when i got there, Bill was already there. the first thing mrs summers said to jessie was that she hadn't seen her in a long long time. which i found a bit weird but a bit funny too. i held in my giggles. i still couldn't tell if she remembered me.
i suggested taking a walk, but mrs summers said it was way too hot out for a walk, and her mosquito bites were bothering her too much. she had gotten them while picking rasberries in the field, she told me.
jessie turned out to be an excellent idea. she didn't get into anything or have an "accident" on the carpet. she sat on mrs summers' lap and got lots of attention.
today we attempted a crossword. i was told she likes crosswords, but when i attempted one with her, i ended up getting 2 answers, which was more than she found. so we kind of gave up and laughed about how sad it was that we got about 4 out of 30 answers.
she seems to really miss her unnamed long lost missing dog, so i think i will make jessie a regular visitor when i go to see mrs. summers. my mom told me there is some kind of therapy for old people when animals are brought to see them.
today mrs summers stories included a man next door with a pet cow and deer, how her house wasn't really her house, and the same story about her missing dog. i don't know how to respond to those kind of stories, because i know they're not all completely untrue, but they're wrong in one way or another. so far i've just been going along with them.
she said that she tried walking home once. i don't know where she thinks home is, but i hope she doesn't go looking for it again. she went looking for her dog alone one night last week, even though he died 20 some years ago.
its hard because i have no idea how she feels and i can't relate to her at all. she must be scared. i hope she doesn't feel alone. scared and alone is a horrible combination.
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