Grandma
Ok, so I've been hanging with Grandma for a week and a bit now, and here's the low down.
She was really quite frazzeled last week - leading up to her 90th birthday she had too much on her mind and wasn't sleeping properly and couldn't get the party off her mind. Mum also recons that because she hadn't had any real stimulation for a while she'd slowed down a bit. So I won't make comments about her last week, because of the circumstances. And I won't comment about the last two days either because we really pushed her hard, taking her to stratford and then to martins this morning - she needs a rest!!!
First off she is 90. And incredibly healthy for that - her two siblings are both in homes at the moment for various reasons, and all of their husbands/wives have passed away so we are talking some hardy people here! So she does forget stuff, and she is slow, and has some minor health problems.
She's also stubborn :) in fact we have a little competition to see who goes to bed last each night, which I didn't win until last Tuesday - a full week after we'd arrived! And by god she'll have her egg and cress sandwiches for the party (even though she doesn't like them) and her scones with cream (even though she's just said that there's already too much food on the table!!)
She's also tactless. Totally. She'll eat spaghetti with us for 3 meals (not in a row). It's not until the day after that she mentions that she 'really doesn't like the spaghetti' we were eating! Or she'll start talking about how bad Nan is looking with Nan/s boyfriend sitting right next to her!
And finally, she acts simple. She'll often react by going "oooh" in a high pitched way to whatever you are saying, implying that she doesn't actually comprehend what you are saying, but she does. I know she does :) She does the "oooh" thing for a lot of reasons actually, but ultimately I think it's to piss me off, and it works!!!
But she is very sweet, and it's probably these little quirks that make her endearing.
She was really quite frazzeled last week - leading up to her 90th birthday she had too much on her mind and wasn't sleeping properly and couldn't get the party off her mind. Mum also recons that because she hadn't had any real stimulation for a while she'd slowed down a bit. So I won't make comments about her last week, because of the circumstances. And I won't comment about the last two days either because we really pushed her hard, taking her to stratford and then to martins this morning - she needs a rest!!!
First off she is 90. And incredibly healthy for that - her two siblings are both in homes at the moment for various reasons, and all of their husbands/wives have passed away so we are talking some hardy people here! So she does forget stuff, and she is slow, and has some minor health problems.
She's also stubborn :) in fact we have a little competition to see who goes to bed last each night, which I didn't win until last Tuesday - a full week after we'd arrived! And by god she'll have her egg and cress sandwiches for the party (even though she doesn't like them) and her scones with cream (even though she's just said that there's already too much food on the table!!)
She's also tactless. Totally. She'll eat spaghetti with us for 3 meals (not in a row). It's not until the day after that she mentions that she 'really doesn't like the spaghetti' we were eating! Or she'll start talking about how bad Nan is looking with Nan/s boyfriend sitting right next to her!
And finally, she acts simple. She'll often react by going "oooh" in a high pitched way to whatever you are saying, implying that she doesn't actually comprehend what you are saying, but she does. I know she does :) She does the "oooh" thing for a lot of reasons actually, but ultimately I think it's to piss me off, and it works!!!
But she is very sweet, and it's probably these little quirks that make her endearing.
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Yes, I agree about grandma and her "oohs" and her tactlessness and the stubborn thing.
There is being nice and then being annoying, re the spaghetti thing. But she is 90 and well she's earnt it, I reckon.
She must be a bit concerned about you riding a bike?
Didn't watch the games opening, cause it was on at 3am and I would have had to stay awake and I didn't feel like it and my tv is too small to appreciate.
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