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Oh Rossella! I was thinking of you and what you are going through. terrible. i hope you are strong and get some interesting shows to translate. Have you ever done any Deadliest Catch? Thanks Rossella for writing so well about your cats because that had something to do with me getting the Cat. Who is presently yowling and wants me to throw her toys down the companionway so she can either fetch them or leave them there for me to bump into. I also stepped in the water dish again today. Haven't done that since the beginning. It's been a little over a month now! Cat has almost got me trained.
It's 4am and I just got 7 more boxes loaded on the boat. dropped a big one in the drink and luckily it floated long enough for me to fish it out. I loaded 4 boxes on the boat earlier tonight when the restaurant was full and almost fell off the swim platform with a box. The restaurant is right next to the boat so I got everything squared away and then went inside the boat thinking that I had provided enough slapstick entertainment for the diners. Easier to complete the job in the dark of night.
Good to see you Pirate! c'mon on the boat! I'll get a case of Spam and plug up the head to make it feel like a real cruise!
Miz! You're going to be ok. Love you cutie. try not to stress. nasty customer. give me his number. You're right, the customer left in a Huff. Cream colored, two door.
Crowe! you're doing it! what's the title of your new book? the one that did it for me was 'Walking on Eggshells'
Ted! how you doing?
Maxine! the lost times that you write about certainly are wonderful and I remember a more simple life and despite the complexities and multiple systems of a boat, I look forward to making this a simple life. Right after I figure out the Sextant.
GP! Flex! Deef! Rip! thanks for writing and telling me how you're doing. Rip the Stitch. Love to Sir.
Jen! Building Inspectors are notorious idiots. It was also the responsibility of the builder to get the permits and know what the city would do before he started. I hate contractors and inspectors both. bunch of swinging d!cks. You don't have to pay the difference do you? Backbill that s.o.b. Hopefully you can escape soon.
Castoff! funny girl!
Kuli! You are doing the work of a team of people.
OK...I had to read through the thread for a bit to see where this came from: GP! Not going to Anchorage Alaska! Brrr and wrong time of year. Of course, this boat is so slow that by the time I made it through the Canal and up the West Coast it would be late Spring. I'm moving the boat to an anchorage down the coast of FL! That's why all the provisioning. Once the boat is away from the dock, everything comes on with the dinghy. Woof.
Linda! Sorry that your Pa is in such pain. Ow. Sux. Poor pa. You are such a good daughter and mom and wife and FUNNY! Can't wait to hang out with ya! Boat drinks! Oh yeah, I've got to get some of those little umbrellas. I keep forgetting. Early onset. either that or I'm too cheap to blow $ on something I can't eat or float.
Tennessee and Lil Tenny! still have your cards on the wall and have lil tenny's open to see the artwork. Nice. How goes it with the vultures?
Wanted to move the boat in time to witness the last Shuttle launch. can get the boat within 5 miles of the launch pad and anchor and hope that the Shuttle, 1. launches in a reasonable time and 2. stays aloft and no spare parts fall on the boat.
Oh look... the Cat is shooting me a high five. Ever walk by and grab that back foot while the cat is busy?
Thanks June. I know that my wife would like a phone call each day, but to rest I feel like I need a break from hearing her complain about one more thing that is not my monkey nor something that I can't do anything about. When she asked me on the phone how I was doing, I was very honest about how today has been a very long, extremely low functioning, slow moving day. She was sorry to hear that. A book came in the mail today that i ordered from amazon.com which validates and sheds light on my current path of dealing with stuff. I know some have said slow down, but the problem with that is I haven no control over when these flashbacks come, how long they last or how depleted I feel after them or how long I want to be by myself.
Miz, Austin, you can't remember the days of Jesus'birth or of the Mayflower arrival. You are not that old! I don't remember the times of Julius Caesar, too. I am glad to be in the 21th century so I can talk to you every night. Miz, as far as I understand, you did right. Don't worry...
Pirate & Austin, thank you. I did state a fact and asked him a question. He said he didn't need my excuses and left in a huff. I was working my ass off and he was disrespectful. I kinda feel sorry for him. I guess he has no life.
