Paul's Update - 09/25/07

Dear Friends:

Monday started out like most days. Dora shows up around 7-7:15am. She got Paul up, cleaned & dressed. Once Dad gets Paul into the living room she helps get him ready for breakfast. He seemed to feel better and was a bit more talkative. Dad & I decided to go out and do some shopping for a new chair that Paul can sit in. The chair we have in the living room is a swivel/base rocker. He really likes it but it has begun to squeak and is annoying. Dad tried to fix it but it still makes quite a lot of noise. Since Paul really enjoys rocking it we decided we needed to replace it with another swivel/rocker. We headed out and did some looking in Manassas. The furniture stores had some chairs that were OK but Dad wanted to check out the La Z Boy store in Fairfax. We tried out several chairs and decided we liked a leather recliner best. It swivels, rocks and reclines!! We actually were replacing what was MY chair so ... we also looked at a chair that would fit me better. We ended up buying TWO chairs!! We made a trip to the house to get our checkbook and get Paul his lunch. Dora was doing just fine. She is very good with Paul and can get him up to go to the bathroom when he needs it. I made him a sandwich and some soup while she prepared his tray. We headed back to the La Z Boy store to pay for our chairs. After we finished the purchase we went out and had lunch. There is a new Famous Dave's BBQ in Chantilly so we went there for lunch. It was really good! After lunch we decided to look at new Televisions. Dad has been wanting a large screen flat panel TV for some time. We shopped around a bit and got some prices. We ended up at Circuit City and bought a new 40" LCD Flat Screen TV and a console to sit it on. Dad spent the evening picking up the TV, putting the console together and then hooking up the TV. It actually looks great in our living room ... and Paul really likes it! Dad got a call while we were out from the insurance agent that has been working on a Bond for us as Conservators. The bond was approved and we needed to get an appointment at the Circuit Court Clerk's office.

Tuesday morning Dora came in and was pleasantly surprised to see the new TV in the living room. She really likes it!! Dad called the clerk's office first thing and got an appointment for 2pm. This is pretty amazing since they are usually booked for weeks ahead. I'm not sure but I think the insurance agent may have pleaded our case to get an appointment right away considering our position as Paul's guardians (and the NEED for it!). I took off from work around 1pm to get home and pick up Dad. Paul's new chair had arrived about noon and Paul was sitting (and rocking) in it when I came in. He seems to really like it. We had a scare when the clerk noticed that my name on the court order isn't really my LEGAL name. I actually go by a middle name and that is what the attorney put in the petition to the court ... Doh!! I run into this all the time ... but the clerk made a couple phone calls and decided it wouldn't be a problem. I sure hope it isn't!! Once we were sworn in as conservators he gave us instructions on what our duties will be. When we got finished there we headed to the Social Security office to take care of Paul's Social Security Disability income. He receives a check from Social Security each month and we will need to change how the payment is made. Since we got there late in the day we will need to go back to complete this change. Dad will be able to go back by himself in a couple of days and do the interview with an agent in their office. After leaving there we went to the bank and took care of some business and headed to pick up Bobby at his apartment. He is taking the old TV cabinet and we went to get him to help load it in the truck. We got home around 6pm ... Dora & Paul had been alone most of the day but they seemed to be OK. We got Popeye's for dinner ... Paul said he wanted their fish ... he likes it along with their rice & beans. Ronda & Bill came over with desert and we had coffee. We watched "House" on our new TV. After they left we watch some more TV. Paul was pretty tired and went to bed around 11pm. It seems like we are busy each day and Paul has not really had much time with therapy or the gym. He has therapy on Wednesday (this is the last week!) and they may start back at the gym some time this week! He appears to be getting out of shape a bit!! LOL

Have a great day! Lynne & Carl