I did hire someone to come and do that. It was becoming a little difficult for me because of the confinement of getting Joan into the shower area. However, now that I have installed permanent handles for her to hold on to, I think I can do it by myself. Tomorrow will be the test of that when I give her a shower. The lady who has been coming has been doing a good job, so it has nothing to do with her capabilities.
I think basically it comes to a financial reason. If I can do that successfully, it will save us money each month, which naturally will go for either bills or food.
She was supposed to come today, but at the last minute she called to say that she couldn't do it today because of some emergency.
Actually, it turned out to be a good thing because I slept until 12:30 p.m. I know I have to start going to bed earlier than I have been, but at night, when Joan is in bed, it's the main free time I have to get other things accomplished, like my digital archive.
That is taking far more time than I ever expected to spend on it. I do want to get it finished within the next couple of weeks because, honestly, I'm getting tired of putting it all together.
One good thing about it is that I am recalling things from the past that I haven't thought about since they happened, and not necessarily all bad things. So, I guess you could say that's the bright side of doing this archive. The one thing I'm grateful for is that it refreshed my memory about how the physical therapist was working with Joan when he came 5 days a week.
Because I made videos of what he was doing with Joan, it will be easier for me to reproduce them. I have to get Joan back into some type of exercise routine. I see her getting weaker, maybe not week after week but certainly month after month, heading in the wrong direction. I can't let that happen.