Crowe I am so sorry about your wife-you need to get some rest-please come here and vent like the rest of us you know your support is here waiting-just say the word Dtfey you vent also Miz-he was rude-bottom line your job will be fine they know you and you take a lot of shit you should not have to I think the holodays get a lot of people down it was easier for our parents or at least mine there was no money extra so the kids got new pj's or boots for gifts and we had a tree that we went into the woods to cut down and Christmas was the day of the birth of Jesus and Thanksgiving was a day to be thankful there were no malls and grandma lived next door what I would not give for those days no stress-we did not know the word. I myself keep things as simple as I can.
This has been a long very low functioning day which are typical for a couple of days after my wife goes to the mental ward for a week. I really will not begin the real resting until the third day. I could not sleep until 4 am last night and got up at 8.
Well, I stood up to a customer today and it felt bad and it felt good. My boss was fine with it but if the guy complains to someone higher in the food chain, who knows. I may be without a job. The customer is a pain in the ass who was rude to me today and it got on my last nerve. He comes in all the time. Bitching, bitching, bitching. Hubby's proud of me. :)
he he he Bobby...about your note of us all coming aboard the boat when it's time....in lieu of the recent mishap of that cruise ship off the coast here...lol.....heck i am going to take a 3day'r once this is over...ah...a nice short trip just so someone else can clean up after me....
Hi everyone! Yes still alive and kickin....okay what is the deal with these old farts not using toilet paper or flushing or wanting to take baths...seriously! Simply amazing...so old age comes and being sanitary goes out the window...ack!
Grandpa got off to Adult day Health today. I think he felt guilty for messing up Tuesday. I would have slept but couldn't for the Ramp work. They unscrewed all the screws the inspector said to unscrew and put in nails...why I have no idea, they have to follow code period! It is stop till Monday when they are told just what the heck they will be ALLOWED to use for decking and rampage....shutting it out shutting it out.... Sort of regular stuff,then weekedn shopping then starts all over again.... I hope Crowe all is going better there and everyone is getting a good break. The 7 hours are coming to and end for ADH here and I really just need more time off ya know... I really do..... I hope everyone is doing OK and Miz did the computer start working OK? notifications?
Respite care so you can take a break sounds like a very good idea.
Linda, I am usually in with Mom until about 8:00 pm. Sometimes Hubby is on the computer so I can't get on. I will try to get on there very soon. Maybe tonight. The thing about Mom complaining about her chest hurting and not being able to breath is that she will hardly ever say she hurts anywhere. She does not want to have to go to the hospital or the doc. She seems to be doing okay this morning.
Off to work I go today. We're trying to figure out Thanksgiving and if we can get up to Hubby's family. I can only go if they change it to Friday and we can find a sitter. The last two Illinois basketball games we had to stay home cause no sitter. This is really chipping away at me. Ah well. It's what I have chosen and I would not have it any other way. So, there's that. :)
miz , glad u cked anyway , how are u today ? we missed ya lastnight on barbara b , it was fun , first time i ever got online to meow away . everybody signed off happy . we was wondering if u would get on but u didnt . sniffff . ted thats good that ure getting some help soon . it be worth it ! i have 2 daughters that helps me out when i need them . ohgosh i havent done anything but to take care of pa , i need to get off here and zoom around clean . feeling guilty , oh wait a min its friday i dont do anything on friday . NOT ...
I'm meeting with the caregiver's support person from the agency on aging monday. She is going to try and find some respite vouchers for me to put mom in respite care so I can take a break.
think of the boat think of the boat ., hop on a boat and go for a smooth sailing . are u still in fla ? or the other side of the world ? :-) bro said fla has another cold front comin , so sad , what happen ? fla used to be nice and warm and now its cold and warmer in indiana . i just dont get it ? heard that the world s comin to end !! hurry get on that boat !!! xoxo
Fight off those black holes!! thinkoftheboat! You are all coming here when it's time!!
I love you guys and want to meet each and every one whenever you can make it and spend some time on the boat.
I know each one of you is dealing with truly awful stuff in caregiving and we have all kinds of mental challenges but you want to keep reminding yourselves that it WILL END. You ALL have a life at the end of this and you must choose to keep that forefront.
Flex! I hear you. Felt the same way. Felt like I could drop dead and who would give a sh!! as long as I got frankensteined back together to make dinner or kill a spider or talk to the people in the closet.
Rossella! mom always looked great all clean and shiny with cute clothes and her hair all spiffy. I always looked like a bum.
