Which Do You Prefer?

Hehehehe... there's only so much one can do without electricity!

There was a "brown out" today along 12th Avenue between Heather and Oak, right around the area where the Windermere is located. (A "brown out" is the Filipino term for a power outage. Don't ask.) It was also very hot in my apartment and I was looking forward to the air conditioning at the Hospice. You can imagine my disdain - yes that's a word and I'm allowed to use it - when it suddenly dawned on me that I'd have to take the stairs to lola's room!

It wasn't bad, but I sweated profusely for the next half hour after I got upstairs.

Today was a good day.

Since there was no electricity, we couldn't incline the bed. I had to help lola eat while she was still pretty much in a lying down position - fine with the mashed potatoes, but when she asked for "something hot," like coffee, that became the true adventure! Still, she ate and talked a little... no inis face today!

While she was resting or napping (which is why meals take so long), I realized how much I've come to depend on electricity... there was very little in the room to amuse me... except of course, for the whole Ensure-Boost debate. I haven't decided yet which I'd rather have. I need more samples...