Official update
Okay, I wrote a book of a post, but I'll have to make this short. My cuts aren't working. The last official update was while Mom was still in the nursing home. In a nutshell ...
She went in to gain her strength back and get back on her feet using her walker. She came out unable to stand, walk, dress herself, or transfer herself. Her upper extremity range of motion is extremely limited. She has to duck her head a bit to feed herself. She is totally incontinent. There is just me to take care of her. Bathe, dress, change, transfer, cook for, dole out meds, give insulin injections, and be the usual chauffeur.
I broke my ankle, but since I could weight-bear had to continue working to pay bills, plus I still had to take care of her. Neck pain is back, as is the back, and now hips.
Lousy 10 cent raise at work, but somehow I managed to streamline my work so that I actually get done earlier, so my paychecks are actually LESS than before the raise. Crap.
Computer issues all around. My desktop (XP) won't boot up Windows anymore. My laptop (Vista) does something I can't even describe when I try unsuccessfully to log in to LJ. Mom's notebook (XP) works, but it really lags. I've cleaned up and defragged and eliminated as much extraneous stuff as I could, but no improvement. But at least with the hi-speed internet, I can zoom around the net without waiting a half hour for a page to fully load! Have discovered I hate IE, HATE Chrome, love love Firefox. The version of Firefox on mom's notebook is outdated, but I don't know if it can handle an upgrade.
Miss our cats. Want to get another one or two, but need to rip up the carpet first. But I have too much on my plate to do that right now.
Now that I can POST again (YAY!!), hopefully I'll get back to writing again.
That's all for now. Take care all.
She went in to gain her strength back and get back on her feet using her walker. She came out unable to stand, walk, dress herself, or transfer herself. Her upper extremity range of motion is extremely limited. She has to duck her head a bit to feed herself. She is totally incontinent. There is just me to take care of her. Bathe, dress, change, transfer, cook for, dole out meds, give insulin injections, and be the usual chauffeur.
I broke my ankle, but since I could weight-bear had to continue working to pay bills, plus I still had to take care of her. Neck pain is back, as is the back, and now hips.
Lousy 10 cent raise at work, but somehow I managed to streamline my work so that I actually get done earlier, so my paychecks are actually LESS than before the raise. Crap.
Computer issues all around. My desktop (XP) won't boot up Windows anymore. My laptop (Vista) does something I can't even describe when I try unsuccessfully to log in to LJ. Mom's notebook (XP) works, but it really lags. I've cleaned up and defragged and eliminated as much extraneous stuff as I could, but no improvement. But at least with the hi-speed internet, I can zoom around the net without waiting a half hour for a page to fully load! Have discovered I hate IE, HATE Chrome, love love Firefox. The version of Firefox on mom's notebook is outdated, but I don't know if it can handle an upgrade.
Miss our cats. Want to get another one or two, but need to rip up the carpet first. But I have too much on my plate to do that right now.
Now that I can POST again (YAY!!), hopefully I'll get back to writing again.
That's all for now. Take care all.