Day Five

Today was much calmer than yesterday for us on the third floor. The residents were in a good mood and there wasn't any fighting between them. We focused a lot on exercises. It took up most of  the morning because the residents were very involved with it and some even started to dance when we put on some music to go with it. It was a lot of fun to see them having a good time and enjoying myself as well. I got to spend a lot of time with this one resident named Betty today too. She was waiting in the hall for the elevator because some of the residents go downstairs for lunch. I had to stay with her though and make sure she didn't wander off somewhere and miss lunch. We had some good conversations while waiting for her turn to go down. The only thing is though, she loses her train of thought very quickly and also thinks the past is the present at times. So our conversations ranged from stories of her childhood to her thinking she was in the past. However, she would also not make any sense sometimes when she lost her train of thought. She would think I was someone from her past and tell me things like she saw my brother the other day or that she went to go visit my kids. Either way, we both enjoyed talking to eachother because I got to learn a bit about her and it made her day to have someone to talk to for a little while.