Holding court

I’m back to work this week. Although I’m dong my job mainly from home, it is still work that needs to be done. The level of activity going on in this house makes it ever so difficult to meet deadlines, but I’m managing. The phone rings off the hook, the door bell rings, and I am needed as the main coordinator of everything having to do with Gilly’s care. It would take me too long to type out how many calls I had to attend to today; most of them essential. Please understand if you were the 100th person I hung up on today; I have just so much time in a day. I am honored that so many people care and want to help by remaining in touch, but I cannot respond to every outreach now that I’m technically back to work.

The new care giver (Elise) is a keeper (we sincerely hope). She’s sweet, trainable, pleasant and hopefully dependable.

Gilly had a rather wakeful day after 2:00 P.M. He’s still up, holding court in his bedroom with Tamara and her friends. he had two very solid meals (ground up, but delicious) and he's in a responsive mood.

I was treated to a night’s sleep last night. Edward was here from 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. and surprisingly I managed to fall asleep for an extended period of time. Today’s level of activity around here frazzled my nerves, but I would have been even more nutso without the sleep I had last night. I think it’s a great service that was offered to me. The CLSC is trying to match the caliber of the guys from D’Entraide. I hope they succeed. Brad is working steadily on this mission. He is a devoted social worker.

Gotta get some necessary supplies and the store is closing soon, so I’ll sign off for tonight.