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.
your comment is from a few days ago (19 july 2022), but it made me crack up:
“I'm pretty sure the soundtrack in hell is the Social Security Administration's hold music ...
32 minutes and counting of listening to this terrible, circa-1987 hold music.”
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there’s probably someone from “admin from hell”, taking notes of your comment and adding it to hell’s playlist, if it’s not there already.
today it’s my turn to deal with bureaucracy. gotta call DMV. wish my ears luck.
bundle of joy :)
Sorry, LL!
recover quickly!! :) :)
I went out to look, he is a long way off, but has done a good job on some of the taller weeds. Hasn't touched the ground huggers. He was tired and left about 6ish saying he would be back on Monday. I left trash bags out for him and tools.
I left Monday early, returned Wednesday PM. He hadn't been here at all. Lied to his dad and told him he had.
He is back now, truck parked outside, I don't want to talk to him right now, maybe he is actually doing something. He didn't ring the bell or knock on the door. Sure don't want to interrupt him if that is the case. So hunkering down to read Crawdads and be scarce.
The state of the world. These young kids want money, but don't want to work for it.
llama - hope you feel better soon.
glad - cold feet and legs at 100 degrees sounds like something is wrong. I hear you about the work that is needing to be done and isn't getting done. For all the good work my lad has done he kind of slacked off the last day (before his holidays). By contrast his dad accomplished more in the two hours he was here than his son has done in much more time. I am looking forward to living in the condo and not having yard work any more.
My whine - I have been having chills then got leg cramps so have adjusted my thyroid meds and it is be helping, However, it takes time for my body to catch up and meanwhile I am in very low energy mode. Been having walks down memory lane going through some old photos - some good memories, some bad. I will keep a small selection of the good ones.
My DH's parents both came down with the latest variant of covid. They are 86 and 93 yrs. of age but both recovered. I'm thinking that what I have is probably not covid related cause I have not heard of stomach issues with this one.
Anyhow, hope you all are recovering from your various ailments. Love to all!
I used to do it manually, by myself, but that's tedious and back challenging. Then I learned that some lawn mowing services will do it. Some use weed whackers, some use riding mowers, and some use both.
I marked flowers and plants to avoid with plastic yellow tape (thick tape I used to buy at someplace like Michael's. It's easy to see. Sometimes I staked the area then taped off that whole area.
Cost ranged from $125 to what I'm paying now, just $10 (I don't think the service owner has figured out how much he could really get for this service).
Another option is to solarize the area, but it does require someone to lay out the blocking fabric. My organic gardening friends use cardboard (plain, no colored designs or glued on paper as you don't want anything seeping off into the ground) or plastic, which comes in varying sizes and thicknesses. I believe it's available at Lowes or Home Depot, but my friends often buy it online and get specific sizes they want.
Farm Plastic Supply: Greenhouse Plastic Sheeting, Covers & Film has a variety of products.
My organic gardening neighbor uses this annual to kill the weeds before planting.
Hope this helps. If the current fella isn't going to weed whack or hand pull the weeds, he might find laying out plastic a lot easier.
There is a lot of love and support here.
Has anyone ever made a photo album of their children, or grandchildren from birth to marriage, just that person? Or just keep a whole family alblum?
How do we figure out who inherits the family photos?
It was a full two weeks +. Roommates have both been ill, too; one still is. Covid tests have come back negative for all of us, but I don't trust the home tests too much, especially with the different variants. I've seen some posts on social media about a respiratory bug going around my area.
I managed to catch up on late school work, and my last finals period is here—deep breaths. I might drop in here to vent when my head steam needs a pressure release. 😌 I'm psyching myself up. I am psyched! This accomplishment is awesome! 🤗
Gershun - It's wonderful that DH's parents recovered. Do they have any lingering symptoms that you know of? I'm just curious. I had stomach symptoms in March '20 when covid was hitting my city and everything shut down. At that time, I recall reading that covid doesn't exclude stomach symptoms, only that they are much less common. I wonder if that could be similar for the latest variants. Feel better fast. x
You are gonna rock your finals.
I know you like kimchi, so I recommend eating some everyday to help build your immunity and system up. Great source of pre and probiotics. If you can get past the smell. :-) We love spicy hot kimchi with everything.
Ali, R's Dad recovered well. They were both prescribed Paxlovid though. As for R's mom she is still coughing. But she is stubborn and wasn't taking the medicine as prescribed.
Good luck with your finals Ali! I'm sure you'll ace them.
https://www.agingcare.com/discussions/caregivers-cats-behaving-badly-426496.htm?orderby=oldest
I'm sitting here in tears because I feel so helpless. I'm angry, and I'm resentful, and I do not want this to be long-term. I don't know what to do. My husband just goes with the flow and gets angry at me when I ask questions, because no one has a plan and no one knows what to do.
I just read an article from the American Psychological Association about the mental health challenges of caregivers. That's on top of the physical health issues incurred as a result of putting your needs second chronically.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/11/numbers-stress-caregivers
I've also read opinions on this very forum that are indicative of the kind of attitudes that contribute to the depression and hopelessness a gigantic amount of caregivers face. You've read the comments. I think some people just come out here to scold caregivers. I've read some truly nasty and argumentative comments out here. That's just sad.
The challenges faced by caregivers aren't manufactured and there is no "just do this" kind of fix. It is a slog every day in quicksand. Most fixes require energy and if you are like me, there isn't a whole lot in reserve.
So for all of us who are just doing the best we can every day, kudos to us. It's one of the hardest jobs in the world and one of the least appreciated. I salute every single one of us for our efforts and hope that every day there is at least a moment or two of peace or joy or just calm thoughts.
R drives by landmarks not addresses so when I found a place to rent a truck he couldn't find it (even though he drives around that town regularly) as I don't know the landmarks around it. I mentioned the address and he said "I don't drive like that" It's true. We got lost once in the city because "There used to be a hotel on that corner". But, it works well in the country, "Turn east at the old oak tree then drive on till you see the barn with the red roof..."
It reminds me of once trying to find someone's house in Fort Chip. We stopped to ask directions to Cookie's house from a local who was walking down the road. Everyone in Fort Chip knew Cookie. The answer was "It's right beside old Antoine's place. You have to know where that is. He's been there all his life!" SMH -small towns!!! When you called a cab after grocery shopping there you just got in and said 'Take me home."
Just found out that sil has an infection in his stomach so dd should not be offering his help anyway. It's pouring rain which "puts a damper" on some activities. The good news is that sil is on antibiotics and we hope that will deal with his long lasting stomach issues. And I found a place to rent a truck that R has been to before and can find easily. He says I will see him soon, but R's "soon" is most peoples "quite a bit later". Sigh!!!
My brain fog is clearing so I can start on the house again. DD and I were commiserating the other day about low energy and how we take for granted things like being able to clean the kitchen without getting exhausted, if you even get that far. Her radiation starts next Tuesday so they will travel down on Sunday and she will be there for the rest of the month. I will take gdg out for a couple of meals as sil will travel south to be with dd on his days off.
Why would I even dare to think that life could go anywhere near smoothly? It doesn't usually.