Cracked the day centre
Today MIL had her first day at the Day Centre.
I was a quivering mess on the way, I felt sick, my stomach was churning, I felt I was betraying my MIL. We did not tell her where we were going. Hubby just said we are going out please could you use the bathroom. No explanations at all. We said we are going to Bexleyheath that was all. No questions asked. She loved the ride which made it worse! Hubby a cool cookie
. No nerves for him as he felt it was a job that had to be done
. I was terrified she would scream and have a tantrum about being
with 'old fogies' as she calls them
But she didn't
Of course the staff know exactly how to deal with her. They took over as soon as we arrived.
The home was lovely. No nasty smell. Staff fantastic.
They included her immediately whilst we filled in the paper work. We could see her singing with the others. The only difference was Mum didn't need the song book as she knew every word! Bless! Also she was the life and the soul of the party! She had orange squash and did a 'cheers' everybody and touched glasses with everyone round her table. She led the singing like she was a conductor! She stayed for fish and chips and ice cream, the staff said she mixed well and enjoyed it and mum said she is going next week. Oh and she loved the quiz (so strange because she always claimed she hated quizzes). Yippee! Hubby and I can have a day a week together AND she liked it!
We are taking her for 10.30 and they will bring her back every Friday. YES we cracked it