Sunday August 13th 2023

Tweety, BSN, RN · Aug 13, 2023

Good morning.

Joe, hope you have a good time with the Meet UP group.

Stars, hope your knee gets better.

Ado, hope by now your power is back on. Safe travels.

J22, did you see the meteors? The best time was 3AM here so I couldn't stay up.

Yesterday after hot yoga and the Asian market, I decided to treat myself to lunch as it was getting late. Stopped at Jollibee which is a Filipino company of fast food restaurants that serves burgers, chicken and spaghetti. Seems a lot of people were getting a combination of spaghetti with fried chicken on the side, and buckets of fried chicken. It was quite crowded and obviously popular with the Filipino community here. I had a very un-vegan chicken sandwich and fries. Was quite good.

I went to the beach for a bit with best friend for sunset. He made a vegan dinner of Beyond Italian sausages, a salad and zucchini. I stopped for ice cream on the way home.

Today will not be a cheat day diet wise. Not much on the agenda of things to do. Will do mundane things like laundry and cooking.

Have a great day.

No Stars In My Eyes · Aug 13, 2023

Weather-guy said last night that today's heat and especially the humidity would be "BRUTAL". I have yet to go outside, and may stay inside all day! No need to brave the elements just to run the few errands, which can actually wait for another day.

Spoke too soon about my left knee; it really has hurt today, for the time I have been up from bed. Will have to call the PA tomorrow, who offered to see if she could get me in to see a doc about my knee. The neuro/spine place doesn't 'do' knees, because the spine bone ain't connected to the knee bone.

Braves won the last two games with the Mets; last night's game was particularly good! (13-0 !! ?)

Hubby said Nannie got up before I woke up and came down to the den. She would not let him take her into the bathroom, so he said she may be wet. She is in the recliner pretending to sleep....because she is mad at him (AGAIN!). Now he has gone upstairs to rest because, he said, he did not sleep well last night. One of these hours I will have to go in to check her bed for wetness. Every night I reiterate that she should NOT make her bed when she gets up, but I guess it does not compute, even though I have shown her the pee-stains she leaves behind on all her sheets and blankets....

My counselor has said that although I am resentful about having to do all the work involved in getting BOTH of these 'patients' of mine each placed in their required residential communities....it looks like that will be the ONLY way to get things rolling. So now it all falls on me to get some changes initiated. CRAP! The last thing I want to do is have to dive into all the stupid paperwork and figuring out the money and/or steps to take for it all to come together. And I am NOT the POA for either of them!

All that is NOT my forte' and my previous attempts have caused me to mentally throw everything up in the air and say Eff it! If my knee didn't hurt so much, I would fall on my knees and beg for help. I guess I have some re-arranging to do about my mindset, and figure out where to start.

It does no good to scramble my brain about this today, since it is Sunday and nothing is open and no one is in their office to consult with. Unfortunately bailing-out is not on the docket, as it would put ME into worse circumstances. I'm already sick of thinking about all of this **it.

No more, no more, never more. Yuh, I wish!

No Stars In My Eyes · Aug 13, 2023

Nannie: "I think I'm wet." // Me: "Why didn't you let hubby take you in the bathroom?" // Her: "Welllll...." // Me: "What kind of an answer is that?" // Her: "Tee-hee-hee." // Me: "It isn't funny. And your bed has large pee-stains on the sheets and blankets." // Her: "Well...." // "Yeah, a deep hole in the ground." // Her: "Are you mad?" // Me: "I'm mad because there is NOBODY here that will help me AT ALL. If I have to go have surgery on my knee, you and hubby will have to pay something like $5,000/week to have people come in to take care of you." // "Well, I appreciate what you are doing for me." // Me: "Appreciation doesn't make my knee any better, but thanks, I guess. Neither of you is competent to take care of yourselves or each other."

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No Stars In My Eyes · Aug 13, 2023

Me: "Why is it every time I look up, you are watching me? I'm not DOING anything except crossword puzzles."

Nannie, "I have nothing else to do."

Me: "I'm going to start charging you for every time you treat me like your own personal 'entertainment'.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Aug 13, 2023

Stars you sound very angry, and rightfully so, but things are the way they are and getting angry and irritable with Nannie doesn't help you. I hate to agree but constantly telling your husband to do this and that and having him not do it does mean that if you want those things done you have to do it yourself.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Aug 13, 2023

Well, this sucks.

The power was only out for about an hour so not a big deal. But when I put the cobbler back in the oven I left it too long and burned it. ? so we bought a cake to take. Was a good service and meal.

Now I am stuck in the airport in OKC because my flight has been delayed twice. I won't make my connection so will spend the night in Atlanta (probably in the airport) and fly out at 6am to LaGuardia and THEN to Burlington, arriving about 10:45 am. Missing the morning meetings. Grrrrr.

toomuchbaloney · Aug 13, 2023

Ado Annie said:

Well, this sucks.

The power was only out for about an hour so not a big deal. But when I put the cobbler back in the oven I left it too long and burned it. ? so we bought a cake to take. Was a good service and meal.

Now I am stuck in the airport in OKC because my flight has been delayed twice. I won't make my connection so will spend the night in Atlanta (probably in the airport) and fly out at 6am to LaGuardia and THEN to Burlington, arriving about 10:45 am. Missing the morning meetings. Grrrrr.

I hope your other flights are not as troubled. May the odds be with you.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Aug 13, 2023

ugh, annie, I don't envy you at all. Burlington is lovely, and I hope you get a chance to walk around once you get there.

Stars, you truly need a respite, of some sort. I fear your prediction of something happening to you may come true. I feel like there must be some sort of assistance you can call on. Can you call your local senior center tomorrow or the counselor? This is just too much. Some medical practices have a nurse case manager.

It's quite warm here. dh went to the Mariners game. We were up late last night due to MIL going to the hospital for COPD exacerbation. Dh always associates hospitals with death, so I went with him so he could be assured its not that bad. She will likely be dc today or tomorrow.

There is a heat advisory predicted for tomorrow. Perhaps we'll go see a movie, because they will have air conditioning. It's that or the mall.

No Stars In My Eyes · Aug 14, 2023

Hubby actually said, while he was telling me about how he couldn't take any more of Nannie: "I guess I haven't done much of anything to help find a place to put her...." And he talked about making phone calls tomorrow. We'll see,

Tweety, BSN, RN · Aug 14, 2023

No Stars In My Eyes said:

Hubby actually said, while he was telling me about how he couldn't take any more of Nannie: "I guess I haven't done much of anything to help find a place to put her...." And he talked about making phone calls tomorrow. We'll see,

Broken record. Hasn't he said that before? Make your own plans and don't set yourself up for disappointment by depending on him.

I do need to stop offering my opinion. I'm sorry and wish you well.