I sound unsympathetic: I kind of have to be, in order to deal with her at all. She's my mother and I do love her, but I've had to disengage from her emotionally.
Oh Consuela, I have vast, vast sympathy for you right now.
This is such a difficult place to be in life. I'm wishing you best possible outcomes as quickly as they can arrive.
Trying to get my father (who I quite legitimately hated at the time) into a care facility was just a terrible strain. I went way, way beyond the call of duty and he still walked away from the dozens of people trying to help him.
I wholeheartedly support your need for compassionate disconnection. On a very real level, it is the best thing you can do for her. Saving her baby's sanity is a gift to your mother.
I sound unsympathetic: I kind of have to be, in order to deal with her at all. She's my mother and I do love her, but I've had to disengage from her emotionally.
Oh, you don't sound unsympathetic--I'm unsympathetic, so I'd be all "Well, mom, you're going to be bitter and angry anywhere, so might as well be bitter and angry where it's best for everyone else!"
I am having low level cognitive issues. The things it's occurring to me to say in conference calls--I really can't say 50% of them. A disturbing amount of them involve great violence.
And I'm trying to take notes, and be relaxed, and suddenly I'm thinking about the ceiling being sprayed with a hail of bullets. What's *with* that?
I think I was remembering the "no power, no water" thing about wells. That is sort of an issue if you lose power a lot.
Sara's been downstairs playing and singing to herself very operatically for the last twenty minutes. Sing like no one can hear you all the way.
I grew up in a town that had its own well ... it got minimal treatment and spoiled me for other tap water. I don't remember water going out when the power did, but I don't remember any power outages.
If you do get a place with its own well, would a generator be an option?
On any new medication, ita? I had that reaction to an antidepressant.
Funtiems protest (marginally NSFW).
On any new medication, ita?
Three. My typing is also radically changed for the worse. It's really tough.
Any notable benefits? That sounds hard.
