(You're at the one just south of Market, yes?) Speaking of, we should get on the stick about planning your rampage, hmmmm? I could even pick you up from the hotel (for all values of "picking up" that equal "walking into the lobby").
Yeah, the Moscone Center one-- and yes, let's plot and plan and please pick me up in that walking into the lobby sort of way and we shall begin our assault.
Oh, and I just realized-- I can bring my new black leather jacket! I don't have to wait until November to wear it! YAY!
Oh, um, Perkins--when are you in Vegas, again?
the 31st through the 2nd. Juliana and I get there Thursday afternoon and leave Saturday afternoon. I think Lisah gets there Wednesday night and leaves Saturday morning.
Okay, someone tell me that I'm ready for another day of this.
You can do it, ND. Much cope~ma to you. But if you need to find an empty room to step into and shake for a few minutes now and then, that's perfectly understandable, too. The world will still be there when you're done.
The world will still be there when you're done.
Yes, this is the good news and the bad news. Take care of you!
Juliana and I get there Thursday afternoon and leave Saturday afternoon.
Ooooh. I may be able to do dinner with y'all Thursday night!! I'm there Thursday daytime working, and my flight doesn't leave until like, 8:30PM. But I won't be working that late, clearly, it was just that was the flight options...
Ooooh. I may be able to do dinner with y'all Thursday night!!
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Do you have my cell number?
It's just a perfect storm of stress right now. Mom's regular caregiver ended up working 35 days straight due to Dad's sudden illness. The caregiver has also had a nasty cough that she hasn't had a chance to get looked at. We have hired another company to do caregiving with a CNA two days a week so that there's 7 days of coverage and our regular one gets a regular break. This week is the first of that. Yesterday was the first day and the regular caregiver was here in the morning to show the new one where things are. Then, it was just me and the regular caregiver. After we got mom to bed, it's just me overnight, and then a caregiver should be arriving any moment. Since this was a rush to get our regular caregiver a break, we have another different one from the agency today. Only, no regular here today, just me. My sister flew back to Houston yesterday so that she has a few days to get things in order and then she's moving out here essentially permanently.
I'm just stressed. Mom pretty much needs a full assist to do anything, moving in and out of bed, to a chair, to a commode, etc. This is worsened by the fact that she's overweight so it's a difficult full assist.
Our regular caregiver is an amazing woman who's been working here for more than a year and just knows how to get everything done. I'm clueless at least half the time. This is also worsened by the fact that work like doing the assisted moves and helping clean mom up is about as far out of my comfort zone as it gets. I can mask it really well so mom doesn't know, but yeah. Tough.
