Saving All My Love for You

Yes, and Mom gave that song a new and less than delightful ( for me) context.  Today, I finally thought I was going to get a day off.  The regular Health Aide had to attend a housing court hearing, and the substitute didn't arrive until 1130am.  It gave me three hours to get a test done at Quest diagnostics and then go shopping.  I figured that even if  the lab was crowded, I would be spared having to change an adult diaper. ( Mom had needed a change as I was leaving and I told the aide)

Guess What?  Mom, unlike Blanche DuBois, did not depend on the kindness of strangers.  She told the aide that she wanted me to change the diaper when I got home ( it was wet and soiled).  So, I arrive home, just in the nick of time, and find out that I had to change Mom.  After the aide left, I told Mom she was being a little inconsiderate of me, and it wasn't the first time a stranger had to change her. 

Oddly enough, I kept my frazzled temper, and changed her, which was no easy task. After she was all cleaned up, I went upstairs to give myself a 'time out'.  I returned after an hour break to find out HM needed to be changed again.  She was a bit sheepish about it, and I said ( and meant) that it wasn't a problem: I could understand why she didn't like being handled by a total stranger.

Mom, like most Autocrats, can be sublimely unaware of her subjects' physical and emotional needs.  The other night, she woke me every two hours, beginning at 1AM to ask 'what time is it"?  I gave her the time, with a rather grumpy 'go back to sleep".  The following morning she explained that she was couldn't sleep and felt lonely.  I don't suppose getting her a Chia Pet or a Snuggle Puppy would help.

Que sera sera