Harumph.... daily horsepital visits again

Saw Peter at the local hospital today, and .... oh boy.... in the space of one hour he asked me four times to fetch a wheelchair, could we go out, he had to go to the bank, and wanted coffee and a piece of cake. And each time I was patient, and said, 'I can't take you out, Peter, it's gotten too cold and you have nothing to wear, your clothes are in Gamlitz. You were only here for a check-up, and they had to keep you for a while.'

'Where are my clothes? Go look in the locker.' There was only a tee shirt on his nightstand, and a pair of jeans in the locker, btw, he was just there for a check-up on his remaining foot.

'See, there are only your pants... your clothes are in Gamlitz.'

'Why are they THERE???'

(Sigh... ) And I went all over it again.... from the top.

Oh, and there was this 'weird' moment with him telling me he had 'talks' with Admin in Gamlitz regarding finances, and would sell off a piece of his inerited lands in Carynthia. They are so long disappeared and sold off, it gave me the chills. And I said, 'Peter, there AREN'T any more parcels of land to SELL.' 'Where ARE they?' 'You sold them.' He didn't believe me.

I took a good hour of it, and then said I had to ride back home before the trams filled up with no-neck monsters at four like yesterday. And as usual he went into panic mode. I said I would be there the same time tomorrow, and I will. Hardly got in the door, and he coerced a nurse to lend him her cell to call, and asked if I would be there tomorrow. 'Yes, I will be there tomorrow. Same time Peter.' He started crying, was a bit panicked, 'Don't let me down.' 'I won't, you get some rest, ok?'

This is such a rapid deterioration since July, well, it hurts all right.

A nurse came in for one of the other patients, introduced herself just with her first name, and I said, 'Nice to meet you. Ren'.

Peter got bent out of shape, and said, 'What are you THINKING of, you're Herr B.' It's a generational etiquette thing.

(Shrug)

A few days ago, was surfing on YouTube, and I think it was a Bill Mahr clip, where he said, 'People watch Soaps because they can have the feeling that no matter how bad their lives are, the ones they see there are much worse, so it makes them feel better.' I think there is more than a kernel of truth in that.

So I came home and messed about with that and checked out some clips from a thing called 'Port Charles', which the Ven had mentioned, which I had heard was about vampires, because, why not? I needed a bit of gothic horror to off-set what I'm seeing otherwise... But it is no wonder it folded. It was seemingly not so good. Disappointing day all around....