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.
Jeanette the doctor said he felt like it was most likely a bug or virus as there are still a lot of them going around...told me I was doing exactly what I needed to do and to let the nurse know if it continued and they could prescribe something for the nausea ...he asked me did she take pills well and of course she does not any longer so he said he could write a script for the suppository type thing of phenargan or however that stuff is spelled or if that's even it...
I'm so excited about my little truck being "home"...I think I'm going to drive it to the grocery and get the stuff to make a big tub of chili...it's supposed to be really really bone chilling tomorrow and it is cold enough today...10 degrees out there in the sun..wow...that's cold for the south....
I love my truck...I think I love it so much because it was the last little truck Daddy bought and he took such good care of it..looked new until my nephews got hold of it and almost destroyed it..but little by little I'm getting it back to the way it was..it's kind of a journey I'm making with Daddy...and it rides so good and drives like a dream....can't wait to go for a spin..short though it will be...but so far today Mama has kept her breakfast down and is continuing to drink her water well...
Mom has always told us kids that if we don't spread her ashes in that same lake, she will come back and haunt every one of us. I believe her. She's just stubborn enough to do it.
Today we're playing the shower game. I tell her it's time for a shower, she looks at her bed (and I *know* what that look means) and says, "No, I'm going to lay down now." Lays down for 10 minutes, then gets up and showers. It's a power game...that's all it is. She is not *truly* tired. She just doesn't want to shower because I asked her to. It's like dealing with a 2 year old some days. Love her to pieces, but .....sheesh.....
Knowing that I'll have to face my mother again in person is something I'm dreading. I've been scrambling at work trying to make sure I'm all caught up every day, just in case I have to take a few days off with no notice. All other plans are non-existent--I just want to FACE this, and get it over with. Now, I fear that another week will go by, and I won't have any idea what's in store, where I need to go, what I need to coordinate. Guess it's a good thing my husband and I decided not to travel to visit his parents in a few weeks :( I HATE being unable to plan.
Add that to the technological challenges I've faced in my work today (websites not working properly, emails not going out on time because of it), plus Mom's memory issues (yes, Mom - the birds were covered last night - no, Mom - I didn't leave the electric fireplace on last night - yes, Mom - you have to shower right now - MOM, you need to get out of the shower, you can't sleep in there - Mom, you need to put underwear on....)
I have a splitting headache. I celebrated "National Drink Wine Day" last night with a single glass of Moscato. I think I will be celebrating again tonight.
I like the idea of green burials, as long as there is someone there to do the work of fulfilling one's wishes. I have also heard of something called the Neptune Project, I believe, where a person's ashes are scattered over a coral reef and become part of the reef. As for running around the house with no clothes...it is way too cold here for that, but I have forgotten my robe before and done this. I hear it is to be even colder tomorrow and we are in the minus digits....I have an extra warm night gown on Mom tonite!
i have an endoscopy on march 10 . ( the other end )
never doing that again. 1st and last time. No more anti freeze for me too poisonous. 2 episodes of A fib and 4 migraines during and after.
You should be fine, it's just me being a bloody minded old woman.
Babaloo.. good luck with the scope, I keep avoiding that and I am 56.. I know my time is coming soon...
Both dad and I want to be cremated. A friend of my MIL passed with those wishes, and we buried her at our place at the river as she requested. With a simple wooden cross. I guess if we ever sell the place we will just take the cross down. I would not mind being there also!
Never had a colonoscopy, but had more delicate surgery done in a nearby area and they wanted my colon to be "flat and empty" so that it wouldn't be in the way. Trust me....it was.
Susan, as much as we want to help our grown kids, we can't. Especially now that we take care of our mother's. It's just too much at times. Lately, I've decided to devote ALL my time towards mom and not worry about what my son is doing. He's a grown man. Yes if he's in dire straights I will help, other than that. Just can't do it anymore.
Nice to see so many people would rather be cremated and sprinkled in the lovely outdoors. Even a green burial is asking to let nature take it's course. I'd like to be near a river ... the water is so relaxing to me, dad isn't too far from a river but not sure if I can float that far or not as a spirit? haha, guess I can float wherever I want by that time eh?
Downloaded this nifty a** app for my Geocaching! What! So much easier now using your phone vs the way we did it 10 years ago. There must be a hundred just around my small area.... I'm excited to give it a try tomorrow! Today however, was spent using my new/used mini rototiller!... wow but it's a strong little beast. It even cultivates.... just switch the blades around and voila`, instant weed be gone! It was supposed to be a bit rainy this afternoon but the sun came out around 1:00 and it's been gorgeous ever since. Low 60's... I even burned some brush in the fire pit. We didn't have any marshmellows in stock or mom would be a sticky mess!!
I've had to put it aside for now, though, because she is insistent on doing this her way instead of taking a chance to get a leg up in life, and she's dragging her kids with her. Instead of getting herself back on her feet, she's staying right in the gutter where she's been for years already. I finally just stopped talking and told her to let me know where she lands. I offered help, she rejected it - all I can do is hope she doesn't put her children in a worse situation than they already are.
imo you not only have to let em go but theres times you have to give em a shove . my youngest kid has for years thought that me and my little business existed solely to make sure he stayed high . i lost my sh*t with him over a year ago and hes went uphill ever since . good engine building job and his own apartment . if i get one email from him a year its ok with me . you cant manage their lives for them and wouldnt be doing them any favors if you did .
Back then I could roll the TV, with rabbit ears, to the bathroom so I could watch TV while I [ahem] wait. Guess with today's technology one can bring with them their iPad.
I need to schedule another one but I keep putting it off as my parents are getting older. I keep saying "next year", every year.
They have stopped using the ones in question now so everyone should be safe. Just another feast for the lawyers!!!!!!!!