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.
as it is, I'm out of energy and it's heading into dinner time
why are they standing outside just screaming?
can't they just tp someone's house ?
My daughter also has a Friend who is enrolled in several of those monthly beauty box subscriptions, so she passes a bunch of that stuff onto me, and I end up sharing with my sister it's so much. I haven't had to buy stuff for a long time, which is great because it's So expensive any more. And triple bonus, my daughter's MIL is a Rep for BVLGARI, so I now have the most Beautiful collection of Perfume you've ever seen, which I have displayed on a mirror on my bathroom counter for all to try.
I do think it's important to keep up with our appearances for ourselves, and to continue to try to look nice for our spouses. This Caregiving gig can really get us in a rut, and I've been most guilty of letting myself go during the rough patches. I'm really trying hard now to get up, washed and dressed each day, rather than later around in my long sleeves T-shirts and leggings, my Uniform of choice, as I used to do when caring for my FIL. It definitely is much better way to begin the day. I was getting Really Lazy there for a while!
No one was suggesting that we should all give up when we get older. LOL
My whine is that I feel like I am stuck on stupid. Then I started to read some of the posts and it made me smile just reading some of the other goings on just took my mind off my own stuff gave me a needed diversion. Thanks.
hugs
But she still has the wit, I'll give her that.
A neighbor's husband is 5150 holdable tonight, verbally, but not physical. I must be losing my edge, because normally I would have called 911 on his behalf.
My own just cannot think straight, trying to decrease stress here. it is important.
Talk later everyone, missing you!
received a a text from a school pal that her mom is in hospital and not doing well - frail body but perfect mind so she felt blessed
granted most of my friend's parents are younger than the Viking but I can't imagine it's any easier for the person to know they're dying
I of course had to look up what a 5150 was!
My poor Mama seems to have had 1 of those again. She just made it back from the Geriatric Psych Unit to Memory Care and they sent her back again. Mercy! I'm going to have to get the tall boots out....this $#!t is getting deep.
I'm just cranky because I love my Mama but I am so sad about her Alzheimer's brain. Nighty Night friends. Rant's Over!
since I went into the office last weekend, I decided to leave at 5 pm today to be with mom for part of dinner
she's a slow eater, and I think she has a toothache - as usual we're still at the table while most of the other residents have been moved to the tv room -
a couple of women are milling about and I notice one standing next to another slow eater, and she's swiping her ice cream - no one is around and poor M doesn't even have a drink so I get her some juice
next thing I know, the ice cream thief is over by the Viking trying to take the handle off her wheelchair which reclines the seat so I tell her not to touch mom's chair and she gets mad and starts sticking her spoon in mom's face -
I try to get between her and mom and tell her to go to the other room but she starts cussing and of course no one is around so I decide to ignore her and she's still cussing but starts to walk away
As I'm standing over mom, she comes from behind me and punches me in the back
I am so fed up with everything- luckily mom didn't get hit but had I not been there tonight who knows what might have happened if she was there alone
yes, alone, asleep you name it
and no one knows if someone ate or drank - sometimes the one person on the kitchen staff who I have a rapport with will give me a look and I'll know whether mom ate or not
as it turns out, the director was still onsite and came over to make sure I wasn't hurt - I was a bit sore during the night but nothing bad - had it been anything more than it was I would report it outside the facility
from the moment mom entered hoca until this day, it has been a disappointment and a very expensive one at that
it is so hot again today
mom couldn't wake up for lunch and private caregiver just texted she's being fussy and not eating
this journey is so exhausting