Dear Everyone -
Last night was interesting. Carla. Jeff. and I met Doug and Lori, with her three, at Arctic Circle, had supper, then went to visit dad. He was grumpy. No, he was GRUMPY!!! He kept saying "Shut up, show some respect." I asked who are we respecting, and he said there was a program out in the hall. We had to be quiet. He kept trying to get out of his chair and we kept telling him he can't get out of his chair, and he kept telling us to shut up, he would get out if he wanted. The little kids decorated a tree that Lori brought, and he kept telling us to shut up. They weren't being noisy, but he was agitated anyway. I thought this was going to be great, cuz Clair, Tom, James and family were coming. When they got there he said hello, then fell asleep. Claire served birthday cake (her's), showed us her gifts, then we (the Hollists) left. On the way home Claire called to say when dad woke up he was as sweet as pie. He talked with the little kids and was very pleasant.

Carla and I have decided that we just bring out the worst in him. I asked the nurse if the dr had okayed the meds Lori and Luke recommended and she said yes, that they were giving him Seraquil, but it would take a few days to get into his system and we would see a difference. It will relieve his night terrors and his agitation..... we hope.

Russ and I went Mon. and he told Russ to leave the room, he had to talk to me privately. Russ said he'd be back in 5 min, I told him to make it 3 min. Then dad said "What I have to say will make you mad." and he kept saying that over and over, and finally I said "Yes, it will make me mad if you accuse me of having a boy friend." And he said "See, I knew you would get mad." He finally named a boy friend -Merritt Nielsen! Wanda died a couple of years ago, so this "single man" must have been on dad's mind for awhile. At least it wasn't Karl Hutchinson. He used to accuse me of him a few years ago. He told Russ he wants to buy a truck so he can go where he wants to. Russ said he'd look for one.