Midnight one more night without sleeping and when I'm 64
Sleeplessness and birthdays
Ok I have been sleeping but not until pretty early in the morning and its really annoying me .
Last night I didn't get to sleep at all no matter what I tried *sigh*
I'll just have to find other ways of making myself tired .
My birthday was reletivley uneventful near the beginning of the month with Ken and I going out to Outback Jack's , Ken buying me a couple of ds games and family and friends wishing me a happy birthday .
It was cool b'day cos I didn't really want to do anything although I could have done without doing chores for one day *sigh*.
So I clocked up my 33rd year of being alive *halfhearted woo*
On to a more impressive birthday , my Nanna Dragica's birthday .
My Nanna is the longest lived person in my family on all sides of family as far as I know , today she is 90 and she is my only grandparent that is still alive .
Her hearing is going, she has ringing in her ears , she has no sence of taste , her eyesight isn't great ,a leaky heart valve and she has a few falls and forgetful but otherwise she is fine .
She fought not to have a walking stick and then fought not have a zimmer frame , she told her nextdoor neighbours a few years ago that she would beat them up over a disagreement on sand .
The neighbours were 20 or so years younger than her and there is no way an old woman could beat them in a fight but I'm sure my Nanna would still try .
She became more frail in a short space of time I think mainly due to my favourite uncle dying suddenly and Nan ,dad and others in the family realised how lost they were without Uncle Kevin .
We tried to get her to mix with other oldies at an Autumn centre but Nanna always thought they were too old for her and she rather be dead than go an aged home , although the way she said made it seem funnier "I'll go an old aged home when I'm dead ".
She can't cook meals like she use to and is realiant on Meals on wheels and a parttime carer that does a bit of tidying up and she is determined to live in her house till she dies and seems to think every year is her last but is still stubbornly holding on until she is ready to go .
She has outlived all her siblings and her husband which is pretty impressive .
She is still a pretty wiry and stubborn for a Croatian woman .
I so admire her stubborness,toughness , her fearlessness and tenacity .
I hope I can be half the person that my Nanna is when I'm half her age .
Even though you will never see this entry Happy Birthday Nanna , we love you wiry old woman :) and half a glass screamer *raises a glass *
Ok I have been sleeping but not until pretty early in the morning and its really annoying me .
Last night I didn't get to sleep at all no matter what I tried *sigh*
I'll just have to find other ways of making myself tired .
My birthday was reletivley uneventful near the beginning of the month with Ken and I going out to Outback Jack's , Ken buying me a couple of ds games and family and friends wishing me a happy birthday .
It was cool b'day cos I didn't really want to do anything although I could have done without doing chores for one day *sigh*.
So I clocked up my 33rd year of being alive *halfhearted woo*
On to a more impressive birthday , my Nanna Dragica's birthday .
My Nanna is the longest lived person in my family on all sides of family as far as I know , today she is 90 and she is my only grandparent that is still alive .
Her hearing is going, she has ringing in her ears , she has no sence of taste , her eyesight isn't great ,a leaky heart valve and she has a few falls and forgetful but otherwise she is fine .
She fought not to have a walking stick and then fought not have a zimmer frame , she told her nextdoor neighbours a few years ago that she would beat them up over a disagreement on sand .
The neighbours were 20 or so years younger than her and there is no way an old woman could beat them in a fight but I'm sure my Nanna would still try .
She became more frail in a short space of time I think mainly due to my favourite uncle dying suddenly and Nan ,dad and others in the family realised how lost they were without Uncle Kevin .
We tried to get her to mix with other oldies at an Autumn centre but Nanna always thought they were too old for her and she rather be dead than go an aged home , although the way she said made it seem funnier "I'll go an old aged home when I'm dead ".
She can't cook meals like she use to and is realiant on Meals on wheels and a parttime carer that does a bit of tidying up and she is determined to live in her house till she dies and seems to think every year is her last but is still stubbornly holding on until she is ready to go .
She has outlived all her siblings and her husband which is pretty impressive .
She is still a pretty wiry and stubborn for a Croatian woman .
I so admire her stubborness,toughness , her fearlessness and tenacity .
I hope I can be half the person that my Nanna is when I'm half her age .
Even though you will never see this entry Happy Birthday Nanna , we love you wiry old woman :) and half a glass screamer *raises a glass *