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 ,
as far as me being a grumpy jerk . if i didnt have a spine id still be sitting down here gagging on dog piss .. renter has been trying to climb on top of my head for almost 2 years . i could be getting 4 bills a month out of this house but i could get into something much worse . ( kids , noise , drug traffic , parties )
sometimes the devil you know ......
To know all that was coming all at once would have been completely overwhelming...I still remember that girl I was ...I'm going to find her again one day..but it's going to be a lot lonelier.....
Cap, I hope you're right. Things need to get better... more thriving around this place is a must. This is enough to make even the sanest person crazy.
hope, I do so love your attitude :)
Mama started out her day giving me a cute little "yay"....I haven't heard that in a while...so gonna make it a good day for her. I am keeping her posted on the snow..our family has always gotten so excited about the snow....something about it that is cozy...so she seems excited....I am finally into a holding pattern with this that I fully realize I could lose her at any time....only God knows when it will be her time to go home...but all the worrying and fretting and going nuts in the world is not going to help her...so I am trying so hard to just continue on with our daily routine of life and being as happy as we can be together...so going to be happy today....for her.
looloo, whatever happened? Just a week ago the doc was telling you how imperative it was to get your mother seen? I just don't get certain people and certain things anymore. Just how does an emergency take weeks?
When I called my brother it felt like I was bothering him. Wonder when I will learn to keep my pain, sadness and concern to myself?
Oh, found out via FB that my son went to visit his new fiancé... I won't even mention that they are supposedly moving here in a few weeks and getting married in the backyard. Soon to be daughter in law is calling me later today to go over the details.
There is just not enough helmets anymore.
when mom died i had haunting thoughts of making a bunch of bad decisions and falling on my face but i dont see that happening .
you guys will all thrive when your cargiving days have ended . its made you more mature and more effective .
Jeanette...sadly I'm not sure they're idea of worried and ours are the same any longer....unbelievable to know that when you need them you can count on them.....a few days from now....I'm so sorry....I hope your Mom is better soon...Mama has been breathing different tonight and it is frightening when you see things that aren't "normal"....hugs to you..and prayers.
I called oldest brother, said I was worried about mom. He cannot do anything until Wednesday. I swear on My Life I Will Never EVER call them again.
Meanwhile my father is still treating the HHA like the head of household. Since the weekend HHA has been away, we have been subjected to her nonsense 7 days per week. The funny thing is now that my sister is living just minutes away, she comes over on the weekends. The HHA is as quiet as can be when my sister is around. She minds her own business and does what she is asked. This shows that she knows exactly what she is doing. This is why I strongly dislike my living situation. I deal with two so called adults (my father and his HHA) who are intent on undermining me at all times. My family will never fire her. She took off this past weekend. She did not ask me to cover for her. She just announced she was not going to come. Should I demand to get paid for covering her shift on the weekend ? She will never get fired no matter how many times I bring up things that should change. Why because my family knows that no agency will put up with my father asking for gourmet meals every day, doing a huge grocery shopping etc, not to mention putting up with his arguing non stop. So they dont want to upset the HHA. So if that means she pisses me off, the answer is oh well. Ive informed my sister about things that go on and she shrugs them off. Meanwhile the HHA is still bringing her child 3 days per week after school, he jumps around and it sounds like a herd of wild elephants. Does she tell him to stop ? Nope because she runs the show.
I do remember with our rental property it seemed to never fail that no matter who lived there, they would wait until a holiday, a late night, or a weekend to call with some major mess that needed "fixing" My Daddy would get out and go flying up there to handle it and I can't even tell you how many times it was something like the toilet overflowed because their kid flushed his toys down it...something burned in the kitchen because they went outside and left someone on the stove, etc...the money that went into that place was ridiculous..and my parents just sucked it up and went on...I got so fed up with it, even in my teens, so that's why I just started handling it. It's a pity because it was a really nice house but I sure was a happy camper when we sold it. I spent enough of my life dealing with that thing....
there are just some sorry people in this world in every capacity .
i keep my chin up and treat people like id want to be treated and ive sure had a lot of return for a lifetime of that policy .
im not caring for elders now but this IS the whine thread and that plumbing repair and expense was a major b*tch .
i guess i have a new b*tch for today . i haveta pull my steering wheel and replace a multifunction switch inside the steering column . i haveta go all the way into the column because i need to tighten some screws that are allowing the steering wheel to rock AND pull the dash panel and replace all the dash light bulbs . not a small job and about 125 . 00 worth of parts . i haveta do it myself because i wouldnt let a halfa**ed kid touch my truck even if i could afford to have the work done .
Captain, your place sounds like exactly the kind of places I used to search for...way out away from everything and everybody...sounds like she has a deal for sure and should keep it as such...sounds like heaven to me...
Mama is feeling a little better this morning..even smiling a little...so that always makes for a great day...I just heard we may be getting 2 or 3 inches of snow on Wednesday..mercy me,,, unbelievable..
Hope, I am very mistrusting myself, and that is another can of worms I won't go into right now, but I sure know where you are coming from.
Captain, I hope your misguided tenant wakes up and learns to appreciate what she has....maybe turning the water on but only ice cold and a nice cold blast of ice water in the shower would wake her up...heehee...
You took such loving tender care of your mother and Aunt Edna. It is in you to still take care, just stop calling women names. Find a winner buddy. You won't find it with this tude tho. Again, be nice. Bee's / honey/vinegar gads I'm boring myself!
jump out there and deal with the general public for about 25 yrs and then let me know how that tolerance and nice guy crap is going .
i think back to bout the age of 25 . had two co workers who lived in the same lake ( cabin ) community i lived in . i told em i wouldnt mind if they rode to work with me . after about 4 weeks of them spending every dime they had partying it up on the weekends then bumming smokes , weed , and tokin on my quart of beer on the way to / from work , i threw them out of my car and never tried that crap again .
30 yrs later ive built two homes and both of them are still trailer park filler . nothing against trailer parks or people who struggle to get by ( i do too ) , im sayin they were / are losers .