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Shawn
mood
quicken
Peggy
Peterson
(The day wasn’t bad — 25 degrees as I headed for room 330 — but a snowstorm was predicted for the afternoon. Jane was already on her back; her left shoulder had been bothering her. It was obvious that she was blue. I got the nurse to help me hoist her further up on the bed so she’d be more comfortable, and that seemed to help. I wasn’t in any too great a mood myself.
(Then Jane told me that last night Shawn Peterson had dropped the bottle of Oil of Olay, and thrown away the dispenser along with the broken glass. The dispensers are hard to find. I asked Jane why she hadn’t at once asked Shawn to save it, but when she remembered to some ten minutes later, it was too late; Shawn had cleaned up the mess and thrown it all out. For some reason this news served as a trigger to plunge me into a depressed mood of my own, which lasted for most of the afternoon. Maybe I was tired.
(Then as I was fixing the tray for lunch, Peggy Gallagher, our friend who is a reporter for the Elmira Star-Gazette, visited and stayed through most of the meal. I didn’t feel like talking, but we had a good visit after we loosened up a little. At the same time, I couldn’t help wondering why Peggy had chosen this day to visit us, of all days. She’s been very busy.
(I worked with mail, but didn’t feel like it, really. At 3:15 Jane started reading yesterday’s session. She did pretty well — better than she had yesterday. She was interrupted by Carla and Shawn to check her vitals — temperature 99 — and finished the session ten minutes later.
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You both did fairly well in handling unfavorable moods. Do not bother now, but when you are momentarily “down,” it is then particularly important that Ruburt look in the mirror, apply the lipstick, and smile in whatever fashion. Sometimes a humorous aspect will indeed show itself, and lift his mood automatically.
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Now, I may nor may not return, again according to those rhythms of which I speak — but know that I am present and approachable.
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(4:38 p.m. As noted, I’d wondered myself about the timing of Peggy’s visit. Until Seth mentioned it, I’d forgotten all about asking Jane to look in the mirror today. She had coffee and a cigarette before I turned her. I read the session to her before leaving at about 7:05. It was still snowing. I made it up the hill okay, but with hints of sliding around. I’ll probably go shovel at least part of the driveway after I finish this.)