I’ve been having such a rough time lately but things somewhat smoothed out for a few hours today at least. I’ve not been able to blog – when I get a chance, I find myself asleep in my recliner with my laptop on my lap.
Both of my parents’ conditions are worsening. If there is a transplant out there for my Mom I feel we are getting much closer to it. I fear if she doesn’t get one soon I’ll have both parents on Hospice. Dad’s been moved out of private pay memory care to a nursing home on Medicaid. I’ve still not submitted the application yet – I have to figure out the asset requirements after having spent all of Dad’s retirement on his care and leaving nothing for my Mom. Something about that just doesn’t seem right to me.
As always, I’m still trying to manage work in all of this; after all, if I don’t work, I won’t have a home to live in or a car to drive or food to eat. So far work has been somewhat understanding, most of the time. But it is starting to wane as things drag out and between them, there always seems to be something interferring with the flow of business. Finally, while it hasn’t been this busy in the last couple of weeks, the latter half of January had me billing 167 hours – so I was tired! And, gratefully, during that critical 2 weeks, things were relatively smooth with my parents.
I guess I’m probably telling this to you’all because I’ve not had a chance to blog recently, and perhaps I wanted to whine – which I do seem to be doing a lot of lately – along with snapping at my Mom and crying (sometimes big, sometimes small).
Falling asleep again, argh, so I’ll just hit send.
So sorry about all you are going through with your parents and also the busyness of work. I hope it helped to share this with us. Write when you can. We are here for you. Also keep looking up to the source of your strength.
Hi Derek–You can whine to us any time! I hope last night brought a good night’s sleep and today will bring you comfort and peace.