NORMAL DAYS HAPPENINGS

 Madison, Ala.

How about  a dose of a usual day for the OFM.  

The alarm goes off at 0600 so I can be ready for breakfast served usually a few minutes after 0700. My breakfast is  Cheerios and milk, three strips of perfectly cooked bacon served with hot tea. Many other items are available but this is my choice especially since the cook, a  skinny delightful fellow called Jay, cooks the bacon perfectly every morning . It is a wonderful breakfast of my FVORITE BREAKFAST.  Thank you JAY.

Next on the morning list is 30 minutes of walking the halls or sidewalks outside (depending on the weather) at my brisk pace that gets me into slightly aerobic breathing and blood pumping. Then I get back to my room and straighten it up for the day.  Lunch is served at 12:15 and supper at 5 pm. Mornings are usually spent cleaning and straightening my quarters.  The rest of the morning is free until lunch at noon. Frequently I do  coloring of pages from adult coloring books for a nice easy getting going start of my day. Lunch is taken care of by 1245 normally.  Mon-Wed-Friday I have my brain treatments about 02:30 so the dementia is kept at bay as much a possible. This gives my a lot of free time to visit, argue, discuss, mess around with the other folks here. When the weather permits, Betty (BettyR in the comments), and I sit out on the patio and discuss what ever one of us thinks up for about thirty minutes then head inside for her treatments and my treatments. After treatments I tend to do more coloring or something at least that important until supper at 0500. After supper is more free time to do more treatment homework or coloring or visiting etc.  The OFM usually targets bed time at 1000 pm.  It is normally a busy but not rushed day. Most of the patients just sit in their rooms and watch TV instead of doing the "homework" THAT THEY GET ASSIGNED.  Usually the home work is a 20 minute session of some physical exercise that will help them get better but that seldom happens. The  OFM gets told often to take it easier on himself since I TAKE THIS PREVENTION AN RECOVERY SERIOUSLY.

Well there you have it, a normal weekday here in paradise. Weekends are usually treatment free but the OFM STILL DOES HIS WALKING AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.

There you have it a normal week in the assisted living  situation I in.   MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.