Sunday November 16th 2025

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Tweety I've heard of Sprouts but have never been there

Stars I hope your brother is OK

Hi Ado

Went out in the morning yesterday, didn't see any birds but had a nice hike anyway. Afterwards met dad for lunch as usual

In the afternoon drove downtown to meet my friend B for dinner and the concert.  Drive down took longer than expected, and finding the parking garage proved tricky, but I was only a little late.  Had Thai food and then went to the concert.  The band mostly did more contemporary classical rather than traditional, was pretty good although we both agreed their playing was more ragged than we had expected.  Came home fairly late and went to bed

Today will be going to my friend D's church as she will be preaching today.  Since the service is the later one I think I'll go for a brief hike beforehand.  After the service I'll come home and do the cooking

Will be considerably colder today, only up to 50

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, enjoy your hike and day.

Nothing much going on today.  Best friend is making lunch that will be compliant with my diet which is good of him.  We'll probably stream something.  He's having an issue with his foot being in pain and is getting checked out tomorrow with his podiatrist and hopefully it's not fractured.  He has such bad osteoporosis that his daily 3 mile walks can cause a fracture.  

 

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

Gosh that is terrible about your friend's foot pain. I hope my osteo is not so advanced that normal movement can cause a fracture. The Life Line Screening does a bone density test. Due to the car accident I never made it to the appt I had at the church that I never did find. But they were kind enough to make me another appt at the place I usually go to for their screenings,  and they transferred my payment to that new appt which is not until Dec 17th, and they waived the $50 no-show fee. WHEW!

Well I am a'feared I am getting mentally older, as two times this week I took my AM meds in the PM. I had put the week's doses in two different medisets and picked up the wrong one and just dumped 'em down my throat. D'Oh! Maybe I should get a mediset which has both AM and PM in it so I don't pick up the wrong one again. The AM meds are in the white mediset with a smaller capacity, and the PM meds are in a blue mediset with a larger capacity. Although after I noticed I had (again) taken the AM pills at bedtime, I went into the PM box and took out the ones that would help me sleep. I hope taking the AM meds for depression within 12 hours of the previous dose doesn't tip me into Seritonin (sp?)Syndrome. I've been 'there' before and it is NO FUN! Too much and/or too many "re-uptake inhibitors" doesn't do anyone any favors.

My room looks like a twister passed through it during the night. I think that, really, the mess I made is because I was flinging stuff around , and it's why it looks so bad. I was in a MOOD last night, and while changing into my pj's I just pitched my dirty clothes hither, thither, and yon. Now I am 'sgusted with myself and don't have the patience or energy to pick things up and straighten them out....at least to the point where I had it halfway there... *sigh* ... I am a difficult child.

I had an idea last night and I don't know how the iL's will take it, but I was thinking that a week off, like a vacation, would be just the thing. But I don't want to go anywhere and pay money I don't have, so MY idea is that I would take my 'vacation' in my own room, and what they do about Nannie's FULL schedule, ie meals and  bedtime and getting her up, laundry, etc, is up to them. Then I don't have to pay ANY attention to Nannie and will have the time to sort through and store/donate/trash things, and then I can sit and enjoy how neat my room is!! Sounds simple, doesn't it? Though 24 hour coverage would be a chore for them to figure out.

The other day I got another "I'm  so sorry" text from SiL, because on my so-called day-off I had to get Nannie up and dressed EARLY so BiL could take her to daycare. She said "we are family" and "we are a team" even though I may feel right now that we aren't, Oh, and how much they APPRECIATED (yes, all caps) me because they knew I had to handle most all of the responsibilities for Nannie-care. She also said she has known Nannie in a different way; True, they used to do house projects like decorating, painting and wallpapering, etc together. But that was when Nannie was NOT off her rocker. And SiL got to go home at the end of their day doing things together. I was thinking to myself, "I want to GO HOME!" but I have no real home to go to. And leaving here for a week wouldn't let me take care of what I REALLY would like to get done without interruptions and responsibilities. I'm not sure how I would approach this to them, but prolly will wait until some time after my cataract surgery (so I won't be under bending and lifting restrictions) and float the idea before them, to see if they can figure out how to deal with what *I* have to deal with all the time. You can't just leave Nannie sitting in her recliner and go about your business. Nannie's poor memory is getting even poorer, so let them deal with THAT. She doesn't remember things for even 10 seconds any more, like "Don't get up; I will be right back to get you up, so don't get up on your own. Stay right there!". She says "Okay"" and the moment I am out of sight she forgets what I said, and starts doing what she shouldn't do. 

Last night was another evening of her conking out, sound asleep.... then suddenly she is awake and asking me if I am going to take her somewhere. "Yeah, Nannie, I'll take you in to put you in bed."  And she says, "oh well, I am not ready to go to sleep yet."  Jeeze, ya coulda fooled me! And I remember when she broke her wrist(s) how they casted her and discharged her both times. That was fun! (NOT!) Her bottom is so well-padded she couldn't break a hip if she tried, and that would be the only thing that might make them keep her for a few days and then put her into rehab, I'm not wishing bad things to happen to her, but being realistic, they'd send her home for anything else.

Ah me, alas, another post about Nannie and how I feel about this indentured servant role. 

I think BiL is here, I think heard him cough outside, so my time alone is now up. Bye-bye, Tawk whichoos laydah----

[No Stars In My Eyes, LPN]

Nope, it was Nannie sitting in her recliner, and her cough sounded like BiL's. But she's now dressed, fed, medicated and I have walked Tinker. So I can twiddle my thumbs and say "Yes it is" every single time she shows me and remarks about how pretty her blouse is. 

It is warm and windy outside and the leaves are falling and rolling across the yard.

Ho-hum ... 8 hours 'til Nannie's bedtime.

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Wet and windy here, but nothing like what hit Southern California . During one break in the weather I took the dogs to the park for a good long walk. I was going to let them off leash, but there were a lot of other dogs and my dogs play rough. 

I am starting a knitting project, but can't see well enough at night to work on it. I am due for an eye check up next month and almost wish I qualified for cataract removal. I've had poor eyesight all my life, and there is only so much correction that can be done.

Thai food sounds good. Maybe I'll bet take out tomorrow.