I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
My kids avoid seeing MIL .
They get interrogated about their lives .
I have had tinnitus since my 20’s and I hate silence because I notice the ringing in my ears so I have my phone under my ear. So, it’s either a podcast or music on and I fall asleep listening to it.
Oh, and I listen to wrbh radio. They are a nonprofit organization that read unabridged books to the blind in our community but just as many sighted people listen to it. I love that station.
Sounds stressful! I suppose that it’s better than my 100 year old cousin who still drives. Get this, she argues with the cops who give her speeding tickets!
I gave up on telling her that she shouldn’t be driving and that she should be using the shuttle bus at her facility.
As predicted , her first question was if she’s getting any great grands soon from my son and daughter in law . And when is my daughter getting married 😤😤
My ears and tongue are hemorrhaging . Good thing I have 180 mile buffer again when I get home.
She still thinks she “drives well “ and she will “think “ about getting POA papers drawn up. She is finally using a cane ( but needs a walker ) when she leaves the house after yet another bad fall on the sidewalk last week and 6 hours in the ER getting scanned since she’s on blood thinners. Her face , arms , hands are bruised and scraped etc. I guess that’s progress.
Thanks for letting me vent .
“What goes around does have a way of coming around in time too.”
Boy do I wish for that.
I do dog rescue work, so I can so identify with you. We are getting way more picky now, fearing that one of the other of us 80-somethings will break our silly neck on the stairs with dog-duty. We have a nice back yard and they need to be able to access it themselves!
Good luck with the sleeping. Let us know what works.
Yes Pam I’m only venting. Scared, worried, bullied. Let justice prevail in court.
Have you ever tired podcasts for sleep. I love them waking or sleeping, but if I ever have one of my very rare sleepless nights I find that true crime podcasts put me out like the proverbial light.
"Bullies" don't stop bullying.
It is well enough to hope for justice.
But it is a bit like "hoping for rain". Unpredictable.
Best thing for bullies is to stop waiting, stop hoping, stop weather reports, and just cut them completely out of your life with a surgically sharp knife.
Then don't let them near you again.
Try it; I have found it to have better results that "waiting" and "hoping".
The bullies (family members) continue. But I see some justice.
I hear it takes time to adjust to retirement . ((((Hugs))).
when I was young I worked nights , took care of my kids during the day. Took a nap after dinner. I used to say “ sleep, what’s that ? “
Former nurse here . Most of us have bad sleep hygiene . I left nursing 4 years ago after 35 years . I still can’t go to sleep at a decent hour .
Surgeons are supposed to do a sponge count after surgery, but it seemed that they did not do one when your friend had the surgery. This was definitely a malpractice lawsuit that your friend should have pursued, but I guess the statute of limitations ran on that one.
I am not familiar with your situation but I hope that it will work out for you.