And people wonder how I got the way I am.

Well, last night was my "movie night" with Mom, and of course there were a few things around the house to be done. She had a bit of a scare last week when a guy came around at around 9pm apparently trying to sell an alarm service. She was actually WAITING for my brother to get there, so she just swung the door right open. The guy asked to come in the house, and she told him no, she was waiting for her son (she thought he was him when he knocked), and the guy left. My brother & I both freaked a little bit when she told us; I decided that I needed to do a bit more about her (mostly non-existent) home security. I fixed the two gates in the backyard so they could be locked (one was difficult to close all the way, and the other was sagging so badly the lock wouldn't fit into the space for it). The (surprisingly sturdy mini deadbolt-style) lock on her glass storm door had NEVER worked to any of our knowledge, so I took it apart and oiled it. presto fixo as well.

As it turns out, it really WAS a man from a security company ...kinda late to be coming by and a shitty tactic, but some other people in the area said they had been coming around, and that the outfit was indeed legitimate.

So after doing all of this I was standing in the kitchen talking to Mom as she was just finishing up on dinner; as we got our plates ready and headed into the living room, I started to go back and said "oops, I forgot to get something to drink".

She said "...ummm, you JUST got a glass of ice water; ...it's right next to your chair!"

I walked around the corner and looked ...and there it was. Mom looked at me with this expressionless "huh?" look, and we sat down. I just kept going over and over in my head about that damned glass of water though ...try as I might, I just did NOT remember getting it!!! (ummm ...and with Dad's Alzheimers, all three of my sibs and I are acutely petrified/aware of when we forget stupid shit).

I finally exclaimed "Dammit ..this is just bugging me to death; I have absolutely NO recollection of getting that water!"

"Oh, I was just pulling your leg ...I got it for you when you were still outside."

...aggravated, amused, and oh so sure that YUP, that's my Mom all right!