So far we have been lucky with the weather. Chillier at night but still nice during the day. I do feel bored also. If I had any energy I could have gone for a walk or something. I feel pretty lazy too. Dad is watching a football game. Mom is doing her word search puzzles. I have been on the computer most of the day. Checking e-mails etc. Mom was sitting out on one of their swings earlier. Dad was doing some running around. Didn't feel like doing either.
We hired three companions for Mom. They come in and fix her breakfast and lunch. Do exercises with her, give her the meds. They will also do laundry, take Mom places. Nancy is one of them, she comes three morning during the week. She was going to go to work at one of the companies. She is a friend of Kelly's, my sister-in-law, from Church. Kelly is more of a sister to us. She talked to the rest of us about Nancy. Brought her down here to see if she wanted to work for Mom. Jennifer is the one that came this morning. I like her also. I haven't met the one who is going to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. She will help Mom get ready for Church. The other two companions come at 10 and leave at 1. I come in to stay for a week every month. My family still have the companions come in. They don't come down to help in the evenings. It was my idea to give my family a break while I am here. The reason why we hired the companions is because everyone's kids are back in school again. My family helps at the schools so they needed someone here to help Mom. The other two mornings the companions are not here, my family takes turns coming over.
Our family was always close but this just brought us closer. We have a conference call every month. To check to see how Mom and Dad are doing. It helps me out a lot since I am not here as much. We also e-mail back and forth. My family is big on computers. We don't have Mom cook anymore except in the microwave. She doesn't really do that much because she has a walker and she has to walk a little bent over because she has a thing wrong with her back. There is a name for it, I just can't remember it now. She has to do exercises twice a day, to keep her muscles going well. Mom and I are going to watch "Titanic" tonight. I am in the livingroom sitting on their couch. My bedroom, as my parents call it, is upstairs.
This has been a lazy day for me. I think that it is good for me though. I go to Community Alliance (CA) five days a week. I don't look forward to the weekends though. CA gives me something to do. A girlfriend of mine just got accepted to go. I am so happy about it. We used to work together until we both got mentally ill enough we had to quit. She has physical problems so she had to quit before I did. Boy, I loved that job. I worked in a high school as a custodian. My girlfriends name is Sue. I e-mailed another girfriend a long letter. We don't get to talk or see each other very much. She is a RN and works a lot of hours. So when she is off she sleeps a lot. We call and leave messages to say how we are doing and to just check-in.
I told her all that has been going on with Mom these past few months. I should try and call her while I am here. I use my cell phone at home because it is long distance. Her and I can talk for hours. I have another girlfriend that I don't talk to very much. I have heard all her complaints for the past twenty years or so. I mean I love her but I am depressed when I get off the phone from her. It is always a one sided conversation. Her and I have been friends since high school. Around 30 years. She never used to complain until she got married and had kids.We all complain about something or another at times. People are tired of me complaining that I can't smoke anymore, I'm sure. I know that is a really stupid thing to talk about but I wasn't ready to quit when I had to.
I know I do the self-pity thing along with the complaining. My cell phone died so I had to get another one. The one I bought was on a really good sale. It has a camera in it. So now all I have to do is figure out how to use it. My friend Michel had the same phone once. He can help me with it. I don't do text messaging. Not going to pay for it for one thing. I am in a good mood today even though I am lazy. Not sure what I am having for dinner. We do the microwave thing when I am here. I don't really like to cook anymore. It is just me when I am home anyway. The cats have their own food, LOL. I am going to go out and figure out what I am having for dinner. The movies starts at six. Mom and I both have to eat. Do her meds and exercise before then. She said she is not ready to eat yet.
Everyone have a nice evening and take care of yourselves.
Love ya, Cyn
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