Forum visits and trip decisions

djmom · Post by **djmom** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:41 am

I am just laughing because I have been on the forum a bunch lately. It seems to correlate with the possibility of getting to go...we are thinking of going for it. Your trip reports have been helping.

Mr. DJmom is gone now all week almost every week. It has not been easy adjusting, especially this week. We are thinking why are we putting ourselves through this.

Do we plan a trip or do we get the scenic view vs. the parking lot in our nursing home?

b-as-u-r · Post by **b-as-u-r** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:58 am

My vote is for planning the trip! Ali~

c3p1 · Post by **c3p1** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:02 am

djmom wrote:.

Do we plan a trip or do we get the scenic view vs. the parking lot in our nursing home?

You get the scenic view in St John and the parking lot view int he nursing home!

lprof · Post by **lprof** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:04 am

I have heard and I believe to be true:

Plan ahead. (Adjustment may become necessary.)
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. (You may trip.)
Life is short.
Change happens in a blink.
Live in the moment.

We are a lot closer to that nursing home... just hoping that it will have the basics... the memories may have to be the luxuries, but I will have them with me (just hoping that I can remember them!)

I am getting old........

Greenskeeper · Post by **Greenskeeper** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:16 am

Take the trip! Those memories might become medication induced flashbacks when you are in the nursing home. Two "trips" for the price of 1!

tipsy · Post by **tipsy** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:20 am

Go fot it. If have to, do it on a budget but go.
And if while in the nursing home, can't remember where you went, there's always pictures to look at.

djmom · Post by **djmom** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:28 am

You know, when we would visit my grandmother we would notice that the older people who have the memory loss seem to be mentally "stuck" either in a happy place or a not-so-happy place. Either extremely pleasant, or just really upset about lost things, violent, etc...

Maybe with some continued trips we could be mentally "stuck" in St. John.

I knew I went to the right place with this question because you gave me the answer I wanted to hear!

Need ticker....

jayseadee · Post by **jayseadee** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:03 pm

I know too many people that planned for the scenic view at the nursing home and never even made it to the parking lot.

Do it now!

msgcolleen · Post by **msgcolleen** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 pm

Just a thought . . . do they have nursing homes on St. John? If so, I'm there!

samoka · Post by **samoka** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:22 pm

My husband has had some serious medical complications for the past 5 years and we try to travel every year knowing that it could be the last trip - as long as the nursing home has a tv it won't matter what the view is!

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