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this aspect of aging that involves becoming unable to make decisions is quite baffling. i mean i recognize that it exists and i see it happen but it's still baffling on some level. my mother called me today and chatted about this and that and then said she wanted my opinion on something.
she said doug came out of the bedroom last night and was a bit distressed and not walking right and something seemed to be wrong for a few minutes though he was able to speak a word or 2. she asked him to smile and he was able to but she did not know the other stroke warning signs. or could not remember. (remember he had a massive stroke 2.5 years ago) she helped him to the bathroom and back to bed and he seemed better and as usual today so she thought it was a TIA, which it does sound like.
but she could have called someone there -- they have medical people on call, they have panic buttons, she has a phone and a cell phone. they have staff 24 hours, or she could have taken doug to the ER, or called 911. but she did not know what to do so she did nothing other than keeping a close eye on him. since he sounds ok now i told her to call his dr. tomorrow and made her promise, and made her promise to tell his daughter. she said she did not want nancy to worry and i said well if there is something wrong that he can get help for then he needs to get that help. also helped her make a plan for the future. (she has 3 options, use the panic buttons or call front desk, call 911, or take doug to ER herself. i think in this case number 1 or 3 would have been good options, i do not think he needed an ambulance for this situation. at least last time she did call 911 though she did not find him until hours later and this time she was present at the time. well, i am glad they are moved there where there is help, she just needs to learn to ask for it.
also their house is on market and they have 1 offer but are hoping for more. the ad said they wanted offers by tuesday. the 1st offer is for list price and cash, though they are hoping to get a little more, they wouldn't be unhappy with that offer if there are not any more, and closing soon would be good.
audin left sometime friday for olympia, then did not get home till this morning. so i could not have gone with him unless i missed work and artwalk (which actually i would have if he asked me to) - the funeral was yesterday. he seems a little.. relieved i guess? well i think a little. maybe it provides a little closure though i am sure he is thinking about his mom all the time. i kept thinking of her when i was cleaning yesterday, she picked out these dishes i am putting away, etc. his house is filled with things she made or gave him. which is both happy and sad. i don't know what happened with emma, he did not bring her home. that is the cat. she probably only has a year or 2, poor thing has thyroid condition and is at least 14 years old. it is silly but i feel so sad that judy did not get to see emma one more time and say goodbye, and that emma did not get to see her.
artwalk was really exhausting and i did a few sort of ding bat things and everyone was laughing at me, not really in a mean way but i was starting to feel kind of upset about it. i am sure they really don't know how exhausted i am by 10pm on a friday or how much my joints hurt at the end of essentially a day and a half of work at the end of the week. it is really the 1 day a month i do anything besides work. at one point i was trying to locate bubble wrap and ring up a sale at the same time, trying to get by 2 gallery members standing oblivious in the middle of the doorway to the back room and i hit my face against the door frame trying to get past them and now i have a bruise next to my eye. it is not a black eye though.
i made about 1/2 of rent. no one was selling a lot though at least we had more people than we have in months so that was really good. 1st time we have had wine so maybe i should bring some next month. i brought meat and cheese and crackers and mallory made beautiful cookies. she is a cookie artist. she made cookies shaped like gems to go with her new series or artwork. we sold a ton of stickers last night. everyone that had stickers was selling a lot. there was a fight between 2 members, which seems to always happen, and i am pretty tired of that. josh was really being a jerk but that is so out of character and he was leaving that night for 3 months in spain and i think he was really stressed and worried about getting everything done and getting to airport and i wanted to give him a pass on that but rob was being a butt. rob is frequently a butt. it is so surprising he is not an only child because he acts like an only 3-year-old so much of the time, but he's 40 and has a brother. i got home around 11 and felt sort of anxious, which i had felt all day, so it took much longer than usual to go to sleep.
i made myself do my chores yesterday even though i was sore and just wanted to stay in bed all day. i cleaned my room and the kitchen and dining room and my bathroom which was really overdue. today i felt tired and sore and i did some stuff for WA sales taxes and knit a little but not much else. just too tired today. i guess i am depressed too which is why i am exhausted and sore and unmotivated.
i was talking to travis at the gallery about mj for pain / ibs and he made some suggestions and said he would go shopping with me sometime if i wanted and told me what store to go to. they are having a sale on tuesday, 25% off. he had these drinks that actually sounded ok too. and he said there is stuff that's like sugar you put in your tea and that would be good for a beginner. i think we do have a lot of things you don't have in areas without legal rec. and it seems like almost everyone i know who is younger than me is a regular partaker, it must be a huge business in this area.
the shawl i started is neringa.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/neringa
i am doing rectangular version. the yarn is hand painted rose/orange/red/magenta - all sunset colors with a thin metallic flash. not pastels but sort of midtones. and then the trim color is really bright saturated sunset colors- red/ magenta/orange. they are both handpainted yarns. the trim color will match what my hair was like before it faded. and i am going to redo my hair but after i finish the dental work (1 more session) just because that kind of expensive! it will probably take me that long to finish the shawl anyway. my hair has faded to more hot pink to strawberry blond now. just the stripes, the rest is still dark brown with white.
