Who's had oatmeal in the last three days?
I haven't had any since Friday, but I thought about it really hard on Saturday.
The Lillibean is tres adorabubble. Looking at her pic made me feel so much better after my conversation with my sister.
Which started with mutual birthday greetings, and then proceeded to occupy 40 minutes with "Our mother is infantile, delusional, and practices poor hygiene: And she thinks we're mean for expecting her to bathe." Sis wants so badly to teach Mom that she needs to shower at least once a week. Mom resists. From Sis's description of Mom's behavior, Mom sounds like she has regressed to the state of a 10-12 year old. I have encouraged Sis to get Mom's day-to-day needs out of her hands - for the sake of her own sanity. And also because I worry a bit that if someone else notices, "Hey, that old lady stinks like she hasn't had a bath in months. Why isn't her daughter the RN taking better care of her?" and reports possible neglect, that might make an unfair amount of trouble for Sis. So, we worked out a plan where Sis is going to make a deal with Mom, that if she doesn't shower, Sis will just not take her wherever they were planning to go. Also, Sis is going to try to get Mom to plan an outing by herself using public trans. once a week or so. I encouraged Sis to find a social worker, or agency to really take over, as Mom seriously is more likely to listen to anyone other than her own children about stuff like this.