I hope everyone had a nice Christmas, unfortunately, mine was very stressful. I worry what people think of me and apparently I worry what dogs think of me even more. So I am the person when I am eating, if a dog is staring at me I feed it. I recently went to a friend’s party and their dog immediately came up to me and just stared at me. Don’t worry, I am very discreet. Anyway, my daughter came over for Christmas and asked us if we would watch their dog, Bear, while they went skiing for a few days. Not a problem except the dog is very allergic to all food except rabbit, so they left me just enough to get by until they got back. So, can you imagine, anytime I am eating anything, Cooper is right there. Well now I can’t feed him because Bear is there is too. So now I have 2 dogs following me around and staring at me constantly. I almost called a therapist.
Dec 25 - 31
It is your lucky day, I am going to sing Jingle Bells for you.
Well you have to imagine me singing it.
Just think of Andrea Bocelli, my voice is very similar. After all, we are both from Italy, well my parents were but I am sure my voice is right there with his.
Ok, here it goes:
Jingle bells, Jingle bells…
Well, you know how it goes.
Oh and I appreciate all of you not mentioning the 300 pounds I have put on this Holiday Season. I promise to try to get back to something close to what I used to be.
Try.
Everyone please have a wonderful Christmas.
From Frank and family
Dec 18 - 24
So today is the day my son had his annual blood test.
Most children or adults with special needs are on some medication. The medication is to help compensate for their damaged brains. That is why you see so many homeless people who appear delusional. Once they are homeless, they lose all access to their meds.
Anyway it is always fun to try to convince my son he has to give up some blood. We have closed the entire lab at Kaiser, where every employee there has come to assist or restrain him so we can get this done.
Well now, I don’t mess around. I just say, “You know those head phones you wanted. Well, you get in and out of this blood test as fast as you can, and you can order them on the way home.”
It worked.
I want to thank all of you for the email we sent out trying to find a missing friend. Hopefully, we will find her soon.
Dec 11 - 17
A few weeks ago I wrote about technology and what a curse it was, well now I believe motor memory is also a problem. Here is the definition.
Motor memory (MM) happens when a person repeats an action over and over until it becomes automatic, and you can do it without thinking.
I take the garbage out now and have no recollection of doing it, so I have to look out at the street to see if my cans are there. I will be inputting a password when something stops me and then I can’t remember what the password actually is.
We all drive on motor memory, and we do so many basic tasks with it. People with dementia will keep their MM long after they have forgotten everything else. Glen Campbell was able to go on the road and perform after he got Alzheimer’s. So the other day I am pulling on to the freeway which I have done a thousand times, when I realize they are doing construction and they have dramatically changed the on ramp. I was terrorized. Why, because I had to think. I had to decide how I was going to get on the freeway. It has been several weeks and I still go another way so I don’t have to get on that on ramp. Anyway i guess I should try and use my brain more so I can get use to changes, but it would be wonderful if I never had to think again.
Oh, by the way, after my wife cleaned my son’s bedroom, she started cleaning his bathroom. She pulls out a drawer and finds 4 empty pineapple cans and 3 half eaten clam chowder cans. Do you know what clam chowder looks like after a long time? You really don’t want to know, but I will tell you this, it is no longer white.