notes from Vince, taking care of Grandpa today

"Gpa came out to ask for a page of paper to write a letter to Ed. He's got the paper, but he doesn't remember what he intended to do with it, so nothing's been written yet. It's been 20 minutes. He's just sitting there."


"he then told me he was having trouble contacting his parents. He doesn't believe me when I tell him they've passed on. He says he just came from visiting them."

"So I asked him how old he was, and he said '30'. I told him he was 82 (which would make his parents over 100). He rejected that idea in utter disbelief."

"I then sat down with him to go over his family situation. He got a piece of toilet paper from the bathroom, folded it several times, and proceeded to take notes on it. He rejected my offer of something nicer, and less likely to rip, for notetaking. He wrote down notes on the info of who was who in the family. When we mentioned Julie, he looked very surprised. He said, "Oh? Tell her hi for me!"


(btw - and this is Julie here - last night when I was home, Grandpa came up to me, folded his hands in front of him as if in prayer, and asked "tell me, have you spoken with Mother lately?" He meant HIS mother. He had no idea what I meant when I said something about needing a Oiuji board...))


Later:

This is what Grandpa ended up writing:

"Dear Ed,
I've just been in conversation with another fellow who lives here, and your name came up, and I learned she is from our Ralph family! Julie Ralph! I had not learned that, even tho' I've lived with her brother Vince Seavello!"


Last night, Isaac heard Grandpa opening and closing the drawers in his room. He went to check on him and Grandpa reported that he was looking for the cat; he thought the cat was stuck inside the drawers. Nope, no cat in there.

Later, he was heard singing in his room. All night long. Isaac told Vince, at 2 am, and Vince went to go check on him. "You all right, Grandpa?". and he replied: "Yes, I was just singing." So, Vince and Isaac went back to bed.... and Grandpa was heard singing each time they woke up again.