Ted! Place your mom if you think this will kill you. I had to put my mom in respite care towards the end because I knew that I was dying. i didn't think it would be fair if i died and she would truly be f**ked without me around to care for her so I had to make that decision and of course it was a hard one. The whole story of my near collision with death and the recovery is here on this thread. The reason for this thread is that I knew I wasn't alone and that I was using humor to deal with it all and was sinking fast and needed other people in the 'same boat'. These caregivers saved my life.
It always comes back to the BOAT!!!
I am sorry that I have not been around as much and I will be around more. I was sick. I still had to work around the sick (like we all have to) but it was hard for me to get it together to write.
Cat Story: Yesterday there was a guy I call 'Hard Core' (knows EVERYTHING about diesel engines and has a Captain's ticket and loves telling you about all the information which is good for me) and his 2 daughters, 2 and 12, all came on the boat and the 12 year old babysat the 2 year old while Hard Core was in the engine room. The 2 year old had never seen a cat. I don't think the cat has ever seen a 2 year old. There was a moment when they both got close enough to figure it out and the baby grabbed the cat and the cat pulled a Houdini. Now the baby is all over the boat looking for the cat. She's a tough little girl who is pretty smart but the cat has her beat. Cat has stuffed herself into a corner shelf in the tool room and won't respond to anyone but me. I though maybe she bailed off the boat and went to check and hear this real quiet meow because she didn't want to give up her position. Able Seacat. The little girl figured out that if she didn't chase the cat, the cat would come to her. they both ended up rolling around on the rug in my room having a good time.
Hard Core and the baby just showed up to change out the oil in the generators! gotta go.
Ted, you are worth doing something to benefit just you, plus it will benefit her as well. This situation is obviously tearing you down via one meltdown after another until there will be no more Ted to melt down. Me thinks Ted needs to find the way out of Oz so to speak and you can.
Jsomebody, sounds like you didnt pay your 'protection' money. (sorry, no Mafia jokes) I'm having another meltdown myself, they just keep happening and I know that they happen because something is very wrong here. I'm starting to think (again) that this isn't the right thing to be doing, but i can't stand the thought putting mom in a home just to benefit me. and round and round it goes in my head. As for the holidays, I stopped paying any attention to them years ago, just too hypocritical and false. and sad.
yes and no for when she's not her healthier self, the sick her is better and we are better for her going to the hospital, there have been times in the past when she was very enmeshed with her mom and her mom's mental illnesses that made it necessary to not only make some drastically radical boundaries concerning her mother but also some radical consequences like taking the boys with me for several days and nights when my wife broke an agreed upon boundary concerning her mother. In times past, when she's gone to the hospital, we have gotten a chance to unwind and rest. I use to upon my therapist then advice go take a day and a night off somewhere in a hotel just to get out of the atmosphere for some fresh air. Maybe, I that was a practice to not stop.
miz ! never get tired of anyone whiney or venting out ! ur mom sounds like she had a big day , going to dentist and havin chest pains , dementia : they would say anyhing , when pa was in rehab he cried a lit wolf , my chest hurts waaaaaaaa . rush him to er o find he s ok . think he just wanted to get out of rehab . twice he did that here cuz i wasnt home , daughter called me freakin out sayin gpa s havin chest pain ! i said ahh give him nitro he be ok . i wasnt going to rush home after the first time i did , came runnin in and he s sittin like a king all happy watching tv . baby girls home he says . after that i decided i wasnt going to do that anymore . give him nitro and put him in bed and keep an eye on him ill get home when i get home . sometimes its for attentions , well when i get stressed out i do get chest pains , pop aspirain like crazy and im ok . try to control my mind that i am ok and then im fine .
crowe , home is notthe same anymore when ur love one s notthere . my house felt so empty when my husband was in hospital with open heart , never felt so all alone . health takes a long road to recovery and i wish the speedy recovery for you all .. thanksgiving is coming up , im ready to chow down ! wish someone would do the cookin . i hate cookin and then theres tons of dishes lookin at me grrr . goodnite u all xoxo
Screws trump nails on a deck for they make it easier to replace one board if they are screwed in. Also, make sure the grain of the board is not upside down or the deck will not drain well and such boards will not last long. I just learned this yesterday from our repair person.
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I was thinking of you and what you are going through. terrible. i hope you are strong and get some interesting shows to translate. Have you ever done any Deadliest Catch?
Thanks Rossella for writing so well about your cats because that had something to do with me getting the Cat.
Who is presently yowling and wants me to throw her toys down the companionway so she can either fetch them or leave them there for me to bump into.
