Back to his old self

We had a great six days of bliss with Bob. He is now his old self again. Fighting to go outside, and arguing about everything, but he isn’t winning. That’s alright though; I will take the six days and look forward to the next six days in the future.

He hates going out and working in the yard. It’s a lot of work for him to do this. He says he wants to use the exercise bike instead. The bike is good, but we have told him it isn’t getting him fresh air and sunshine. It also isn’t getting him up and walking. While he does sit outside while he pulls weeds, he is still up and walking around a lot.

Last week, one night, he got up at midnight and decided to go through all of his drawers in his dresser. Thank God, I had already cleaned out a lot of these drawers and there wasn’t a whole lot left. I went back to his room and found him with things all over his bed. When I asked him what he was doing, he told me that he was trying to figure out what all of the stuff was. Sarah and I had to take everything out of his room that night and pile it up on the dining room table. I had to go through the rest of the stuff the next day and finish cleaning out his room. At least I got his room clean and that room is now done for the spring cleaning.

Saturday, everyone worked in the yard all day. After we were done, and resting, Rob announced that everyone needed to go inside and get cleaned up. Bob pitched a fit for getting another bath. He had just gotten one the day before, and he didn’t understand why he needed another one. We all laughed and told him he was filthy from digging in the dirt. He told us a little dirt never hurt anyone, but I told him that it would hurt the couch and he wasn’t going in and sitting on it with dirt all over him. Rob told him he would live through another bath and to get inside and get it over with. I am happy to report that he did indeed live and smelled so much better. We were all very tired Saturday evening after working so hard in the yard.

The weather here has been nice. Warm during the day and cool in the evenings. We have had some rain, but nothing horrible. All of the plants are starting to bud and when the summer finally does hit, they should be in full bloom.

Keep Bob in your thoughts this Easter and encourage him to get out and enjoy life. This is the time of year that it is perfect for getting outside and getting some fresh air. We all need to air our bones out from being cooped up all winter.