may 18,2023

Yesterday afternoon and last night was a shit show of epic proportions.   I had to play the mean aunt and have a "come to jesus" moment with Blaine.  He's been given a long leash by his parents and me.  He lives independently is self sufficient in so far as he's not on any assistance.   Otherwise it takes a village and sometimes that village forgets we are dealing with a 42 yr old "14 yr old".   And what 14 yr old wants to clean his apartment or do his own laundry?  Right.

While I haven't talked to my brother about this, I laid down some new ground rules with him (and his girlfriend).  Now, it's going to be up to me to follow-up and not just for a while.  Blaine always does good for 'a while' until he falls off the radar.  Not this time, Blaine.  Sorry.

Then I was called in to help a 76 yr old lady (friend and former yoga student) who is in the nursing home.   She's cantankerous and burned all of her bridges with family members.  Now she's reaching out for help from the nursing home where she is rehabing for the next 6-8 weeks.  My intuition tells me I'll be called more often.  My fear is that she'll ask me to be her emergency contact.  I cannot take in that additional response right now.  I just can't. 

Today, so far, has been an okay day other than the fact that I'm tired, stressed and cold.  We had a cold front move through that's brought down smoke from Canadian wildfires.  It's choking out our sun, dangit.   C'mon Canada....get with the program here! 😉

Comments

Rob said…
"C'mon Canada....get with the program here!"

Yup, everyone's got problems in life - some have it much harder than others.

Canadian fires have burned about 478,000 hectares, or 1,800 square miles, across Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan as of Monday — 10 times the average area burned for this time of year, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. 😟 And so it goes ...
Sherry said…
That's scary all the damage being done by the fires. I've only had to deal with the smoke for 24 hrs, i can't imagine living amongst it.

I hope all is well with you and yours!
Rob said…
Living here in Toronto, we're ok but we have relatives living out west in Alberta and British Columbia so I'm sure that they're not happy campers these days.
Rob said…
I've been reading your blog recent postings but sorry that I've not posted many comments. Been under the weather for the last few weeks. Just lately starting to feel a bit better. Hope you're not letting life get you down too much. Remember my motto, right? About the small stuff? :-)
Sherry said…
I remember...don't sweat the small stuff. :) I'm a warrior having a few moments of "what the hell!", but I am doing good. Now you get better!! The weekend is coming up and summer things to enjoy :)

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