As the Assisted Facility Lobby Construction Turns

In this installment of "As The Assisted Living Facility Turns", we'll open by taking a look at the renovations that are nearly finished.  The office space in the back of the lobby has been re-done and looks much nicer.  New carpet just got laid in the hallway outside the President's room.  Most, if not all of the other hallways have been done.  There is new wallpaper everywhere.  While the 'brown' look of almost everything may not have pleased some, there is no denying that it looks much nicer than it did before.

In the lobby, they are working to finish the hard floor design, which will have an oversized replica of one of the "stars" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the center.  I'm guessing that rather than an actor, this star will bear the name of the facility, which is the name it once had before prior management took over.  Now the old name is new again and apparently we're going to be reminded of it every time we walk through the lobby.

There appears to be a reduction in the variety of soups being offered at dinner and this has the President concerned.  Within the last ten days, squash soup, lentil soup and white bean soup have each been served on two different days.  There should be seven different soups every seven days and the President will be making this point to the Head Chef as soon as the President can find a moment to see the Chef.

The new resident who had been smoking in front rather than in the back of the facility hasn't been seen smoking out front since the last encounter involving him and the President.  Perhaps the Facility Director's conversation with him convinced him that he can't go out there and smoke.  The President believes that this new resident is simply one of those people who delight in breaking the rules, and really believe those rules do not apply to special people like them.  The kind of person who loves to park at a meter and put a sign on it saying it is out of order; even jamming it to make it out of order.  The kind of person who would put a mannequin in the back seat to drive in the carpool lane.

One of the residents who had not been seen in several days turned out not to be in the hospital after all.  She was staying in her room at mealtime because she had a bad case of the flu and didn't want to infect other diners.  Very considerate.