Fuzz-N-Ator
Fuzz-N-Ator
Whoa the first 11 days of this trip has been challenging to say the least. Cat hates the dog, dog hates the cat and The Fuzz has decided to pee on everyone.s clothes and blankets. (Heavy sigh). I have NOT caved. Yesterday spent the whole day with my Mom. You know how they are at 83. I brought The Fuzz. Mom held The Fuzz, it seems to be comforting, she ooohs and Ahhhhhh, and tells her how much she loves her. I say Mom I'll do the laundry, NO apparently I don't know how at 55 years old. My Mom fills the washer half way with hot water, sits and waits, fills the rest with cold water, sits and waits. Puts the detergent in and the clothes, then proceeds to stir it with a stick.....she's right, I do not know the stick method of washing. Apparently I don't know how to sort clothes, put them in a dryer or fold them. I did get to do the dishes but only because the sink is behind her and Mom can't turn her head and watch me. All this time my Dad is resting because of his recent four day hospital stay. I know we all will eventually go through the aging parent thing but it is so dang hard. And sometimes some very unGodly thoughts flow through my mind that cause me a lot of guilt. I get ready to leave, Mom kisses The Fuzz's head goodbye, and The Fuzz hisses right in her face. (Sigh). I would be so drunk right now if it was four months ago to ease the irritation. But ok, for today, I will not drink.
Thanks everyone. Love ya' bunches!!!!
Pam.
Thanks everyone. Love ya' bunches!!!!
Pam.
Good job, Raider! I don't know the stick and stir method of laundry either. seems odd. my grandma had been using laundry powder detergent for the dishes. We finally figured out she had forgotten about liquid soap. Alzhiemers.
Give The Fuzz am ear rub from me and pat on the back to you! well done!
love from Lenina
Give The Fuzz am ear rub from me and pat on the back to you! well done!
love from Lenina
Good going, Raider. You have been through the wringer even if the laundry hasn't. I am so afraid to grow old; caring for my Mom for the last 2+ years of her life and witnessing the idiosyncrasies she developed in the last 7 or so years of her life has put real fear in me.
Stay strong, friend.
Stay strong, friend.
If you can't laugh about an 83 year old stirring laundry with a stick, what can you laugh about. Hahahahaha. Captain apparently you need to be schooled in stick method. I didn't know about the plastic wrapped laundry basket either. Clothes get dirty again without Saran Wrap. Hahahahaha
Oh, Raider, so much to learn and so little time.
I went through the aging parent thing with both my parents recently and it's not easy. My Dad was driving while having mini-strokes (literally). He went off the road, luckily didn't hurt anyone. But, he refused to stop driving, just refused. So, I had to contact the Motor Vehicle dept and find the branch that dealt with old, crazy people. It was so very hard to write a letter asking them to annul my Dad's driver's licence. But, they did and I was so relieved that he wouldn't be someone who drove into a group of people waiting at a bus stop...sigh.
Good for you for getting through this.
I went through the aging parent thing with both my parents recently and it's not easy. My Dad was driving while having mini-strokes (literally). He went off the road, luckily didn't hurt anyone. But, he refused to stop driving, just refused. So, I had to contact the Motor Vehicle dept and find the branch that dealt with old, crazy people. It was so very hard to write a letter asking them to annul my Dad's driver's licence. But, they did and I was so relieved that he wouldn't be someone who drove into a group of people waiting at a bus stop...sigh.
Good for you for getting through this.
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My mama used flash her expired "driving license" around the nursing home. ..she was proud of it....she did often lose her teeth...call me crazy...but I can see the point of saranwrap....I wear black and have cats and a pomeranian.
Raider, great job not drinking. The Fuzz is an Ambassador of goodwill, or hissy-fits, whichever works. I think The Fuzz has had enough grandma, too.
My grandpa would have fits if we used more than one ice cube per drink. Once I used two and he saw them in the glass. Boy did I get in trouble. I was 43 years old.
My grandpa would have fits if we used more than one ice cube per drink. Once I used two and he saw them in the glass. Boy did I get in trouble. I was 43 years old.
Oh Lord, Raider. How I feel for you.
My mom will not let me help her with laundry either but she doesn't have a magic stick. She has a some sort of secret washer morris code she uses when the washer starts filling. She fills it half way with water then puts the clothes in..one. piece. at. a. time. When she is finished doing that she proceeds to close and then open the top 3 times in a row. Open/SLAM Open/SLAM Open/SLAM. Finally as she turns to walk away from it, she whips back around and gives it one more ear piercing SLAM!
Don't even get me started about washing dishes...or vacuuming.
Glad you survived that with grace and a sense of humor!
My mom will not let me help her with laundry either but she doesn't have a magic stick. She has a some sort of secret washer morris code she uses when the washer starts filling. She fills it half way with water then puts the clothes in..one. piece. at. a. time. When she is finished doing that she proceeds to close and then open the top 3 times in a row. Open/SLAM Open/SLAM Open/SLAM. Finally as she turns to walk away from it, she whips back around and gives it one more ear piercing SLAM!
Don't even get me started about washing dishes...or vacuuming.
Glad you survived that with grace and a sense of humor!
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