April 16-22.

Finally we reached the big day! The day Mom Bozyk moved into her new apartment on Friday April 20. On Saturday, Tom was able to help out with a few items. Scott and I had picked up Mom's large screen tv to bring home a few days earlier from her old apt, and Tom brought over a smaller flat screen and was able to hook up an antenna for free tv in her new apartment. If not, cable is $75 per month from the facility. Tom also hung some pictures and set up the phone system. But the biggest project I needed help with was Mom's bed. I had bought her a beautiful twin bed with under mattress storage unit and a storage headboard. I was a bit worried it would be too high for mom, so I bought a bedrail to assist with getting in and out. However, it still seemed a bit too high and I worried about her all night. So on Saturday, Tom pulled the drawer unit out from under the bed and he and Scott attached a twin frame to the headboard. Much lower to the ground so mom could climb in and out. Sadly we lost the extra storage, but now I don't have to worry about Mom falling while getting in and out of bed!

The apartment looks great! Mom really likes it. She seemed to settle in pretty quickly. She is used to the daily schedule of meals in the dining room and activities. She still thinks she can do everything herself though, but I put her on for weekly showers. I also spent some time speaking to the staff to help them to get to know Mom, like the aides, nursing staff and activity staff. I also sat in on a few different activities with mom including a prayer group on Sunday, and enjoyed a sing a long during Happy Hour on Friday. And since we finally moved Mom out of the Sunrise facility on Friday, we decided to move the rest of her items from her old apartment over the weekend. We three had it cleared out in no time. Some of the items are going into Mom's storage unit for now and a few more items ended up in the new apartment. All the staff at Sunrise were so sad to see Mom leave, however, most of them never really got to see her lately since she was locked up on the 3rd floor. Mom lived at Sunrise for 4 years. So far she seems to be very happy with her new place. Now I need to get her on schedule for hair appointments and participation in more activities in the building.

I was so busy with Mom's apartment, I missed one of our GS choir events-singing at a local nursing home. We were going to put on the GS musical again. I just could not get away from working at the apartment. I did take time on Sunday however to join the GS choir at an Outdoor Event after visiting with mom. We celebrated Earth Day by singing at the GS event near our house. I was asked to come early to help with registration for the event, but I just did not have the time.

Scott had a busy week at school, but enjoyed a free day on Friday when his Physics class traveled to Six Flags Amusement Park. It is tradition for the class to attend Physics Day at the amusement park and complete a physics worksheet as well as enjoy a day on the rides. Scott was expecting warm weather and a chance to hang out at the water park area, but it was still a bit too chilly for bathing suits

. He was also expecting to get home in time to go to work, but the class decided to stay late. No worries. His boss was quite understanding.

Besides moving Mom into her new apartment, I was busy organizing Scott's upcoming Eagle Court of Honor. Tom's brother Mark and wife Linda planned on attending and staying with us, so I needed to get the house in order too! Both inside and out. Tom and Scott also worked on a project that we started last fall-trimming branches off the large maple trees along the street. Tom wanted to get some of the large branches off that were blocking the grass from growing before they sprouted all their leaves. They spent a whole day trimming and cutting up a few extremely large branches. I then posted the pile of cut wood on our neighborhood website and it was gone within a few hours! Soon it will be time to cut the grass!