Random stuff

* You can stop praying for good performance of stocks in the tel-com sector. Dad is now properly diversified with a mixture of cash, short-term, safe securities/funds and longer-term & tax-deferred funds that have more potential to grow.

* Comcast cable is scheduled to be cut off at Yarmouth on August 21, 2008.

* Cavalier will provide service for phone and (very-fast 15 mbps) internet. They will send a modem to Yarmouth with installation instructions, likely the first of next week. the phone number will probably be 443-901-1264.

* The forms are complete for transferring the car to Paul; I'll forward to him when he returns my call.

Finally, my thoughts from the weekend, with apologies in advance that this is only based on 30 hours of observation. (I'm sure every day brings a new challenge.):
^ Mom was angry that I was there, but I threw her off by asking a bunch of questions and the next thing I knew she was in charge, showing me around;
^ Mom wouldn't play bingo, but when I said I wanted to go down to watch anyway she went with me, took the cards ($1 each) and she laughed and played the whole hour, even after I left;
^ Mom wasn't too impressed with all of the old people there, but I struck up conversations with everyone that we passed and now she knows something about many of them (if only for a brief time) and they know about her;
^ Mom wouldn't identify anywhere that she wanted/needed/would like to go, but when I suggested we visit Paul at the Village Inn she got up and headed to the truck.

At the end of the Saturday she slept through to 7:00 am Sunday, and after Mass she unpacked the rest of her suitcase and gave me the silver pieces to take back to Yarmouth.

I am sure she could have regressed by the end of the day yesterday, or by this morning, but maybe the weekend inched her forward. Of course the last thing she asked me is whether I could sign her release form.

Final thing: the dedication of the columbaria is at a Mass this Friday at the cemetery at 7:00 pm. I am sure she will call Emily every day, but could someone make sure that she gets there. She might also appreciate family company. (Did M&D purchase a niche in the columbarium already, or is that something we need to take care of?)