Saturday February 8th 2025

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 8

Good morning!

Yesterday was such a non-event I didn't post.

Ado, I can understand your reasoning to not wanting to get into debt. Here I think there are some credits, but with the environment, I'm not sure credits for solar panels are even a thing anymore. A couple of my neighbors have them, but like you I can't see getting into debt so close to retirement.

J22, how frustrating that you can't get things settled. Best friend had a very good response from Hartford Insurance when his car flooded even with the high demand for adjustors and they gave him a good price.

The two young guys are doing a good job in repairing my ceiling in my garage and are waiting for some sealant to dry before painting over it on Monday. Nice to have people show up when they say and to stay and finish the job.

Off today. The person I'm covering for says she may want to work after all but will let me know today. I told her not to bother but to take her day off. I don't want to be hanging waiting on her fickleness. But should she call and want to take her day back I'll probably let her.

We're still having nice warm weather for the foreseeable near future. Good thing because there's a major arts festival and the Florida State Fair has started.

Have a great day.

No Stars In My Eyes · Feb 8

I've been fighting to stay awake for an hour or so; really, as usual, my eyes want to close so I can sleep more/longer. My joints are aching due to that jarring fall I took in the kitchen....my left knee has been singing an 'ouchie' song, so I put a Lidocaine patch on it. There's a spot midway down my spine that aches, and of course my hips (front and back and sides)....even my elbows, shoulders and neck ache. I am hoping my AM meds ease things off some; and I have more Lidocaine patches to slap on if necessary, Got kinda spoiled by not having to host the gypsies for quite some time.

It is going to be cloudy all day, or so the laptop weather report says. Temps will be tolerable....not warm, not cold. I have 'stuff' on my list, but I am not inclined to go out, and if I did go out I would have to load Nannie into the car to sit and wait for me to shop....and I don't want to do that. Too achey! Unless I get a drop in visit by BiL or SiL, I will try to put off things 'til tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow SiL will do the same as last Sunday and come get Nannie after church.....fingers crossed!

ARGH! I want to slide down under the covers and close my eyes! Want to but shouldn't! Jeeze!

Okay, I am going to make myself get up and get dressed, maybe apply a few more lidocaine patches first. Then on with Nannie's out-of-bed routine. *sigh* I feel like I ought to be able to coddle myself under these circumstances, but there's no option to do so. (Bad words! Blue air!)

Pitifully~ NSIME

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Feb 8

I need to kick myself into gear because the hospice NP is coming to evaluate Gma for recertification. I don't think there will be a problem since she is not eating (but will still drink Boost). I'm in jeans and my pajama top. Really want a good shower before getting fully dressed and ready to go.

Blueberry pie sounds good, Joe. Twin A wants to bake "lava cakes" again. And Hubs is going to make chili for the cook-off at church tomorrow. So somebody (me) will need to go to the grocery.

Tweety, I'm glad the guys you hired are getting the job done.

J22, I hope you can quickly get the,car business taken care of. That has drawn out way too long.

Stars, sorry about your fall and resulting aches. Bleah!

Gma is breathing into her empty cup. She makes some odd noises. What is the word for my reaction? Misophonia? Which reminds me that in choosing my user name I missed a good opportunity to be Miss Ann Thropy.

No Stars In My Eyes · Feb 8

Oh dear / Bread and beer / if I hadn't married / I wouldn't be here.

I looked up and there was Nannie trying to put her BOOST into her teaspoon that she eats the yogurt with. 🙄 Then I told her to put her spoon down on the tray, as she doesn't need a spoon to drink. After she finished with everything, there she was with an empty glass in one hand and a spoon in the other hand. I said "You can put both of those down on the tray." She looked around and looked around, but the tray was right on her lap. I told her "Put. your. spoon. and. glass. down. on. the. tray. in. your. lap." It still took a minute or so to get that to settle in her brain so she understood what I was saying. Then she started to ARRANGE things on the tray, and I said, "Just put it all down and leave it there." and I got up and snatched the tray away from her before she started nesting things and setting them all upright. That's a sure way of having things fall off the tray when it was moved. She has rearranging in her bones.... I even have to remind her when I am pulling up her britches that she needs to HOLD ON TO THE towel rack so I don't knock her over. She can (and did!) rearrange those same towels while sitting on the commode, so there is no need to re-rearrange them once she is standing up. I am so irritable with her empty ears and brain....she was fussing about the neck-support pillow not being right, so I told her how to fix it and she started patting on her hair, instead. OY! "Pull that pillow behind your head DOWN so it is behind your neck." Seems she no longer knows down from up, as she pushed the pillow up so it was on top of her head.

Honestly, I probably should go get a 1/2 Xanax so I don't chew her head off. Not her fault that the dementia has eliminated another chunk from her brain, but it really gets to me, especially when I am trying NOT to get up for every little thing she needs. And it isn't just 'daily' now, but it is minute-to-minute. Can I say, "I HURT and *I* need to take care of myself too"?? But there is no alternate caregiver to spell me, so oh effing well.

Reckon I should stop cranking out....it'll be a LONG day if I expect her to be, what? ......'normal'...... I am delusional to expect that!

The End.