La Vie en Rose

I have not blogged in a while, because I've been very busy looking after the Aged Parent.  Thanksgiving was really the holiday from hell.  Mom fell in the afternoon, while attempting to transfer from the wheelchair to the toilet.  She struck her knee against the doorframe, so I figured we'd better take her to the emergency room for an x ray.  Luckily, we'd ordered dinner from a local deli/caterer, so all that had to be done was heat and serve.

But wait; there's more.  I did not take a housekey because I was rushing to get into the ambulance with Mom.  Later, my Sister did not take her key because she forgot, then figured I had one.  No.  So, when my BIL brought me back home to eat some dinner, we had to break into the house.  He managed to break his glasses while breaking a storm window and I popped the screen off the front window, but sprained my ankle while sliding off the stoop.

Anyhow, Mom was OK--a possible hairline fracture, but nothing too serious.  The Tylenol with  codiene made her quite difficult.  She thought we only had three shopping days until Christmas; woke me at 4Am because she was bored, or believed it was time to get Ginny up for work ( not at 4am) forgot how to transfer from wheelchair to bed, so spent the weekend sleeping in her beige lounger chair.

It was not much fun.  Due to the stress of caregiving, and Thanksgiving, I've gained 5 pounds.  The goal is to eat sensibly, exercise, and lose the weight before Christmas.