I also stepped in the water dish again today. Haven't done that since the beginning. It's been a little over a month now! Cat has almost got me trained.
lovbob
I loaded 4 boxes on the boat earlier tonight when the restaurant was full and almost fell off the swim platform with a box. The restaurant is right next to the boat so I got everything squared away and then went inside the boat thinking that I had provided enough slapstick entertainment for the diners.
Easier to complete the job in the dark of night.
Good to see you Pirate! c'mon on the boat! I'll get a case of Spam and plug up the head to make it feel like a real cruise!
Miz! You're going to be ok. Love you cutie. try not to stress. nasty customer. give me his number.
You're right, the customer left in a Huff.
Cream colored, two door.
Crowe! you're doing it! what's the title of your new book? the one that did it for me was 'Walking on Eggshells'
Ted! how you doing?
Maxine! the lost times that you write about certainly are wonderful and I remember a more simple life and despite the complexities and multiple systems of a boat, I look forward to making this a simple life. Right after I figure out the Sextant.
GP! Flex! Deef! Rip! thanks for writing and telling me how you're doing. Rip the Stitch. Love to Sir.
Jen! Building Inspectors are notorious idiots. It was also the responsibility of the builder to get the permits and know what the city would do before he started. I hate contractors and inspectors both. bunch of swinging d!cks. You don't have to pay the difference do you? Backbill that s.o.b.
Hopefully you can escape soon.
Castoff! funny girl!
Kuli! You are doing the work of a team of people.
OK...I had to read through the thread for a bit to see where this came from:
GP! Not going to Anchorage Alaska! Brrr and wrong time of year. Of course, this boat is so slow that by the time I made it through the Canal and up the West Coast it would be late Spring.
I'm moving the boat to an anchorage down the coast of FL! That's why all the provisioning. Once the boat is away from the dock, everything comes on with the dinghy. Woof.
Linda! Sorry that your Pa is in such pain. Ow. Sux. Poor pa. You are such a good daughter and mom and wife and FUNNY!
Can't wait to hang out with ya! Boat drinks! Oh yeah, I've got to get some of those little umbrellas.
I keep forgetting. Early onset. either that or I'm too cheap to blow $ on something I can't eat or float.
Tennessee and Lil Tenny! still have your cards on the wall and have lil tenny's open to see the artwork. Nice.
How goes it with the vultures?
Wanted to move the boat in time to witness the last Shuttle launch. can get the boat within 5 miles of the launch pad and anchor and hope that the Shuttle, 1. launches in a reasonable time and 2. stays aloft and no spare parts fall on the boat.
Oh look... the Cat is shooting me a high five.
Ever walk by and grab that back foot while the cat is busy?
lovbob
I am glad to be in the 21th century so I can talk to you every night. Miz, as far as I understand, you did right. Don't worry...
Yes still alive and kickin....okay what is the deal with these old farts not using toilet paper or flushing or wanting to take baths...seriously! Simply amazing...so old age comes and being sanitary goes out the window...ack!
Sort of regular stuff,then weekedn shopping then starts all over again....
I hope Crowe all is going better there and everyone is getting a good break.
The 7 hours are coming to and end for ADH here and I really just need more time off ya know... I really do.....
I hope everyone is doing OK and Miz did the computer start working OK? notifications?
Linda, I am usually in with Mom until about 8:00 pm. Sometimes Hubby is on the computer so I can't get on. I will try to get on there very soon. Maybe tonight. The thing about Mom complaining about her chest hurting and not being able to breath is that she will hardly ever say she hurts anywhere. She does not want to have to go to the hospital or the doc. She seems to be doing okay this morning.
Off to work I go today. We're trying to figure out Thanksgiving and if we can get up to Hubby's family. I can only go if they change it to Friday and we can find a sitter. The last two Illinois basketball games we had to stay home cause no sitter. This is really chipping away at me. Ah well. It's what I have chosen and I would not have it any other way. So, there's that. :)
love,
miz
we was wondering if u would get on but u didnt . sniffff .
ted thats good that ure getting some help soon . it be worth it ! i have 2 daughters that helps me out when i need them .
ohgosh i havent done anything but to take care of pa , i need to get off here and zoom around clean . feeling guilty , oh wait a min its friday i dont do anything on friday . NOT ...
are u still in fla ? or the other side of the world ? :-)
bro said fla has another cold front comin , so sad , what happen ? fla used to be nice and warm and now its cold and warmer in indiana . i just dont get it ?
heard that the world s comin to end !! hurry get on that boat !!! xoxo
Fight off those black holes!! thinkoftheboat! You are all coming here when it's time!!
