Furniture Move – Day 2
After yeseterday’s Herculean efforts, today has been easy. Finish loading the little stuff. Close the truck. Close the house. Try but fail to get on the earlier ferry. Walk about town, have lunch, get on our intended boat. Pick up our truck once on the mainland. Arrive home and take a wee rest. Open the […]
Furniture Move – Day 1
My DH and I got up early this morning, after making sure all our ducks were in a row last night. This included decompressing and unpacking from a six day camping trip… We drove north, picked up a 10’ moving-truck, ditching our own truck, caught the ferry, and upon arriving at mom’s Island house went […]
Introspections
While driving home yesterday (six-plus hours less a lunch stop), I was suddenly confronted with not wanting to deal with my mom’s back and forth, and ups and downs anymore. Like, hand off her care and feeding to someone else, or evaporate, or wake up in some different, contention-free reality. In that moment, in the […]
I Stand Corrected….
Mom left voice mail 72 hours ago wanting to talk about making plans to return to the Island… I must have missed this message by hours, and have been too scared to check our answering service since… To paraphrase: “Hi Sweetheart, I want to get together to talk about plans, not giant ones, about returning […]
Most of a Week Off
My husband and I are taking 6 nights to camp at two locations. Our first stop was the camp where we both spent our childhood summers. This summer is the property’s 100th anniversary of its founding as a summer camp for children (It hasn’t been operated as a camp since 1985). We were there for […]
Emotion vs. Intellect = Anxiety
I’m having a r-e-a-l-l-y difficult time right now as my intellect cedes ground to my emotional (read small child) side. Mom’s conviction of her impending return to the Island is intensely challenging. She is my mother, after all. A mother possessing a most forceful, if not fierce, personality my entire experience of her. It’s almost […]
In Other News…
Me and my mom’s dearest and oldest friend from college days had planned on seeing mom tomorrow. This has been in the wings for months. Unfortunately, he’s unable to make tomorrow, and we’re hoping for a visit toward the end of August before his return to Europe. We had planned to tell mom about the […]
Is Mercury in Retrograde?
I don’t dabble in astrology any deeper than to understand that my personality is pretty much aligned with my zodiac sign. Last night I reached out to a former band mate who is deep into the subject, and discovered that Mercury is in retrograde for the next couple of weeks. This affects transportation and communication. […]
Visit with Dr. O
I took mom to see Dr. O yesterday. When I picked her up, it was obvious her A/C wasn’t running. Her hair looked like it had dried after being sweaty. She had put some effort into what she wore; linen pants and a white cotton blouse with cut work on the hem. I got her […]
Precious Potting Soil
!Rant Warning! Plant transport went well until I made the right turn into my subdivision. It was then that the jade plant pitched forward and spit out its brick. Yes, its brick. The plant’s seatbelt was still on (I can’t believe I’m writing this), but the pot was at a precarious angle, and its brick […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 