Son-in-law gets new job

This is the best news I have had in ages, it's so exciting. My son-in-law worked in a call centre whilst he was at uni and for the past year since finishing his degree and NOW he has got a job he really, really wanted. He studied interior design in the form of interior architecture. If you think of shopping centre's interiors (malls), lobbies, bars how to utilise the space, natural light, safety, correct eco friendly materials all with a cutting edge design, well that's him. He does the computer building of the image using a program like cad. So needless to say he and daughter are over the moon. He starts on Monday, wahoo!

We haven't been able to get to the Zoo. We've had very windy days with rain which is good for our drought and dam levels but alas we've been housebound. Hopefully this week we will make it, boy do we need to get out, he's bored and I'm bored!!!

I've noticed Dad is becoming quite stooped, bent shoulders and a lean to one side. Some days his walking is so slow and others he can be quite speedy. When I shower him and ask him to turn around, 9 out of 10 times he turns the wrong way...'no Dad the other way'.

And just now he has been to the toilet and he tells me what he has done and I asked him if he wiped...no. It's the functions, toileting, showering and dressing that are noticeably declining. Most of the time he remains mentally within the moment, sometimes has trouble with my name.
Oh the other evening daughter visited and he couldn't work out which granddaughter it was and asked about 5 times, which one was here and who was in the city with their husband. He ended up in tears of laughter with my daughter as they went through...'no Pa, it's me...no Pa (Dad tells everyone how this granddaughter is on her second degree) it's me with the degree...He eventually felt comfortable within himself as to which granddaughter she was.

Hoping lots more good days are on their way.