Pretty sure I could go through 24 tiny jams in 24 days without trying very hard, so I don’t know what to tell you, meara.

I guess this will interrupt your going back to work plan, askye. On top of the actual being sick, which I hope is not too bad for any of you (although I do hope M’s mom feels bad enough to understand that she is sick and maybe should stay home…)

Two more kids are coming to ltc's kids party!!! (1 friend and 1 sibling!) Woo Hoo!

{{{Teppy}}} I'm so sorry, that's such a difficult position to be in. Do you think he is even taking the medicine that was helping him in the hospital even at the lower dose? Any chance you can convince him to move to an assisted living situation?

{{{Teppy}}} I'm so sorry, that's such a difficult position to be in. Do you think he is even taking the medicine that was helping him in the hospital even at the lower dose?

I think he probably is, but my brother thinks it's not close to being a therapeutic dose for him.

Any chance you can convince him to move to an assisted living situation?

That's going to be a really hard sell. But there are services that can help him in his home, and he might be more likely to agree to those.

Timelies all!

Hugs and ~ma for all who need/want it.

But there are services that can help him in his home, and he might be more likely to agree to those.

That's good because this cannot be all on you when your brother goes home.

The Yankees swept the Mets, and my congressional candidate lost to a trust-fund baby who spent $4 million of his own money to win. Fuck that shit. Fuck.

Not cool, Tom. Sorry.

Here in Central NY my sister went yesterday to vote in her primary and they had to dig for the Democrats list because they hadn't had one in for a while. Sigh.

In FL I was pulling for Nikki for the governor's race and Charlie won. I'll vote for him, but I really think he has too much baggage. Bottom line it is going to be a for or against DeSantis result so probably doesn't matter. My hopes and dreams are set on Val Demings taking out Marco Rubio who isn't super popular.

eta: In better election news for my district - "Broward voters on Tuesday agreed to double a special school tax that would go toward increasing teacher salaries, school security officers and mental health resources..."

my congressional candidate lost to a trust-fund baby who spent $4 million of his own money to win

The NY redistricting was such a massive shitshow.

The geriatrician's nurse practitioner can see Dad tomorrow, which is great because my brother is still in town, and I'd like him to be there because he has insight as a mental health professional that I don't have. While acknowledging that he can't ethically diagnose or treat a family member, he still can report what his experience with Dad has been like. Plus it his interactions with Dad are very different from my interactions with Dad, so just on that level, he also has a unique perspective.

I'll be there as well, although I do want to avoid making Dad feel like he's being ganged up on, because that will make him super defensive. (On the other hand, it might be good for the NP to see what Dad acts like when he's being a full-on asshole to his adult children.)

I'm predicting there's a better than 50-50 chance the NP will send him to a psych unit directly from the appointment. According to my brother, the hallucinations occur daily, and last basically all day long. That seems like it needs inpatient care and IV or IM doses of antipsychotics that can hopefully break this cycle.

This part of taking care of your aging parents is so hard.