Happy 64th Anniversary!

Today is Mom and Dad's 64th anniversary. They both forgot, however, after I reminded them Dad remembered. Mom kept forgetting, she kept thinking we were celebrating her birthday. We went to Big City Diner along with Curtis, Lori, and Brent. Dad was not feeling well so he stayed home, which further confused Mom in to thinking it was a birthday celebration. Though I wonder why she was thinking she was only 64 years old?

I tried the Tequila Chicken and Portobello Mushroom Stack. It was great! It was served with a lemon butter sauce and I opted for garlic mashed potatoes instead of rice. I could go for that one again! Also tried the Li Hing Lemonade, another good choice!

Earlier today I took Mom in to get her blood cross-matched and also get her wristband for the transfusion tomorrow. She was winded just walking from the parking garage to the lab. Then we started the process of verifying that the financial institutions she had her money at were in the Trust and other financial things. We started with First Hawaiian and her friend Wesley. This one is definitely in the Trust, however, she has misplaced the key for the safe deposit box she has there. She also has a life insurance policy that is administered by someone there (Sean); or at least the card she has with his name says so, even though Sean's name is crossed out. Wesley was able to find out that it is no longer Sean, it is now Rich; he gave us Rich's number so we could make an appointment to speak with him.

We also went to Long's and Hawaii State credit union. But Mom was too tired to wait for the loan officer at Hawaii State CU; we will have to do that after the transfusion. We also have to go to Hawaii USA credit union, Sun Life Financial, Territorial Savings, Ameriprise, and Edward Jones. She says it is not good to have all your money in one place in case it folds. This is due to her Depression-era experiences; I wonder how many people now feel the same after the financial crisis of 2007-08 and the U.S. subprime mortgage crash?

Hopefully tomorrow's transfusion will have the same effect as the previous transfusion and boost her energy level. She actually was low enough she could have had a transfusion last week but declined. This week she would fall asleep early and complained a lot about being tired; I had to use her walker like a wheelchair and push her around on it when she was breathing too hard to walk easily.