olympus Ranch was too expensive!! Pleasant! Dennis went to his place the next day and showed him step by step how he is actually saving money living there. He calmed down. He told Dennis he needed me to buy him some bread because Dennis threw his bread away due to the fact that it was moldy. I couldn't get to it that day. The next morning he called me about 7:30am and yelled at me again. He said "What's a man suppose to do when he is starving to death, and he doesn't have a car to go to the store!!?" I said, "You should go to the Dining Room, if you're not too lazy and feed yourself. They feed you three meals a day and snacks 24/7. " He continued to yell and I finally hung up on him. A few hours later, I took him his bread and he apologized. He asked what could he do to help me because he knows I am so busy. I said, "You can help me by not complaining and showing a little bit of gratitude." "We are all doing the best we can." I called him Sunday morning and reminded him to go to church. He had forgotten again. Things of concern: he is not showering very often or wearing clean clothes. I tried to tell him to wear clean garments everyday. He has plenty. He said, he's too lazy to change garments. Since before Christmas, he only had two pair of garments in the laundry basket. I spoke with him about personal hygiene a little. I'm certain it fell on deaf ears. He still can't recognize Mom in her photos.