Tuesday July 11th 2023

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jul 11, 2023

Good morning!

Stars, hope the gypsies continue to travel away.

Joe, hope you have another good day.

Dianah hope you enjoyed the Indian food.

We're used to high "feels like temps" in the Summer. Right now at 8:40 it's 85 degrees with a "feels like 98). But the highs are expected to stay in the 80's.

J22, hope you're continue to enjoy your vacation (do retirees take vacations?).

Got up to do some meal prep and housework. Going to hot yoga later and to the movies. Have to get to bed early for my overtime shift tomorrow.

Editorial Team / Admin · Jul 11, 2023

Hello all!

Indian food was good, and as it is close, we will definitely go back. I hope they get lots of business. They have good variety of dishes (add chicken, fish, lamb, etc) and the flavors are so nice! Loved the chai tea!

Plus, it was good to see ds and give him his birthday cards. He is doing well!

We will take out the RV tomorrow, per dh, and ready it for a few days' camping in the mountains -- which will just be in the nick of time, as temps at home will be 104-105! So, up in the mountains should only be in the high 80's or 90 degrees!

Last night was one of THOSE nights. Didn't get to sleep well. Oh well.

Have a good day!

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Jul 11, 2023

Tweety said:

Have to get to bed early for my overtime shift tomorrow.

Forgive me, Tweety, but my mind first read this as "my overtime sh!t show". Which might tell you how my week is going!

No Stars In My Eyes · Jul 11, 2023

Good Afternoon~

Ado, I'd say that Tweety would say that you are not far off in your mis-reading of his 'overtime **** show' comment!

Tweety, You know I'm not wrong!

dianah, My eyebrows shot up when I read the expected temps for where you live; I'd say, too, that you guys are leaving just in time!

Joe, Does your book-club follow some kind of questionnaire about things in the book, like events, characters, motivations, and the like? I saw one such thing for a book club, and really, my thought was, "I don't want to discuss all that, I just want to read the damn book!" So, I decided it probably wouldn't do me much good to join a book club.

I saw the "therapist" (I don't know if she is a psychologist or psychiatrist) Anyway, I like her manner. I told her briefly about when I first went into therapy (in 1994! )etc. And we talked about how it isn't fair to me to be burdened with as much as I am, and I talked (naturally) about hubby's booze habit. I told her I didn't want to leave, but I do have to get myself back into my OWN life. So we decided my 'homework' would be to go to a library to sit and journal and/or write poetry for an hour, like twice a week, or 2 hours once a week, or whatever. Then I could wander around in my head without fear of being interrupted and ruining my mood or chain(s) of thought.

I do want to search through several piles of receipts and statements, to see how much hubby is spending per month on vodka. I know I told y'all he spent $600 in March, but it seems every time I turn around he says, "I'm going to run out to the 'shopping center'." So I am curious now if it has ramped-up financially. Don't want to fight over money, I just would like him to be aware of how much $$$ he is drinking. It adds up, for sure, and if we are talking hundreds every month, heck-fire, THAT much could be used for in-hospital rehab. It'd have to be in a hospital because of all his other physical ailments and woes. OH! He did call the eye doctor and is going to see him tomorrow afternoon. This is at "The Eye-Care Center", which I suspect might be a franchise or chain; I'd prefer him to see someone at the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat specialty practice. But at lest he made the call and set up the appt himself, which is what I've been aiming for. And....AND.... he's going to have to see the primary doc to get a re-write for his Xanax. (YAY!)

All for now...........

nursej22, MSN, RN · Jul 11, 2023

Quick hello. I'm not sure if I'm on vacation or just camping. This retirement business is still fairly new to me. We spent 2 days camping near the sand dunes, now we are moving north to camp near Lincoln City and more beaches. Dh finally blew up after not talking to anyone for 2 days, so I hope that's over for the rest of the trip. He doesn't feel "heard". I'll admit I tend to shut him out when he continually talks about his old job. Or tells stories about stupid things I've done, that didn't really happen. Oh well. It seems like nothing I say or do is important.

No Stars In My Eyes · Jul 12, 2023

j22, don't feel bad about your DH being yakky, my hubby has been running his mouth for 3-4 days all about things we have talked about for years and years, his old friends (now gone), old jobs, etc, etc. Partly it's because he has nothing to do here at Nannie's, no friends in the area, nothing to engage him. So I just listen. Maybe he would feel better If he wasn't drinking all day and could go out and do things or go places, BUT the problems with emphysema and COPD make him very short-winded; heck even going upstairs makes him out of breath. It's sad because he used to go-go-go and now he can't. And he doesn't like to take care of himself. Sooooo.....OH WELL!

After I came home from my appt with the therapist, he started telling me how he feels "mo' beddah' now, he's more happy and content than he's been in a long while....(!!!) Catch him after supper when he has had more to drink and combined that with whatever (xanax) .....then he starts fussing with Nannie, which is pretty useless because how can you argue with someone with deepening dementia. Not very pleasant company I keep here. Which is why I always have crossword puzzles in my lap, just in case there is a lull.

When I had to run out to the store at about 7:15 PM, Nannie started in with a whiney: "Oh no, who is going to take care of me if I need to get up from my chair?" I was only out for 15-20 minutes! But when I got back, she didn't even remember I had gone out. She had wanted to go to bed, but now she is hot into the All-Stars baseball game. She doesn't know it, but she will be falling asleep soon because she didn't want any supper (I made her eat some yogurt anyway) and she took all her night-time pills. In about 20 minutes those eyes will be getting heavy. Sometimes she seems to fight the medicine's effects, but maybe she is just enjoying the "buzz". ?

~over and out~