I love a good Sunday, things are usually quieter and it is a day I can catch up on stuff. Today is a rare day when I don’t have anything planned or scheduled and I was so looking forward to ‘sleeping in’ and having an easy day whatever that may mean.
I am back in Alaska and the jet lag is real, up at 5am today better than the 3am of yesterday. It is pure joy to wake up in the cabin in my own bed. I’ve had a moment of “where am I” the last two mornings. I can’t believe another week has come and gone. We made it!
Things seem to be ticking along back east. Mom has a quiet day today now that the trio has departed. I am hoping that this week will bring routine for both of us. The dog walker is coming twice a day to take Stanley out. Mom is on ‘her own’ with PT, OT and daily living at the Brighton Beach community. This will be the first full week of our ‘new normal’ and I am hoping for both of us we have an uneventful stretch. No falls, no ER visits, no BS just a calm, quiet week filled with mundane routine and for me ticking things off my to do lists. This is an odd wish I know. I am craving quiet and routine… if you know me you are probably thinking OMG what is wrong with her?! My life has been anything but calm, quiet and routine but I think the last 8 weeks, really the whole of 2023, has been such an onslaught of putting out fires, and that feeling of being on the edge of a pressure cooker that my inner self is wanting to push pause. So I am.
Highlight reel and lessons learned from this week:
Don’t let the assholes get you down.
People are not always self or situationally aware, & this is going to be frustrating.
You will spend more time than you can imagine on the phone and sorting out insurances – it will take 5 phone calls and you still won’t have an answer.
Radio was the hero this week, along with Wade the dog walker. I didn’t have a chance to shout either out yet but I am thankful for both. 105.7 Real Rock has been the perfect soundtrack lately, so much so that I am now streaming it from Alaska. A radio station that plays Metallica is ok in my book. Thanks for reminding me of all the music I used to listen to… I’ve been stuck in podcast land and needed the reminder to rock out. Robinhood Dog Walking has been great to work with and I appreciate that they make it possible for mom to keep Stanley with her… he has been her companion dog and I could not imagine separating those two right now.
I am going to embrace a self imposed no talking day. My dear friend Mel turned me on to this concept years ago…taking a day and not talking to anyone. I am never successful, and of course I will talk to mom, I already have once this morning but it helps me slow things down a bit. Until tomorrow… xokQ.
Minding Mom. 