Ok, I went to see Mom and Dad today. Actually they were pretty good. Mom was SO clean until I fed her and got food on her! LOL! Dad was really clean, too. They were just starting to eat lunch when I got there. Mom said she loved that when I fed her mashed potatoes and good when I fed her the ice cream and that's enough when I had fed her a bunch of salad. She really said quite a bit. After lunch I wheeled her around to the tree and she starts talking about ok, it's time to go. She got kind of fretful like she was worried about the 'going', so I pushed her all around LNC. We came back across Dad back in the dining room. I got him some tobacco and he was telling me how he'd won a jackpot for $500. Anyway, he was kind of confused, but he asked me if I'd gotten enough to eat and told me to be careful when I left. Two of the girls there told me Mom had been really sweet/good all morning. She'd even helped them get her clothes off for her shower and hadn't minded! They also said she'd been after Dad all morning, too, and were laughing about it. Dad came rolling up and said there's my Baby to Mom though and reached out and patted her leg. It was sweet. Anyway, not a bad visit. Their room was really clean with both beds made, too.

On another note, I heard from Chad today, and I've got to cash out Dad's 2 little life insurance policies. I called GenAm today to get the forms sent to me. I have to fill out the forms, send another copy of my POA, and a letter stating when and why Dad couldn't sign his name to the forms. I'll mail those back and she said it'd be about 10 days before I'd get the proceeds from them. I'm then to pay down that amount---no problem---Dad still owes over $4400 to LNC + he has a bill for ? due Central Pharmacy for the months of Oct, Nov, and Dec. IF I can get that done before the end of Dec, then Chad will re-apply for Dad for help starting with the 1st of Jan. I haven't heard from them yet concerning Mom----I'm not holding my breath, but it's been nearly a week since the last info they requested was sent to them. We'll see if she's approved or not for the payments for the last three months. Hopefully that will be a yes, but I'm not counting on anything from DHS until I actually see a check to LNC from them!!!!! Sorry, but it's been a mess and a half as far as I'm concerned. SURELY though we are getting close to the finish line with DHS------SURELY! I'll keep you posted! Love you all, Jeanie