she said doug came out of the bedroom last night and was a bit distressed and not walking right and something seemed to be wrong for a few minutes though he was able to speak a word or 2. she asked him to smile and he was able to but she did not know the other stroke warning signs. or could not remember. (remember he had a massive stroke 2.5 years ago) she helped him to the bathroom and back to bed and he seemed better and as usual today so she thought it was a TIA, which it does sound like.
but she could have called someone there -- they have medical people on call, they have panic buttons, she has a phone and a cell phone. they have staff 24 hours, or she could have taken doug to the ER, or called 911. but she did not know what to do so she did nothing other than keeping a close eye on him. since he sounds ok now i told her to call his dr. tomorrow and made her promise, and made her promise to tell his daughter. she said she did not want nancy to worry and i said well if there is something wrong that he can get help for then he needs to get that help. also helped her make a plan for the future. (she has 3 options, use the panic buttons or call front desk, call 911, or take doug to ER herself. i think in this case number 1 or 3 would have been good options, i do not think he needed an ambulance for this situation. at least last time she did call 911 though she did not find him until hours later and this time she was present at the time. well, i am glad they are moved there where there is help, she just needs to learn to ask for it.
also their house is on market and they have 1 offer but are hoping for more. the ad said they wanted offers by tuesday. the 1st offer is for list price and cash, though they are hoping to get a little more, they wouldn't be unhappy with that offer if there are not any more, and closing soon would be good.
audin left sometime friday for olympia, then did not get home till this morning. so i could not have gone with him unless i missed work and artwalk (which actually i would have if he asked me to) - the funeral was yesterday. he seems a little.. relieved i guess? well i think a little. maybe it provides a little closure though i am sure he is thinking about his mom all the time. i kept thinking of her when i was cleaning yesterday, she picked out these dishes i am putting away, etc. his house is filled with things she made or gave him. which is both happy and sad. i don't know what happened with emma, he did not bring her home. that is the cat. she probably only has a year or 2, poor thing has thyroid condition and is at least 14 years old. it is silly but i feel so sad that judy did not get to see emma one more time and say goodbye, and that emma did not get to see her.
artwalk was really exhausting and i did a few sort of ding bat things and everyone was laughing at me, not really in a mean way but i was starting to feel kind of upset about it. i am sure they really don't know how exhausted i am by 10pm on a friday or how much my joints hurt at the end of essentially a day and a half of work at the end of the week. it is really the 1 day a month i do anything besides work. at one point i was trying to locate bubble wrap and ring up a sale at the same time, trying to get by 2 gallery members standing oblivious in the middle of the doorway to the back room and i hit my face against the door frame trying to get past them and now i have a bruise next to my eye. it is not a black eye though.
i made about 1/2 of rent. no one was selling a lot though at least we had more people than we have in months so that was really good. 1st time we have had wine so maybe i should bring some next month. i brought meat and cheese and crackers and mallory made beautiful cookies. she is a cookie artist. she made cookies shaped like gems to go with her new series or artwork. we sold a ton of stickers last night. everyone that had stickers was selling a lot. there was a fight between 2 members, which seems to always happen, and i am pretty tired of that. josh was really being a jerk but that is so out of character and he was leaving that night for 3 months in spain and i think he was really stressed and worried about getting everything done and getting to airport and i wanted to give him a pass on that but rob was being a butt. rob is frequently a butt. it is so surprising he is not an only child because he acts like an only 3-year-old so much of the time, but he's 40 and has a brother. i got home around 11 and felt sort of anxious, which i had felt all day, so it took much longer than usual to go to sleep.
i made myself do my chores yesterday even though i was sore and just wanted to stay in bed all day. i cleaned my room and the kitchen and dining room and my bathroom which was really overdue. today i felt tired and sore and i did some stuff for WA sales taxes and knit a little but not much else. just too tired today. i guess i am depressed too which is why i am exhausted and sore and unmotivated.
i was talking to travis at the gallery about mj for pain / ibs and he made some suggestions and said he would go shopping with me sometime if i wanted and told me what store to go to. they are having a sale on tuesday, 25% off. he had these drinks that actually sounded ok too. and he said there is stuff that's like sugar you put in your tea and that would be good for a beginner. i think we do have a lot of things you don't have in areas without legal rec. and it seems like almost everyone i know who is younger than me is a regular partaker, it must be a huge business in this area.
the shawl i started is neringa.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/neringa
i am doing rectangular version. the yarn is hand painted rose/orange/red/magenta - all sunset colors with a thin metallic flash. not pastels but sort of midtones. and then the trim color is really bright saturated sunset colors- red/ magenta/orange. they are both handpainted yarns. the trim color will match what my hair was like before it faded. and i am going to redo my hair but after i finish the dental work (1 more session) just because that kind of expensive! it will probably take me that long to finish the shawl anyway. my hair has faded to more hot pink to strawberry blond now. just the stripes, the rest is still dark brown with white.