I love you guys and want to meet each and every one whenever you can make it and spend some time on the boat.
I know each one of you is dealing with truly awful stuff in caregiving and we have all kinds of mental challenges but you want to keep reminding yourselves that it WILL END. You ALL have a life at the end of this and you must choose to keep that forefront.
Flex! I hear you. Felt the same way. Felt like I could drop dead and who would give a sh!! as long as I got frankensteined back together to make dinner or kill a spider or talk to the people in the closet.
Rossella! mom always looked great all clean and shiny with cute clothes and her hair all spiffy. I always looked like a bum.
Ted! Place your mom if you think this will kill you. I had to put my mom in respite care towards the end because I knew that I was dying. i didn't think it would be fair if i died and she would truly be f**ked without me around to care for her so I had to make that decision and of course it was a hard one.
The whole story of my near collision with death and the recovery is here on this thread. The reason for this thread is that I knew I wasn't alone and that I was using humor to deal with it all and was sinking fast and needed other people in the 'same boat'. These caregivers saved my life.
It always comes back to the BOAT!!!
I am sorry that I have not been around as much and I will be around more. I was sick. I still had to work around the sick (like we all have to) but it was hard for me to get it together to write.
Cat Story:
Yesterday there was a guy I call 'Hard Core' (knows EVERYTHING about diesel engines and has a Captain's ticket and loves telling you about all the information which is good for me) and his 2 daughters, 2 and 12, all came on the boat and the 12 year old babysat the 2 year old while Hard Core was in the engine room.
The 2 year old had never seen a cat. I don't think the cat has ever seen a 2 year old. There was a moment when they both got close enough to figure it out and the baby grabbed the cat and the cat pulled a Houdini.
Now the baby is all over the boat looking for the cat. She's a tough little girl who is pretty smart but the cat has her beat.
Cat has stuffed herself into a corner shelf in the tool room and won't respond to anyone but me.
I though maybe she bailed off the boat and went to check and hear this real quiet meow because she didn't want to give up her position. Able Seacat.
The little girl figured out that if she didn't chase the cat, the cat would come to her. they both ended up rolling around on the rug in my room having a good time.
Hard Core and the baby just showed up to change out the oil in the generators! gotta go.
say it with me: thinkoftheboat!
lovbob
I'm having another meltdown myself, they just keep happening and I know that they happen because something is very wrong here. I'm starting to think (again) that this isn't the right thing to be doing, but i can't stand the thought putting mom in a home just to benefit me. and round and round it goes in my head.
As for the holidays, I stopped paying any attention to them years ago, just too hypocritical and false. and sad.
ur mom sounds like she had a big day , going to dentist and havin chest pains ,
dementia : they would say anyhing , when pa was in rehab he cried a lit wolf , my chest hurts waaaaaaaa . rush him to er o find he s ok . think he just wanted to get out of rehab .
twice he did that here cuz i wasnt home , daughter called me freakin out sayin gpa s havin chest pain ! i said ahh give him nitro he be ok . i wasnt going to rush home after the first time i did , came runnin in and he s sittin like a king all happy watching tv . baby girls home he says . after that i decided i wasnt going to do that anymore . give him nitro and put him in bed and keep an eye on him ill get home when i get home .
sometimes its for attentions , well when i get stressed out i do get chest pains , pop aspirain like crazy and im ok .
try to control my mind that i am ok and then im fine .
crowe , home is notthe same anymore when ur love one s notthere . my house felt so empty when my husband was in hospital with open heart , never felt so all alone .
health takes a long road to recovery and i wish the speedy recovery for you all ..
thanksgiving is coming up , im ready to chow down ! wish someone would do the cookin . i hate cookin and then theres tons of dishes lookin at me grrr .
goodnite u all xoxo
Diane, we all are in the same situation!
I haven't caught up on the last few days, but I need to vent briefly.
I FEEL LIKE NO BODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT ME UNLESS i CAN PAY THE BILL, WIPE THEIR ASS OR COOK DINNER. Hopefully not in that order.
I'm done. I'm having a minor meltdown.
I'll write soon when I'm in a better mood. Take care my friends. I know you each have your own trials to bear.
Diane