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.
New update: it turns out my mother herself put the passcode! We (the IT friend and I never imagined my mother would be able to do it). I told her today, we know she couldn't have done it. Suddenly she said, she did it, and indeed she knew the passcode. It didn't occur to her to tell us she did it, because she didn't realize that was the problem we tried to fix yesterday with her phone. And I never would have imagined she knows how to put a passcode.
So the mystery has been solved. It wasn't an iphone glitch. It was my mother who suddenly put a passcode, after the iphone software update.
The same thing happened to me yesterday (my mother’s phone). It was caused by an automatic OS update for iphones.
First the phone suddenly created a passcode (we never have a passcode). (This part, wasn’t happening to your phone, Glad).
We also got a screen with “emergency calls only” + passcode required. We were locked out of the phone.
The IT man came. I don’t know exactly how he solved it. But he needed the apple ID, then he removed the SIM card, put it back in, then he tried a passcode (he was lucky and it was right). Then the phone was back to normal. He deleted the passcode, so my mother has easy access to her phone.
Trying to access docs on laptop, waiting for code via text to my phone which doesn't come through.
Notice that docs are there came through email.
The IT man fixed the problem -- turns out, the caregivers didn't do anything. It was a weird thing the iphone did by itself, after an automatic software update (the iphone suddenly created a passcode, even though we never had a passcode). However, the caregivers have done other bad things, and I'll look for alternatives. Have a great day, everyone!
I write this also to warn others. It's very hard to find good, honest caregivers (whether private or agency) (even with good references, driver's licence, etc.). The more smoothly that all works, the more smoothly your own life will go.
A bargain and finding what you like, works every time.
AsianDaughter - I remember how exhausting it is to constantly have to shout to be heard, and it's hard not to sound like a shrieking harpy even when you aren't feeling that way!
There! Thanks for "listening"
I don't want to "check in" with mom or make her meals. She can't ever remember if she has eaten.
I don't want to yell so loud so she can hear me, I don't want to repeat myself nor hear repeats of her questions. I don't want to smile all the time and pretend that's it not hard having her here even when she says she can't be "too much trouble."
I am emotionally exhausted and burned out. Lord help me make it through this period of my life...
OK. My whine is done. Thanks for listening!
Is her name Barb too? 🤣🤭
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In holiday hilarity, my ex posted to the family thread "Barb has shingles". My middle daughter, who will be here later with her family for a seder, near had a panic attack. Nope, he substituted my name for his wife's. Miserable to have shingles, especially on a holiday weekend when you are travelling.
Golden: Snow? Wow.
Barb: Sorry about GS and hope the rest of you don't get it.
CM: Oh, no - so sorry you tested positive.
Hurricane force winds sound really bad.
Stay safe.
A minor stick or tree limb blowing by could be disastrous.
Hoping Ming is not afraid, and stays inside.
Hugs to you both.
Stay safe.
The Home tests cannot differentiate the coronaviruses,
from a cold (coronavirus);
to Covid-19 (coronavirus);
from all the new strains of Covid/Sars.
Anyone who is sick with anything should stay home, imo.
Got only a sinus infection? Stay home so you won't add Covid to your troubles.
Got 'the flu? Stay home.
Stay home to build your immunity.