Okay, well I finally finished Mom’s database. For the most part. What’s next is that I have to just have her proofread it. I’ll show her sometime and she just needs to tell me what she thinks.
Problem: What in the world do I do now?
I’m a little bit lost because I had the database to keep me way busy. Now I’m trying to come up with events and I feel like I don’t know where to start. I’m getting that overwhelming feeling of getting lost in the details. So I thought, y’know what? Maybe I can talk out the gameplan by typing.
Okay, so here’s the deal. This month, there are three events. A movie in A. A movie in B. And a choir in B. Oh and the Blairs in A. 2 events per building. Not to mention Bingo and things like that. Now the problem I suppose is first of all, that I feel like since half of those events aren’t MY events, then I haven’t done my job. But that’s not true. So let’s go ahead and kick that out of the system.
So I haven’t NOT done my job because the events aren’t mine. Okay! So next up:
February is going to be a new month. I need to know what’s up in February. The calendar looks completely clear. Alright. The 14th is Valentine’s so we should do a Valentine’s reception after lunch. We can do a reception and a movie. A cute romantic comedy. That sounds good.
But what can they do during the reception. I was thinking they could craft something the week before. Whoever wants to do the craft. Then the next week, they trade with someone the craft they got. And then another week for another an event. Maybe a felt project? Like a flower for March. Or a heart for February. Hm… We’ll see how that goes.
That wasn’t too bad now was it. I think I feel a little bit better.
I think the thing is that I want to accomodate for every resident. The new people in particular have interests that I don’t want them to lose because we have no outlet. I want to make sure the crafts….
That’s it! I don’t need an event for them. Because heaven knows they can do more than craft a popsickle stick or something like that. They need an outlet not an event. And an event may not necessarily be an outlet. For example, Jimmie and Fern will both need an outlet for their crafting abilities, but they don’t need to craft something under their skill level to do that. They need to craft their skill level, so maybe they can teach.
Outside of crafting there’s that interest in sports. or animals. How do I handle that? How do they exercise that? They can’t move. The wii? I suppose we could give it a shot. Wii tennis is an excellently easy thing to do. What about racehorces for Grady? Or football? A football party I suppose, but what about when football season is over?
john.
