yikes, msbelle, that's terrifying! Glad you are okay and hope mac is not too traumatized.
aw, Jesse, it's good you have a friend who will be there to support you when the time comes.
Scrappy, I don't know if it is a strategy that helps, but sometimes pretending to not give a fuck helps.
Yes! I have to try that strategy at work more. Scrappy, hope you surprise yourself on that test!
Tomorrow is our anniversary and Bob has to go to Chicago. I'm joining him on Wednesday so it's not so bad but I wanted to do something for him since we'll be apart anniversary night. I called the hotel and they are going to have scotch and chocolate waiting in his room. He gets "amenities" when he checks in due to his super loyal customer status but they are doing these ones special per my request. I was ready to pay for the scotch but they didn't charge me. And they are sending a little note from me with the goodies. Love Kimpton!
A rule? Why? It keeps your shells.
Ahaha! I just went back to see, and didn't even realize it was me! I was just watching Revenge and they were all wearing various kinds of vest for the shooting part.
msbelle, so glad you're okay. Poor mac, that's a traumatic thing to witness.
lisah, that's hella sweet.
My birthday is next Monday, my present from my sister is not taking my mother to her psych appointment.
Current plan is to hire companions for Mom, so Dad doesn't have to deal with her all day every day. My sister even thinks they should live apart, but it seems unlikely to me that he would agree.
I imagine on Revenge all horse riding involves jodhpurs, too.
Consuela, that is a great present from your sister.
Every caregiver needs a break sometimes. When my quadraplegic grandfather still lived at home, the VA had a respite program where he could go stay there for a week or something, and of course he hated it, but my grandmother really, really needed it.
We very recently changed ISPs here at home, and for the first time I posted to Live Journal with the new setup. LJ immediately sent me an email to let me know that someone had posted to my account from an unfamiliar IP address. That's kind of cool.
I was just watching Revenge and they were all wearing various kinds of vest for the shooting part.
The skeet shooting, anyway.
Didn't Bob have to spend a previous 'versary in Chicago as well? Dear Bob's work: why so mean? But yay, Kimpton!
Consuela, I think as much distance as all of you can get from the toxic is good. As much focus as has to be on your mom with her right-there-NOW demands, your dad should get his own focus too (and that doesn't mean to be from you- from the same coordinators at the new place who can point him in directions of things that might engage him. Things that are not of the crazy.) Also, it might feel like a mighty slog (it is) with no progress, but it is progress. I do think it will get easier. Your mother might not, but the coping mechanisms everyone is setting in place will mute the difficulty for the rest of you.
