It was so good to get your letter! I am living in a board and care home. I am lucky and have a room to myself. There is 2 other women and 1 man. The lady makes all the meals. I am hoping to get an apt again, but I'm told that at 96 I cannot live alone. I've decided to lie a bit and say I was born in 1932 instead of 1912. then I would only be 76. So YOUNG!!! Fern, my sister, was 14 days over 100 when she died.
Well, in a couple more weeks we can send out Christmas cards. I'm sure the facility here will have a christmas tree and I will probably go to Roberta's then anyway. The t.v. has on the cooking show but why should I watch it, I have nothing to say about what is cooked. I know we eat at 8am and 12 and then 5:30 pm. If I didn't have Leonards's monthly money, I couldn't live here. $1900/month. So I am thinking of moving- but I have to get off my butt and go looking for an apt. I sure miss Oma - and I sorta miss you guys in LA area - but it has been a long time now. (my good pen was out of ink :-)
Roberta comes once in a week, usually but I think she is working again, We generally go out and she runs her errands and I check her list and we have lunch. She knows more about this place tahn I do. I don't even know the telephone number. When I want to use it, they always "I'm uses the other one".
You know, letters are like a visit. the place is secluded and we have to call dial-a-ride to go even to the post office. This is really Hines - a suburb of Burns. No post man comes here, only packages. I sleep a lot because time drags.
Do you still work with Kaiser? We don't have Kaiser's here - so I have secure horizon insurance.
I walk with a walker now. (4 wheels) Leonard bought it for me. Said "someday I would need it" Phillip got to know him, but none of the others did.
Do you know Phillips address? Probably nick does. Jody asked Phillip why he and Nick had different last names. Roberta is married to a rancher now. Has 29 cows and raises a lot of feed. She lives 23 miles from Highway then 7 miles to the house. She bought the house and they had to dismantle it to get it the last 7 miles. she works out when she can, so they both have cars(he has a 2 seated truck). So lots of bills. She is RN and her license is good in any state. Her jobs are mostly vacation for some one else or sick leave. the people here have a P.O. BOx in Hines. If I was staying here, I'd get one, but if I move, I'll have an address.
Will let you know, Nana
