Saturday afternoons are starting to take on a comfortable routine. After Denny has his workout and Margie does her morning activities, we go to the nursing home for a visit with Fay. By the time we get the home it's about 1:30, which is just in time to do a little schmoozing in the room before we go to the dining room for the start of the ice-cream lady's program. We discovered that she has sugar fee ice cream, which apparently was better for Fay than the two scoops of chocolate that sent her blood sugar through the roof last week.
We don't stay for the trivia contest and story telling. We go next door to the solarium and read stories. Fay gets a free copy of the Baltimore Jewish Times, so we read some of the more interesting features, like the resumption of a kosher food stand at Orioles' games. (A favorite of Evan, when he lived in Baltimore, were the gigantic knishes that they served.) Margie has become quite a manicurist. It's a nice touch to have someone fix your nails and Margie has gotten very good at this skill.
You can see Fay displaying her manicure above.
Another fun touch is that we have met a young Orthodox woman and her two little girls who walk to the home every week to visit the residents. Fay gets a kick out of chatting with this family (plus a young friend who usually comes too). An interesting note is that this woman's grandmother lived in St. Louis and owned the Evergreen Nursing Home, which I think is where my Aunt Beckie lived for a while. The other link to Aunt Beckie is that Fay's room mate's name is Rebecca Wolfe, which was this same Aunt Beckie's name. I've tried to explain this several times, but I don't think there is any comprehension.
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