Hello everyone ,
Well the day has come when my sister informed me me that dad had got a permanent bed at Rose Lodge. , even though we had a family meeting six weeks ago it was like the final nail in the coffin for me .

So I didn’t go and  visit dad for a few days.
I checked in oat the nurses station and  I applied for a fob  key for future access .

I found dad sitting in his  room quietly doing nothing but drinking a coffee but he was happy to see me with lots of questions regarding his status, some I could answer , he was really not impressed as he wanted to be at home and one reason was that he wanted to help organise his 90 th birthday party,
I assured him something would be done by everyone anyway.

I thought how cute , and then we had the hard fact conversation where I said that I cant even take him home without permission from mum anymore and he was concerned about an upcoming doctors appointment but I said thats now not up to mum but its upto the staff here .

I looked behind the curtain to see a bigger fruit shop than ever lol 

But dad is definitely sort of loosing the plot when it comes to certain things like the slab I gave him a few nights ago he insisted that I take it as he didn’t want the responsibility of having so much grog,
I said its ok dad the staff will keep it especially for you ,

He wouldn’t hear of it and he dragged a heavy suitcase out of the cupboard and onto the bed and to my amazement it contained the slab of beer hidden away in it and I thought dad .

He insisted I take it but I slipped a half dozen to a staff member on the way out and I eventually took a dozen .

So he has the wine I brought him last week stashed at a blokes place over the hallway as he seems to be paranoid about the grog and worried that mum would be pinching it and giving it away like at times in the past.

I told him there are no restrictions and he can have s beer whenever he wants all he has to do is ask a staff member and they will get it for you .

So to sit there opposite this frail old man now makes me wonder where the years have gone and I tell dad then that we will do a few more stories when I visit whilst he has the mind for it , and we put down some of his stories and the towns rich history.

Ps with the covid scare and the necessity to wear a p2 mask I scored a rippa free mask there to sand the fish project.
Next time .

Cheers xxx