now to the male...

it is only 2 hours past noon and my cousin and i feel like we have laboured the whole day.

she slept with grandma yesterday and had to entertain grandma in the middle of the nights when she woke up and reminisced about the past...of course some crying was involved when grandma talked about the past.

i also woke up at 4 plus knowing that grandma would have woken by then and wondering how my cousin was handling grandma downstairs. she had to stall grandma for few hours more after she woke up so she could get more sleep on the bed.

it was easier to settle grandma today. it was grandpa that gave us the headache this morning.

he woke up late and when he woke up, he reeked of urine. there was urine in his urinal and there was also urine on the floor which he had used a piece of rag from the store room to cover with. when he got up, i saw wet stain on his trousers too. so straight away i made him go to the bathroom to clean himself.

then i went to mop the room and washed his trousers and the piece of rag. but the laborious work was left last- his piece of thick blanket. the bedsheet was not smelly, but his blanket...urrghhh....

the blanket was so thick and big that it could not fit into the washing machine! so my cousin and i used our feet and sheer strength to wash it. soaked and stepped and rinsed with lots and lots of water. it was a real workout in our small bathroom but i think both of us had fun since we laughed non-stop while doing it.
so here is the blanket after its washing. i doubt it would dry today. getting rid of the amount of water it accumulated was already a headache. i only wanted the water to be all gone by tonight so that proper drying would take place tomorrow when it is sunnier. the sky is quite overcast now and it drizzled earlier. grandpa would have to use another blanket later tonight.

this is the new walker we got for grandpa. he is using it when he walks now. there is no other walking stick for him. we are now trying to get him to wear adult diaper to sleep...the kind where you can slot in yourself. i don't think he would ever allow anyone to put on the diaper for him.

this is grandma's hand in his new fibre cast. her hand is still swollen but i can definitely fit one finger into the cast.

ah well, hope that will be all for today. have to go to town to do some shopping and to send my phone to the shop. all these photos are taken using cousin's phone which she sends to my mailbox so i can upload them here. amen.