Dropoff

Dropped off 3 large cans of cookies to the nursing home staff for Thanksgiving. One for each shift.

When we got there, dad was napping in bed, half-naked. Somehow most of dad's clothes were in the drawers instead of the closet. I don't think that's a problem, but mom started to put them into the closet, and discovered there weren't enough hangers. Nothing can be done, so the clothes went back into the drawers. I still think that's not a problem. Why did mom think it was such a big deal??? Sigh...

I noticed dad's room now has a hanging lamp instead of a table lamp. Probably to keep him from dismantling it. I thought he's not allowed to have any lamp. So this is good. But he must have been messing around with the walker grand-aunt Y lend him. One of the release button is damaged... bended upward and no longer work. Sigh... (T_T)

Dad was coughing up phlegm and spitting it out into his hand. There is no toilet paper because he keeps flushing them down the toilet. (When he was at home, he consumed a roll in each washroom each day, which added up to 2 rolls a day.) Can't blame the staff, but it wouldn't work out because dad would just spit onto the floor or furniture or wipe with his clothes. I asked for a roll and got one. Not sure how long that roll would last. Sigh...

Thank God for the sun. I needed it for the replacement shots. (Which still didn't work out for the 2 stubborn pairs of problematic earrings.) Gorgeous sunset. Spent the night processing images but far from getting done. Very far...

Have been feeling unwell in the stomach for the past 2 days. Was it that leftover soup heavy with cooking rice wine from the Taiwanese place? But I only mixed a few spoonful into my congee! Actually it was more than stomach. It was higher. I fear my heart might not be doing well. After all, it was bruised back then. Not sure how much longer it can last.

Cans of...

Thanks A for helping me get those huge cans of cookies (for nursing home staff)!

And sorry for the spill...

Lindt Orange

Christmas gift 2010 from L. Thanks! It's the gold paper wrap variety (as to the black-and-white cardboard one), and one of the most delicious chocolate I've ever had.

The chocolate itself is Lindt quality. Cocoa and milk are well balanced and of course without the north American aftertaste. Inside the chocolate shell is a soft orangie filling, slightly tart, with bits of orange peel. It's a killer combination and extremely addictive. I ate half the bar in the first sitting. OK, I was hungry too.

Kitchen drawer

Finally got fed up with the cutlery drawer and did a total cleanup. It's unbelievable what's been sitting there, and how dirty it is! Straws from fast food joints, take-out plastic cutlery and disposable wooden chopsticks (may have been used), and a large amount of mystery tiny plastic spoons! (I suspect those were from fertilizer or something like that.) Also lots of plastic chopsticks. On top of all that, a bunch of metal sticks wrapped up in paper napkins... dad's homemade crab-eating tools! I'm 200% sure those metal sticks were once part of something else. There were a few bottle caps and a couple of metal wires... sigh... (T_T) That drawer, I'm sure hasn't been touched since the day we moved in 21 years ago.

Finally cleaned up some e-mail too.

Glasses

Cousin K and H brought dad a bunch of glasses. Cousin-in-law K might have bought them since she was trying to force her own pair on him last time. (Sorry it sounds nasty, but he will for sure loose or destroy those nice ones.) So, these are from dollar stores in the States. Pretty amazing what a buck can get. (A buck each, not all.)

Picture taken on July 25th. Someone forgot to turn off the "open" sign.

Airport

Cousin K and H pulled it off. They had slightly below 4 hours between flights, and met up with me (and mom) for a quick lunch. But the main objective was for cousin K to hand me the clothes. Their arrival flight was 15 minutes early at 10, but cousin H had some trouble with her luggage. The staff reported it missing but was soon found on the carrousel. No harm done, just a lot of running around for about 20 minutes.

By the time I picked them up, it was 11:30. Their next flight was 1:50 with 1:10 boarding. Cousin H recommended a dim sum place she went to last time. We quickly ordered and ate up fast. An hour passed by so fast, we didn't do anything else besides eating lunch. They were dropped off at 12:50, should be OK, but you never know how long the security lineup is. It was China airline to Beijing. Large plane with lots of passengers. Hope they made it.

Did some grocery shopping and then went home. Of course I kept dosing off at the desk. Didn't accomplish much besides cleaning up blog entries...

Sleep...

... or the lack there of. Finally got to make use of the morning sun. The price is big, very big...

Eat-out day with brother's gang. Went to see dad first. This was the first time I saw him in his new room. Once we opened the door, we saw the floor full of his spit. Dad himself was sitting on the toilet with no shirt. Pants only. Mom keeps cleaning up after him even though it's the job of the staff.

J and her daughter joined us for dinner as niece N went to her daughter's birthday party. We went to a new Taiwanese restaurant for dinner. The food was good. A bit strong in flavour, though.

Thought I'd be super sleepy, but nooo. I'm not. Not good, not good...