Three things for, uh, Wednesday

[nwhiker]

Well. I'll try to do a re-cap on Linnea's birthday camping trip, but there were a few things I wanted to mention, so I guess it's three things for Wednesday.

1. Coming home from a fleece and down camping trip to temps in the 90s was... pretty awful. Out last leg of the trip took us from close to the WA coast to home and getting out of the car, even at 10pm into 80s and humid was like... jarring. Kinda like getting off a plane in Phoenix. Do not like this heat, and am dreading the week or so ahead. We're under an excessive heat warning.

2. Anne-Chloe is taking to rowing like a fish to water. She's loving it, and let me tell you both Perry and Linnea are thrilled. Anne-Chloe has already noted that Perry is "an annoyingly good coach"... annoyingly because, really, he's a little brother, right? Thank goodness he hasn't coached her directly, but he's seen her on the water and this text came to the family chat this morning:

Also keep your outside shoulder up - letting it collapse a bit at the catch, leading to a slight lunge which could eventually lead to some discomfort in the lower back

Details, eh? Anyhow, she'll be racing in a regatta for the first time at Greenlake. We have to be in Portland that afternoon, but I hope to be able to go to see at least one of the races, provided they are early enough. Greenlake usually start early so fingers crossed. So far, it doesn't look too good.

3. My mom, sigh. So difficult. Part of it is the mental stuff, which is always frightening, but part is just flat out physical: she's so very weak. She complains about it, and also about pain in her hips, and she's sometimes unsteady on her feet. Other times, she is much better. She's going to need more help than any of us can provide. I'm not set up at all for having an impaired senior live here (unless dh and I move downstairs and move her into our bedroom) for any length of time. My brother has more room, but he has young kids, and my sister a room but stairs there too. So eh. My mom is very clear that she does not want to go to a facility, but I don't know how we could deal in-home care. I mean, the costs are stupid-prohibitive at all levels. I expect we'll have to figure out my MIL too, but unlike my mom she wants to go to assisted living like now so she can get her meals made for her etc. UGH. This just fucking suuuuuuuucks.

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[camelsamba]

Sorry about the situation with your mom. My parents initially moved to an independent living facility, part of the appeal to my mom was that she wouldn't have to cook any more! (even though their apartment had a kitchen, and they did use it some in the early years) Matthew's mom is in a high-rise independent living place in Houston, and sometimes I wonder if she should be in the memory care unit instead...