I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
The group of men that worked with my dad at the local plastics plant is slowly dwindling away. There's only 3 left of the group of friends/relatives that worked there now. Both of my uncles worked there, my dad worked there, and so did a few of his friends. They were a tight-knit group, and our families all spent time together often - camping trips, company picnics, things like that.
Glad Mom is becoming like a piece of Dresden china. When you are told there are no beds to be had that is frequently not true. They just don't want to admit a geriatric patient to an acute bed. I say if they can keep you ten hours in the R then you can at least stay there overnight so they can watch you. Just my jaded observation.
Jeanette, I was talking with Mom about this relative's (soon) passing...and it bothers me a lot. We've lost too many too quickly, and it's just hard. Even when there's a year or so between them, the losses seem to just happen so close together when they reach a certain age. Maybe that's why this one bothers me. I already let my clients know that I will need to be gone for at least part of a day when it's time to celebrate his life, and one of them had the gall to balk about me being out for a few hours for the funeral and reception afterwards (if there is one) - I let him know in no uncertain terms that I am *going* to be gone for this, though I'll try to minimize my absence - I am not going to miss any more family funerals due to my work. I missed my favorite uncle's funeral because I was working, it was 600+ miles away, and we simply didn't have the funds to make the trip after just having made that trip a few months before. I'm not letting it happen again when the relative that passes lives only 5 miles away. Mom is going, and I'm taking her - that's all there is to it.
My parent's used to "snowbird" in Arizona, every year I had to hear about another person dying. Since I visited them in AZ every year, I knew that person also. Several of the friend mom and dad had still call me to check on mom.
Shhh!!! I am 3 hours behind most of you so no talking about the Bachelor!! LOL. Worst part about living in the PNW.
Mom had a warm shower ( yay, so did I) she's got a full tummy... she has to sleep tonight!!
hope, I saw on the news that you are in for a ICY spell! Gads! I'm so done with winter!
Possibly losing another elderly family member soon. It's so hard when they all start going ...seems like it happens too close together. We lost Dad and his brother 2 years ago (seems like yesterday), and now we're losing my mother's brother-in-law, her sister's husband. Her sister passed several years ago. Nearly lost my dad's sister a few months ago - she's still recovering in a nursing home and hoping to go home soon, but it was a close call.
dee, never got the nap, actually started to try the car out and then this cold front started blowing in really hard and while it does not compare with what Jeanette is going through out there it was substantial enough to really make it seem very cold and since I didn't want to get out and get stuck in it, I just decided to wait...
I know you will be glad when those winds calm down and the rain goes away Jeanette. Praying you and your Mom stay safe through all this...and your Pibbles and kitties as well... :)
freqflyer...ugh..don't you hate having to fill out those ridiculous forms when there has not been one change...I never understood that...Recently I have noticed some of our healthcare providers have those online forms you can fill out and so that is already done when you get there...thank God!
I have no idea why I watch The Bachelor...but it is coming on and looks like I am getting roped in....
Best part was making grilled cheese sandwiches on the grill out back. haha... least she ate most of it this time.
There is nothing more nerve wracking than someone with AD/power outage and major storm outside, every few minutes it was "What's Happening"? "I'm cold" "I have to go to the bathroom". Poor thing was as nervous as I've seen her in quite awhile.
A nap would be awesome !!
Then the front desk wanted a new 3-page registration form filled out, so I asked if I could just write SAME across every thing. No, they wanted it filled out. Good grief, my parents have been coming here for years, everything is the same. Ok, just write out their address and telephone number. Whew. How I hate filling out those forms, it's hard enough for me to remember the names of all MY OWN doctors, and all the prescription and over-the-counter meds. Plus sitting in the waiting room yelling in my Mom's ear [she's hard of hearing] all these questions 5 times overs until she understood I would have had a nervous break down :P
canned beef = fork tender and almost instant dinner when ya come home too tired to cook much .