Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Then watched comedy on youtube, called DryBar.
Now I am having a non-alcoholic drink: Ginger Beer. I can never remember the name correctly, so decided to call it root beer. (Ginger is a root).
One is Kentucky Derby Day!
I don’t like driving in the bad weather.
It is helping me now as I navigate next steps.
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Nice walk along the beach, but a tad windy today. We met each other, as teens, at the beach.
Had a nice lunch together. Simple, basic day. I like that.
I really don’t know the answer. Perhaps I should but I don’t. I don’t think mom ever mentioned what type of stroke daddy had.
I hope that you start to feel better soon. Glad that you are seeing specialists to help resolve your health issues.
Thank you for the wedding anniversary wishes.
You were young when you lost your dad. Gee, your mom was a young widow. Sad for all of you. We never know when it’s our time to go.
The only thing mom said to us about daddy’s stroke was that he had it after his heart surgery. Surgery is a risk but he would have died without the surgery.
It takes a lot of work for a person who has a stroke to recover, rehab and speech therapy.
It is interesting that there are different types of strokes. Also how some are very mild (mini stroke) and they don’t require any rehab.
How are you feeling since you were sick? Better, I hope.
I was reading online that the moratorium on evictions specifically excludes anyone in the household who is a personal safety threat to others. But again, if the housing courts are backlogged with cases, even if I have a legit grievance, I'm just not sure that I could get my case heard in housing court any time soon.
I hope that I don't have to do anything more. I'll know tomorrow.
It's enough for me right now to gear up for the new school term starting this week. Onwards and upwards.
Happy 43rd Wedding Anniversary!♥️🎉
Strokes are hard. My dad had a stroke and was never the same again.
Didn’t your dad die years before your mom like my dad did. My dad died in 2002. Mom misses him so much. They were married over 50 years.
I can’t believe that I will be married 43 years on the 22nd of this month!
I appreciate everyone’s thoughtfulness.
Be gentle with yourself. We are all here for you. Hugs!!!!
I am exhausted. I kept telling myself that I was fully prepared to face the time left with mom in hospice.
Now I wonder if that is true. The last couple of days, I find myself going from frozen or numb to losing it and I cry and cry watching a skeleton with flesh covering it. It is horrible to see a person become skin and bones.
Maybe tomorrow will be a bit easier.
I just want to go lie down and turn my mind off for awhile. I need to rest.
Thanks to all who offer support on this forum. It is very much appreciated.
Spoke to Medicare and now have online access. Called reverse mortgage to get online monthly statements. Emailed hospital tech support to have online access to Mom’s wellness visits and tests (since she doesn’t communicate with me).
NHWM I pray every night for everyone on here but it never hurts to be reminded.🙏
So many people have suffered tremendously, caring for others. Many have sacrificed their lives for them.
Others struggle trying to balance work and family along side their caregiving. Some caregivers have health problems of their own.
I am going to say a special prayer for all of us that are caregivers, either at home or monitoring their loved ones care in a facility or receiving hospice care.
If anyone else would like to offer up a prayer with me for all caregivers and their loved ones, I would be happy to have the company.
Wishing peace for all of you.
Wishing you the best.
I have an appointment for my vaccine next Tuesday. I had tried a few times on the local websites -- finally got the appointment at one of the mass vac sites set up in the city. It will be good to get it done.
My roommate situation is ongoing and I'm hoping I'm doing the right thing by waiting for the full 30 day notice to be up, then I'll file a protective order ASAP. I'm concerned that a judge will say my situation is not really a problem since I didn't file an emergency order but... I just don't know. I've read about the different levels of protective orders and think this tactic will be ok, and I will get credit for giving proper notice and it being ignored by N. I just don't know about any of this and I worry... but I try not to and just focus on taking things a day at a time.
There have been some minor incidents at the apartment with N the past few days but thankfully she's been on much better behavior since the cameras went up. She took my personal towels hanging up in the bathroom yesterday. She's taken 15 or so towels in the past month and I asked her in the past to stop and use her own towels. But she took my used hanging ones...???? Why?? She has several of her own. She gave them back to me and claimed she took them to wash them for me. She doesn't do my laundry and I don't do hers. Her straight-faced denials/excuses make me think she uses meth because that's the only time I've seen that kind of thing. She took my used toothbrush, too. I never did get it back -- not that I'd use it again! lol -- and N never responded to my questions about it. It's just weird and unsettling all around. I suppose it's better that N takes weird, inexpensive things than something else...? She took my headphones I use when I do school work. I miss them and have asked for them back -- no response. I'll get more things. I just need N to move out and move on.