So we left in time to get there at 6:30 and it was already getting crowded. I got a spot for Dad on the front row. The movie was Son of the Sheik with Rudolph Valentino.
It started off pretty good....Dad seemed to be enjoying the music before the film. He ate popcorn and drank his water I brought for him. As time went on {about an hour} I could see he was tired of sitting, even with all the padding in his chair. By the time the music ended he was complaining of being "miserable" for the last hour.....the movie was too long...the organ was too loud....he was tired of sitting.
I tried to get him out of the house to do some things because when he was on the phone with Louise he was saying that he doesn't go anywhere. LOL
By the time he had that conversation he had already been out to Panera bread and to the group talking with the old folks there in the previous two days.
He forgets.
It has been way too cold to take him out just to get out of the house....he has been to the Dr. twice and we stopped for a strawberry shake.....he said that was too thick. lol
So I learned to take short trips and do things that don't last too long.
I am going to look into some day care for him....to be with people his age.
I found it strangely similar to taking care of a toddler. I don't mean that in a negative way either. Seeing that Dad has a short attention span just like a toddler so it makes him happy to do things where he is not made to sit long. Something short and lively. He does better with that. Rod does too! haha
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