The other day Dad and I went out to lunch. Upon returning to my car to leave, Dad wandered off in the parking lot as he was looking at something in the sky. I went ahead to my car and kept calling Dad to come on over and get in the car. As I’m about to get in, I see Dad opening the door to someone else’s car- that is the same color as mine- and getting into the passenger’s seat! I quickly ran over to him and told him it’s the wrong car. Surprisingly, the car was not locked and there was no alarm. Major incident avoided and we got in my car and on our way we went. I told Dad the next time he needs to really pay attention or better yet, just stick with me. We laughed about it afterward but these days, you never know what could have happened if someone thought Dad was breaking in to the car or something.
We also made it out to dinner the other night and Dad had his first taste of cheesecake, ever… or so I thought. Dad said he never had it before so I of course said he must try it. Turns out after talking to Mom, Dad loves cheesecake and he’s most definitely had it before! I guess he forgot. Anyway, I thought at the time his cheesecake taste testing warranted a photo opportunity so here’s a few pics of Dad’s “first” piece of cheesecake. He ate every single morsel on his own.
Overall, I would say Dad has been having more “oops” moments this past week. He seems a little more forgetful and confused lately. His focus has been off and it’s taking a lot of effort to get Dad to do something when asked. He’s also been mixing up my name, forgetting my name and losing the ability to concentrate on tasks at hand which result in some things taking an hour to complete when it should just take a few minutes. Dad keeps doing things like putting the trash in to the recycle bin and the recycles in to the trash bin. When we try to correct his mistake, it’s an all out war as he’s adamant things are correct. I end up letting it go and switch around the trash when he’s not looking. However, I’ve found he re-checks the trash and switches it back to the wrong way… we’re constantly going around in circles. Things like that keep happening. Maybe his system is still sorting out his meds and needs to stabilize a bit more or maybe it has to do with Mom being away. Still, Dad is doing pretty well which is great.
In other news, we’re off to pick up Mom from the airport tonight. Dad is looking forward to it.
