Hi everyone. I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare. I’ve long had my last cup of coffee for the day, as it’s 9PM. In fact, most people here at my new care home are in bed already. I guess I’ll have just water to offer you now, sorry. Let’s catch up anyway.
If we were having coffee, I’d start out by moaning about the weather. Fall has well and truly set in here. The temperature hardly got above 20°C at all this week and most days it didn’t get above like 17°C. Moreover, unlike the heating in my old care home apartment, which was set to an uncomfortably warm setting all year round, this room’s heating seems to be stuck on the cold side.
If we were having coffee, then I’d post another petting zoo picture. This one is of the birds once again. Did I mention that my new care home is like a two-minute walk from the petting zoo?
If we were having coffee, then I’d share that I’m adjusting better to living in this care home than I was to living in my previous one. Like I mentioned on Thursday, I started working with polymer clay, in fact. I haven’t put anything into the oven yet, as I first need to test the oven temperature before subjecting my precious projects to it. However, I’m happy to report I already finished two simple pieces: the planet charm I mentioned on Thursday and a flower.
In addition to working with polymer clay, I have created a shower gel (from just a base and essential oils) and made a bracelet. I did play card and dice games too. I didn’t walk as much as I used to at my old care home, but that’s okay.
I am still struggling with mornings and early afternoons, but I’m giving it a chance to work out. For example, yesterday I came up with the idea of watching children’s stories on YouTube when I have my group activity time. I normally watch those in English, which of course the other clients can’t make sense of, but I could definitely find Dutch children’s stories on YouTube too.
If we were having coffee, lastly I’d share that I bought another collection of journaling prompts that I’d really been looking forward to on Tuesday, only to find out that the actual prompts are probably handwritten or something inside the Kindle book and I can’t access them using my screen reader. This is a relatively common occurrence with Kindle books and I honestly feel that Amazon shouldn’t claim screen readers are supported in that case. Oh well, I have tons of other prompts to choose from.
A Multitude of Musings 
Sounds like an okay week and lots of stuff to do coming up. The photo shows I believe, an Amazon yellow necked parrot which I had years ago. I inherited it from my daughter who said Bird, his name😂was getting too bite prone with her little ones. I took him in and he said whole sentences, extremely on point so there’s no reason not to think he was super intelligent. He sang songs and whistled them too. He really was fun except his personality was a three year old and he wanted constant attention. If he was out of his cage he could walk you right out of the room! After being bitten badly a third time I gave him up to a pet owner who could not believe I did it. Like most children he won her over at first and then…she’ll probably cage him and forget him.
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No, it’s not a parrot, it’s a parakeet. But that’s such a sad story you share about all the different homes the parrot had and how it eventually was probably just caged and forgotten. Not that these parakeets leave their aviary as far as I’m aware, since it’s outdoors, but they’re definitely not forgotten.
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sorry the kindle book is inaccessible. I’m glad you made some pieces with the clay. And I am glad you are settling in and adjusting to the new care home!
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Thank you so much. Yes, I’m so glad I was able to make some things out of clay.
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It seems you’re settling well
In the new home.
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Thank you. Yes, I think you’re right.
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All the best my friend
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Yep, here in England the weather is the same. It won’t be long until we’re putting the heating on. How wonderful to be so close to the petting zoo! I am so glad things are going well in your new care home. x
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Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m so sorry the weather’s the same in England. Today it’s a bit weird, with a daytime high of 20°C but in the morning, it was only like 9°C.
I love being close to the petting zoo indeed and am glad to be settling into my new care home okay.
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It is wonderful that you are giving this new home a chance. How fun that it is close to a zoo, and perhaps lovely surroundings to walk in? I hope you come to really like this new place.
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It’s not close to an actual zoo with wild animals. The birds are an exception. I think I might’ve used some kind of wrong translation. A petting zoo (that’s what Google Translate calls it) is like a farm with goats and horses and donkeys and there are rabbits too etc. but you can pet them unlike at a regular farm. It’s called “kinderboerderij” in Dutch. Thanks for your kind words anyway. I’m definitely giving this new home a chance.
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I’m glad to hear you’re adjusting better to living at this care home than the one before. The petting zoo sounds very nice. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.
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Thank you so much for stopping by. I’m still struggling here too, but indeed I think this care home is better than my previous one.
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