A day

[nwhiker]

My mom is fully delusional today, and angrily accusing me a lying to her, or being delusional and ignorant myself. She thinks her mother -who died 50 years ago- called her, or maybe sent her email, and she wants me to give her Nana's number so she can call her back and tell her that of course she'll go to her uncle's funeral in Canada with her. She's not oriented in time at all, and I'm not sure she knows I'm her daughter, not her sister. I tried redirecting, but that was a fail. So.

And the fucking bunnies ate my brand knew planted 10 days ago asters to the ground, grrr.

And it's supposed to be cloudy on Saturday so that eclipse probably won't happen.

And despite being on track dietwise I haven't lost anything in a month.

It's 11:15, and dh is still working. Dealing with a team in China, I guess.

My mom is refusing to go to bed.

I just really really want to curl up on the couch with my kids and my cats nearby.

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[camelsamba]

I'm sorry, that must be so hard to deal with. My dad used to call me and ask where mom was - at first I thought he meant my mom, but eventually realized he meant his own mother. He would use his sister's name for my sister (although one of the last times they spoke he addressed her as Kathi without prompting). He was always asking for his sister - I don't think I realized how close they were before that. They were the youngest 2 of 6 children (she was ~2 years older than him). Since we mostly communicated by phone I didn't have to deal with his angry spells as much as my sister (or the staff at his residence), but I know he often took out his confusion and anger on those around him. So hard.

[nwhiker]

It is hard, and it seems like every family has its own story.

[camelsamba]

I hope today is better.

[nwhiker]

So far, yes. She's very chatty, but so FAR seems to know who everyone is. Even if she's asked about 14 times where Perry is (coaching.) 🤣