LisaJul 6, 20184 minfinally, a holidayIt’s been a good while since I actually had a holiday. As in, a day off, spent in enjoyable activities with family and/or friends. For th...
LisaJun 30, 20184 minI can sing again!I got a couple of job nibbles this week. Filling out applications online can be such a pain, though! I spent an hour one day trying to ge...
LisaJun 24, 20184 minchampagne night!Mom’s first care plan meeting went well. I walked in and the first person I saw was the dietitian I worked with almost daily when I worke...
LisaJun 17, 20185 minlooking back, looking aheadLast night made two years since the first time mom didn’t recognize me. Roughly, anyway. I don’t remember the exact date, but it was Satu...
LisaJun 11, 20184 minsneak peek--A Song for the SeacrossingQuick blog post to keep my promise and share a bit of the book I'm working on! This is from the first chapter. To set-up: Kirby is an und...
LisaJun 7, 20183 minreclaiming my life (a little at a time)I’ve spent a good chunk of every day since my last post dealing with mom things. Monday I had to take her things, as I mentioned at the e...
LisaJun 3, 20183 mingambling (some. Not much.)I wasn’t sure if I’d be going with my family on our little gambling mini-vacation, because as of the day before, mom was still at New Psy...
LisaMay 29, 20185 mincircling buzzard, sliding rabbitMom is doing better, according to the caregivers at New Psych. No seat belt for several days, and no need for shots of medicine to contro...
LisaMay 22, 20183 minwow, another blog postJust a quick drive-by to say hello and share a couple of things! Did you watch the royal wedding last weekend? Yes, I did. Please, nobody...
LisaMay 19, 20187 mincoming up for airOn Mother’s Day, I did go see mom. She…sort of knew who I was? I wore her favorite Winnie the Pooh shirt, and she recognized that; but th...
LisaMay 10, 20185 minnothing ever goes as planned.Writing this post makes me feel like my favorite nightly newscast. It’s become a running joke, so much so that half the time when the show...
LisaMay 6, 20184 minkeep on keeping onI talked with the psych unit’s social worker last Thursday. She said Place K had sent a nurse out to evaluate mom, and they were deciding...
LisaMay 1, 20184 minon a swingI’m still having these weird mood swings. Friday I got to go to the local flea market for the first time in several years…and spend all t...
LisaApr 25, 20185 minart, rats, and wrestling kissesThe family has been trying to keep me away from mom, for fear seeing me would agitate her more. I’ve been torn about it, because while of...
LisaApr 19, 20186 minfinally, I blog about something other than caregivingWhen I last left you, dear readers, my head was spinning from mom’s transfers and travels, and I had been admonished to get out of town a...
LisaApr 18, 20184 minthe deed is done, and then notIt’s happened. Sort of. Kind of. Not really, to be honest, which is why I haven’t been able to blog in so long. Mom was scheduled to move...
LisaApr 5, 20185 mintransitionsOperation Place K is moving along. I had a brief but intense freak-out on Monday when I called mom’s doctors to make sure they were sendi...
LisaApr 1, 20183 min"shall I ever look down..."Okay, I did it. After my last blog post, I called and set up an appointment for a nurse from Place K to come and evaluate mom for memory ...
LisaMar 19, 20184 minweasels are eating my brainFacebook saw fit to remind me the other day that it had been a year since I started blogging! How is it that time can seem to fly by, and...
LisaMar 4, 20184 minwhat color is Friday?Place K was as nice as I remember it being; very clean and neat, with pleasant staff who interact well with the residents. The lobby’s be...