Day Fourteen

Today was a very interesting day. And by interesting, I mean intense. I used to get upset when there was a rough day a Woodcrest because it was stressful. However, I think I've gotten pretty used to the battles we face in there. Tuesday began like any other with my usual routine. But once I sat by Audrey and Lydia, Audrey decided to start standing up a lot. Bernardo was sitting with me and he kept assisting her in sitting back down. She got so frustrated she actually started to swing at him. I was a bit shocked but he joked around with her about it and acted like he was getting hurt. So I laughed a bit and said "Get him Audrey, get him!" She found this hilarious and we were all laughing. After that she calmed down for a good hour. After that hour though, everyone lost it.

Now they say that when there is a full moon, people act a little crazy. I never really believed that...until Tuesday. There HAD to be a full moon on Tuesday. Audrey began to act up again but wasn't in the joking mood this time. Then, once Lydia saw Audrey acting up, she decided to start as well. After that, it was just a chain reaction of residents freaking out. The lady Mary I was sitting next to started to shake this other lady Jane's wheel chair. Now Jane is not the kind of resident you want to mess with. She's actually a bit scary. She has no problem telling you she doesn't like you and you just do NOT touch her stuff or she will try to fight you. And that’s exactly what happened with Mary. Jane flipped out on her and started to scream "I'll kill you if you touch my stuff again!"

Luckily that situation was taken care of, but it set off another resident, my best friend Sylvia. I say best friend out of sarcasm because this lady absolutely hates me for some reason. I really thought she gave up on trying to go down to the office and try getting kosher food but I was certainly wrong. She was screaming her head off until we had to remove her from the room and put her in a separate one until she calmed down a bit. I got the honor of staying in that room with her. I had no problem with her screaming. I had gotten used to it by then. However, I was not ready for what came next. After I brought her back to the table, which had to be at least the fifth time, I walked back towards the door. Once I turned around, BAM! She took the vase of fake flowers that were sitting on the table and threw them at me. She actually threw flowers at me! It didn't hurt though, I actually just kind of laughed it off. She gave up at that point and agreed to stop screaming.

It was definitely a different day at Woodcrest, but I'm kind of glad it went the way it did. It was almost like a little test to see what I could handle. And quite frankly, I think I passed with flying colors.