My Mom is SO funny! She just keeps you guessing constantly and brings so much Joy to my life. There are hard days and moments Yes, but when you get to really experience her personality it is all well worth it.
We have been inconsistenly working out in the mornings. I have really tried to keep myself motivated by realizing what a difference it makes in her to get up in the mornings and have something to do not to mention that some days that is the only time I see her. I am trying to keep her focused by reminding her we have a wedding coming up to look smoking HOT for! This has not really been working for either of us lately.
A couple of mornings ago I went to pick her up, she was dressed and ready which is a blessing because when I have to wake her up it is hard to witness her disorientedness. She has never been a good morning person, a trait she passed onto me, but her dementia is highlighted in those early moments of the morning when her brain has been in sleep mode for so long. She can't remember what she needs to do to get ready and walks around in circles in her room grunting from having to be awake so early.
On this particular morning she was ready to go... or so it seemed. We make the drive across town to the gym...Nevermind there is the same gym two blocks away because the trainers there are rude and judgy, NOT something you want at 5:45 in the morning. As we are pulling into the parking lot we notice Aunt Tammy is not there, she usually arrives about 10 minutes before us and offers great motivation in the mornings. We sit in the car for a moment and I comment on how tired I am, Mom quickly says "Yea I did NOT want to get up this morning." I look at her and being completely captivated by the thought of my cozy bed across town reply with " Well Mom do you not want to work out today." She bats her eyelashes at me and says " Ya know we could just go get some breakfast Megan." So we did. Driving back across town to the McDonald's by Mom and Nana's house to get some coffee and sausage biscuit. I dropped my Mom off at her house and went back to bed... it was quite glorious! The next morning however we redeemed ourselves by actually working out!
