eileen's good mood

she was in a great mood today. she was happier and more conversational than she has been in a long time. i dished up the strawberry shortcake today and she said it looked beautiful. she said yes when we all asked her if we were her friends. she was in the dining room with us for a lot of the morning, just being pleasant.

and then lunch came. she wanted nothing to do with it. she tried to escape a few times, constantly backing into the woman behind her as she tried to leave the table. she was swearing and hitting and all that. so we let her go, figuring she would be better away from other people. next thing i saw, she was in the other dining room and had wedged herself between two other residents. 'you're stupid! you look so stupid! why are you sitting there? you're stupid!'

so much for that good mood.