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She sat there, slumped over ous and event-filled establish-
her aching restless body as her ment, here at Shady Acres!"
mind searched for answers.
"I wish," she commented. She
"Where is she?" Her con- attempted to stand up, wanting
torted face searched for the re- to get a snack for her guest. Her
mote, taking her a few minutes to trembling legs forced her to tum-
be able to push the "power" but- ble back on her stiff bed. Her
ton, only to realize that more determination caused her to lift
work would have to be done to herself again, almost falling back
find the right channel. down without the help of her
walker. She shuffled the short
"Did something happen to distance of her living room/
her?" She wondered as she bedroom, and scraped the tired
reached for the phone, but held wheels along the kitchen lino-
back. "/'1/ give her five more min- leum. She positioned herself so
utes. ""J eopardy" was coming to that she could wedge open the
a close, as she heard Alex telling refrigerator door. Its tired
the contestants that "Final Jeop- hinges creaked open. She shuf-
ardy" was coming up right after fled through the loaf of bread
the break. and the half-gallon of skim milk,
to reach the bottle of Sprite in
Her frail, wrinkled hands
wobbled their way to her the back. She had bought it lest
walker, pulling out a handful of
tissues from the front pocket. week in preparation for her
guest tonight. She placed the
"Maybe she had a lot of sweating drink back into the
cleaning up to do" she thought. pocket of her walker, and edged
her way to the counter, her body
"After al/, the kitch'en was a mess. moving like a defective robot.
Her hands danced over to the
Mr. Richards does like to throw his packet of cookies that she re-
food, especial/y when they have membered to pick up along with
creamed corn." Her mind wan- the soda. Her guest didn't like
dered from her meal back to the chocolate, so she got creme filled
television, seeing an ad for
"Shady Acres," "Come and enjoy
your retirement years at a luxuri-
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