Don and Wally

Well....wow I haven't blogged in forever!  So I'm still working at the dental office 2 days a week which is great- I love it. Tan and I decided we could use a little extra income so the job search began. Of course I've been looking for a dental assisting job since January and haven't had much luck. So I went to the next thing that I enjoy doing: Caregiving. I applied for a job on craigslist and that same day I got a phone call and had an interview.  The lady was super nice and hired me on the spot right after the interview. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into, but it's been great. I take care of 2 old men- Don who is 90 years old, and Wally who is 80. They both are just old and they need help cooking, cleaning, shopping, grooming, and they just need someone to keep them company. They are both very lonely and it's kind of sad! I got hired there the end of August and I'm still there :) I work about 25-30 hours a week so it's a lot still, but Monday Wednesday and Friday I am done by 1 so it's a nice break those days. Anyway- this job has been good. Of course teaching me patience.  Wally will talk my ear off until I pretend I'm asleep or shove battleship in his face :) Don is the sweetest feeble thing to walk this earth- and wouldn't hurt a soul.

We've had some fun times. Some days get hard boring and repetative, but I try to make the best of it and help them not be so lonely! I introduced Wally to pumpkin carving, I introduced Don to Starsky and now he loves him, I decorated Wally's house, and the list goes on. They think I'm so weird- but I want to make things fun for them before they die haha. Here's a few pictures of them and some fun things I've done with them.

 So... this is kinda sad but it gets really old hearing Wally talk for 3 hours straight without asking me anything.....hahaha so to solve this issue i decided to bring battleship in hopes that he would like to play. Well...he loves it haha and it helps him shut up for a while! :)

 I drove up to Don's house the other day and here he was.....on a forewheeler on a huge mound of dirt...remember he's a 90 year old man :)

 Wally wanted to carve a pumpkin that looked like him. So I did the best I could. Whatdya think?! haha

Don was playing around with his phone one day and wanted to make crazy faces.

Oh dear. Wally seriously cracks me up sometimes. I made the mistake of bringing him to the store with me once. He would run into people, he would knock things off the shelves, someone would say 'excuse me,' and he would say 'what did you burp?' haha. I kept telling him he needed to be considerate, etc. but it didn't work. SOOOO that was the last of that :) And look at his face....I died.

I wish that I was a dental assistant full time but that just aint working right now. So for now- I'll take these 2 funny old men :)