Monday Moods

[tgrimes]

The weekend went by way too fast.

[tgrimes]

Hospice met with my sister last night. They're ordering my dad a wheelchair and a toilet. The one in their room is too low to the ground. He's having a hard time eating and drinking, so I'm not sure how much longer he'll be able to keep this up.

The good news is that everyone my sister has had to deal with and talk to has been amazing.

[mwhip]

I'm sorry to hear your dad's update tgrimes, but glad he has excellent caregivers who your sister can work well with.

[nam2013]

tgrimes I’m so sorry about this update, but glad the people surrounding your dad are amazing.

[jewels]

tgrimes as others said, I'm sorry your dad is not doing well but so glad his caregivers are great and that they are near your sister.

when are you heading out there?

[tgrimes]

Oct 4, 2021 7:49:33 GMT -6 jewels said:

tgrimes as others said, I'm sorry your dad is not doing well but so glad his caregivers are great and that they are near your sister.

when are you heading out there?

The 21st.  I told my sister if i needed to go out there earlier to just let me know.  I hate that she's having to do all of this herself.  She's going over there everyday and has one of her kids go every other day just to talk to my mom.

[klong11]

I'm glad your dad is getting the attention he needs and deserves. I hope they are able to make him as comfortable as possible.

[jewels]

Oct 4, 2021 8:07:08 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

Oct 4, 2021 7:49:33 GMT -6 jewels said:

tgrimes as others said, I'm sorry your dad is not doing well but so glad his caregivers are great and that they are near your sister.

when are you heading out there?

The 21st.  I told my sister if i needed to go out there earlier to just let me know.  I hate that she's having to do all of this herself.  She's going over there everyday and has one of her kids go every other day just to talk to my mom.

I'm glad she's there.  And you are doing your best, it's not easy to keep travelling out there.  

[jewels]

I am exhausted this morning. Like I feel like I could put my head down on my desk and go to sleep.

We had a busy Sunday - we went with our friends to a hike to a waterfall about 1.5 hours away, then lunch at a fun outdoor spot. But we left the house at 8 and didn't get home till 5. We were all just exhausted, but for some reason I still didn't sleep well last night (well I know the reason, it's the snoring husband). The kids had so much fun though.

[wineallthetime]

tgrimes, what a hard situation. I'm so sorry. I'm so glad to hear everyone working with him has been great.

[lahdeedah]

I’m sorry he’s not doing well. tgrimes Hope the caregivers can give him what he needs at this time. How is your mom handling this?

[lfig]

tgrimes I’m sorry about the news on your dad.

[lahdeedah]

Morning.

Got the kids to school and made a grocery run. I have to play catch up today and get some stuff taken care of.

[wineallthetime]

I just learned I had a Covid exposure on Thursday (ate lunch unmasked but outside) so I'll probably get tested tomorrow just in case. I'm shocked that this will be my first test!

[inthekitty]

Morning.

We're going to see Venom today. Not much else on the agenda. I want to knit more.

The girls both had negative COVID tests but can't go back to school until the health department contacts us...I forsee that being interesting as I bet they're overwhelmed. So they have a little homework but will probably mostly play outside today.

[tgrimes]

Oct 4, 2021 9:14:51 GMT -6 lahdeedah said:

I’m sorry he’s not doing well. tgrimes Hope the caregivers can give him what he needs at this time. How is your mom handling this?

Not well.  She's making everything about her, of course.

[tgrimes]

MH sent me a text asking when I was going to OK. I told him it was the 21st and he said I should go sooner. So now I'm going to drive up there on Thursday and drive home Monday.

[wineallthetime]

Oct 4, 2021 10:05:20 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

Oct 4, 2021 9:14:51 GMT -6 lahdeedah said:

I’m sorry he’s not doing well. tgrimes Hope the caregivers can give him what he needs at this time. How is your mom handling this?

Not well.  She's making everything about her, of course.

Always a peach, that mom of yours.

[tgrimes]

Oct 4, 2021 10:19:10 GMT -6 wineallthetime said:

Oct 4, 2021 10:05:20 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

Not well.  She's making everything about her, of course.

Always a peach, that mom of yours.

I think you meant bitch.

[lahdeedah]

Oct 4, 2021 10:27:12 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

Oct 4, 2021 10:19:10 GMT -6 wineallthetime said:

Always a peach, that mom of yours.

I think you meant bitch.

Just delightful.

[trtlcrzy]

Hey. DH is home on vacation from work this week. This morning he’s golfing and then I fully intend on making him parent the rest of the day.

tgrimes I’m sorry you sister is dealing with this all alone. I’m glad you’ll be able to go up and help for a few days.

[guster]

I'm glad you're able to get there earlier, tgrimes. I'm sorry your dad is having such a rough patch.

[guster]

Every couple of months I get a wild hair and I try and re-organize the furniture in our living room.
There isn't a solid wall anywhere in the room, so the couch either has to butt up against the windows or go into one of two places in the middle of the living room but then it brings it too close to the piano and I always end up right back where I started.
Today I am going to give it a solid week and see if this new placement doesn't annoy me.
I also started an Instagram week long decluttering challenge. Our house is pretty well organized and bare, but I wanted to see if there are areas that I might be able to tackle. Today was the front of the fridge, and that small little change made a big difference.

[jewels]

Where are you all tonight??

I started getting a migraine at work. Fortunately I get what I call baby migraines where they are worse than a regular headache but I can still sort of function. I came home and medicated myself then laid down for a bit before dinner and now it’s just settled in as a regular headache. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

[inthekitty]

Get some good sleep tonight jewels.

[inthekitty]

Venom 2 was such a turd. So bad.

We got the ok to return to TKD so we're on our way. Kids still can't go to school. 🙄

[lfig]

Hello from the Children’s ER. Sierra has been exhibiting some symptoms that made us worry about her shunt. So we drove 3 hours, sat in waiting room forever, and now waiting forever in the patient room. CT and X-rays looked good. Shunt is fine. Neurosurgery has no concerns. Waiting on neurology now to see what they want to do. And she’s acting totally fine now. When they wheeled her in her bed down to CT she kept shouting “whee” and “ hooray”. So we will probably be sent home with no answers and just stay at my parents house tonight. But the last few days have been scary, she had significant loss of balance so much so that she couldn’t even walk or stand. She resorted to crawling and even that seemed challenging. Her eyes kept rolling up and she kept squinting her eyes really tight. Of course when we boring her in she starts acting completely fine.

[jewels]

That’s scary lfig. I hope the symptoms don’t return

[lahdeedah]

Hope you get some decent sleep tonight jewels. I would seek a quiet room(no snoring husbands) on hopes that helps the headache situation. Feel better.

lfig Hope y’all get out of there soon. It must have been troubling for y’all to bring her in. Glad she seems fine now and I hope she stays that way.

[lfig]

Soooo…last week we increased one of her seizure meds. that is what they suspect is the culprit. It can cause balance issues and eye fluttering. They are pulling it back to what it was before, and instead increasing a different med. Working on discharge paperwork now.