Snail's Pace
Nov. 23rd, 2003 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThis visit is not flying by. Nothing about it is. She walks so slowly that I could nap between steps. She actually does nap between everything. When she's not asking me the same question she asked an hour ago.
If I've answered 'what are we doing tomorrow morning' once, I've answered it a million times. We're meeting the new accountant at 8 a.m. I can't figure out why this isn't sticking in her brain. Well, actually not much is. It's very sad.
But she's not particularly unhappy. She knows how to get and send email and enjoys that. She is actually pretty darned good at TiVo.
And... now, thanks to a wonderful customer service rep at Bank of America, Mom can now see her Visa card online. Whew and hallafuckingluyah.
She grew up with a cousin that she's still pretty close to. He's 82 and lives in Dallas, Texas. They talk on the phone once a month or so but he finally, tonight, got email. She's pretty excited about that. Oh and he knows how to type.
Today I organized her files and filed everything in a drawer with hanging folders and even color coded the folder tabs... green=financial, purple=medical, blue=friends, and yellow=fun. (She picked the colors.)
Tomorrow, after the 15 minutes with the accountant,we will likely rest up until lunch and then there's the after lunch nap and the pre-dinner nap. Dinner and bed. The pace is a killer. 4 more days.
Oh, Don't forget to check out the IHOP picture ... I had it documented with the menu but she wanted to be in one of the shots. Who am I to refuse...
If I've answered 'what are we doing tomorrow morning' once, I've answered it a million times. We're meeting the new accountant at 8 a.m. I can't figure out why this isn't sticking in her brain. Well, actually not much is. It's very sad.
But she's not particularly unhappy. She knows how to get and send email and enjoys that. She is actually pretty darned good at TiVo.
And... now, thanks to a wonderful customer service rep at Bank of America, Mom can now see her Visa card online. Whew and hallafuckingluyah.
She grew up with a cousin that she's still pretty close to. He's 82 and lives in Dallas, Texas. They talk on the phone once a month or so but he finally, tonight, got email. She's pretty excited about that. Oh and he knows how to type.
Today I organized her files and filed everything in a drawer with hanging folders and even color coded the folder tabs... green=financial, purple=medical, blue=friends, and yellow=fun. (She picked the colors.)
Tomorrow, after the 15 minutes with the accountant,we will likely rest up until lunch and then there's the after lunch nap and the pre-dinner nap. Dinner and bed. The pace is a killer. 4 more days.
Oh, Don't forget to check out the IHOP picture ... I had it documented with the menu but she wanted to be in one of the shots. Who am I to refuse...
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Date: 2003-11-23 05:12 pm (UTC)Looks like you had quite a feast at IHOP!
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Date: 2003-11-23 05:47 pm (UTC)(needlepoint used to save my sanity on trips home)
But,these days...don't forget that I'm playing Chaufferette to my 93-year old neighbor. She's had the cataracts done now, 3 weeks apart. The first eye went beautifully, but this past Wednesday entailed the actual surgery (at 6 freakin thirty AM) the follow up visit on Thursday morning at 9, then the Dr requested me to bring her back that same afternoon, and the next morning to check again and again. I have a reprieve now until Tuesday....
My point in all of this whining..is not the actual driving, escorting, carrying shopping bags after post-appt "can we stop here or there?" trips...it's the questions..
I had 7 phone calls a few days ago..."What time are are we leaving..what do you think about, ...."
So, I completely understand, I really do. The neighbor lady too is sharp as a tack, and she has a computer all set up for a year now..when she "has time, cuz she's so busy" to start using.
Don't get me wrong..she's a nice lady and a good neighbor. And she has a son up in Bakersfield (ha...just far enough away...)
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Date: 2003-11-23 05:48 pm (UTC)did I miss one?
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Date: 2003-11-23 06:00 pm (UTC)Hey, I'm nearsighted...
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Date: 2003-11-23 05:49 pm (UTC)Those pics are fabulous. I know the time between events is dragging, but from the looks of the pics - the non-nap time is pretty fun!
Your mom is adorable.
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Date: 2003-11-24 12:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-24 05:41 am (UTC)