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I keep having to remind myself that Mom can't be reasoned with at this stage of her dementia. This morning she was complaining about Dad not moving his money to a bank that had a higher interest rate. Apparently one of the banks she uses has a rate of 0.25% and his is 0.02%. (Curiously 1 of the 2 other banks she uses is also 0.02%, but she said it was OK for her to leave it there because she did not want to get it mixed up with her other accounts. FYI She has each of her accounts in a different institution so she does not get confused as to which is which. She did this well before the dementia.) Later this evening Dad was talking about closing that account and she was questioning why he would do that!

Shiro is missing his brother. He walks around the house plaintively calling for Momo. I went looking for him again today but did not find him. Even in WA he was the one that would get out the most, but since the weather was colder he would be back by late evening; he did not seem to like being cold.

For those of you who wanted to sneak a ride in my suitcase; Xander has beat you all to it! (To him its just another box!)



We were packing up for the trip to the Big Island tomorrow for Mitchell's 1st birthday luau and left the suitcase unattended while eating dinner. Mom is conflicted over going to Mitchell's birthday. When Erica 1st invited Mom (in April when we had dinner with Mitchell & Erica) she was sad because no one would be around to take her. When I said I would, she was genuinely happy. Now that it is closer to becoming reality, she said she's too tired to be flying all over the place! I bet she will have a good time even though she is complaining about it now! I think she has come in to my room about 7 times tonight to ask if she has packed her toothbrush and clothes for the day of the luau.