…some people just keep taking the free beers from the in-room mini-bar every day then bring them home in their suitcase! 😉
Could’ve had a really good score this trip if I’d thought to raid my parents’ and sisters’ rooms too!
(Not pictured – a can of Heineken Silver that I got at the beach, didn’t crack and brought home as well!)
#Cheap
#Scottish
#FreeForMe
Dementia is a terrible disease but it has its moments…
One good thing about being an obsessive journal keeper since right around the time I graduated high school (and that those journals, started in WordPerfect, have now all been digitized and are completely searchable.)
So that’s how I know that the very first reference I made to my mom showing signs of dementia was in February 2018.
Like most people, I probably ignored those signs and chalked them up to “old age” or “forgetfulness” at first.
But knowing how my mom’s mom was at the end (don’t think it was ever diagnosed as dementia but clearly was) I think I knew deep down what it was when mom started getting names confused and repeating stories and just having the occasional “senior moment”.
There’s some irony that this first journal reference to her having signs of dementia was in February 2018 which is we did a family trip to the Moon Palace All-Inclusive Resort then, almost six years later to the day, we were once again Mexico and Shea and I once again arranged for mom to have a birthday surprise – her room decorated and a bottle of champagne waiting – although this time, it was a lot sadder as mom didn’t even know it was her birthday unless someone told her (but that also didn’t stop her from popping the champagne immediately – still my mom deep down!) 😉
Anyhow, I’ll have more posts about our recent Mexico trip including one I’d like to do about traveling with someone suffering from dementia as I didn’t find a lot of tips and think that some of what we learned during the week could be useful to others.
As of today, I’m officially on holidays and will be here in a few short days…and likely very few blog posts until we return in a week.
So glad the tour guide on this snorkeling tour didn’t actually need a bribe to make sure he didn’t drop our water camera when he swam underneath us to take this unique photo! 😉
Two months ago, my fully remote job of 3 years began a campaign to bring all employees back to office.
This confused me, as I was originally hired to be fully remote.
I lost that status because we recently moved into a temporary apartment while we shop for our first home.
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— Jauwn (@Jauwnio) February 16, 2024
There’s a theory that one way to know you’re officially “old” is when you no longer recognize the majority of musical guests on Saturday Night Live.
I probably hit that point 10 years ago or so but I still know most of these…unfortuantely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcGfnc5qkk
One week today!!!
“Palm Trees” – Tasman Jude
In 2018, John Allen Chau attempted to make contact with the people on North Sentinel Island.
North Sentinel Island is the home of the Sentinalese, an indigenous people who have chosen voluntary isolation. They have consistently safeguarded their protected seclusion from… pic.twitter.com/lg3MZQjz2l
— Morbid Knowledge (@Morbidful) February 5, 2024
The Sentinelese tribe in brief pic.twitter.com/DYYmyn9tPG
— Time Capsule Tales (@timecaptales) February 5, 2024
Had tickets to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Friday night and it was a great game and an even better experience.
I hadn’t been following it but when I looked it up, I was surprised to see the Americans had won the first three in a row and then the Canadians had won the next two.
So the Regina game would be a pretty pivotal battle because if the Canadians could win, Game Seven on Sunday would be to decide who wins the entire series (can’t help but think of echoes of the 72 Summit Series where the Russians went up in the first few games but the Canadians battled back to win the series!)
And it was a great game that ended with Canada getting the shutout (first of the series!) and winning 3-0 after being 0-0 most of the game setting up a game seven showdown on Sunday (there’s no other important sports games featuring women heavily on Sunday, right?) 😉
