A lot of time noises bother me too, Dee. Sometimes dh has been known to have one ballgame on tv, another on one radio, and the Grand Ole Opry on the other radio. At times like that, I just have to go to the bedroom and close the door. I don't know how on earth he keeps up with all of that.
I hope you can get all these appts and procedures for Mr. Dee out of the way quickly, Dee, and get on the road as soon as you hope. I do not envy him having to spend so much time with doctors!
Kasalia -- (((HUGS))) for RA -- have you seen me posting about my dgd? She has Juvenile Arthritis. She will be three years old in November. So far she is doing very well on Humera shots every other week, but ddil is very watchful, always alert for any "flares." She was taking a second shot, every week, and ddil was especially worried about that one b/c it causes sun sensitivity, I think, but at her last visit with rheumatologist, they said she was in remission and could leave that shot off now.
DDIL is awaiting test results on herself, and expecting to be referred to a rheumatologist as well.
Nancy -- (((HUGS))) for you as well. I know you will be sooo happy to have this house sale behind you.
Helia -- I am the same way:
It has taken me ALL WEEK LONG to get through this week's TO DOs! And I still have not bought two baby gifts, or dusted for the WHB.Some repeat themselves daily. Others, well, it just takes me multiple days to get them done.
Waving to Blessed...
declutter for no of things every day = day of the month.
Twins, do you mean, declutter one thing on the first of the month, two the next day, and so on? That sounds like a good idea.
Re: holiday grief associations -- I know I've told this before, but my dgm had a stroke while dmom was Christmas shopping (years ago). Dmom had seen her earlier that day and all was well, but before dmom got home from the mall, they had called ddad and told him a friend found her and had called the ambulance. (This was before cell phones.) For a long time, dmom said she wondered if she would EVER be able to do her Christmas shopping without thinking of this. The first year afterwards, I think she went into the mall and turned around and left. BUT -- it DID get better. Now, I think she just dreads Christmas shopping b/c her back hurts and she gets tired so quickly.
She has also expressed what you said about the loss of shared memories.
(((BIG HUGS))) for you as you work through all this; you have certainly been through enough to make ANYONE occasionally weepy! Just hang in there and give yourself time.
And I have also had that experience, Elizabeth, of thinking of someone, just not being able to get them off my mind, and later realizing it was the anniversary of their death. (But it is not always in a sad way of thinking of them, Twins.)
Kathryn, my dmom's gf passed away on Christmas or Christmas Eve -- I can't remember which, I was very young -- and I'm sure that colored dmom's thinking the next Christmas, but like you, she would say it is not a horrible dark cloud on Christmas anymore.
And btw -- keep giving yourself TIME to RECOVER!
Have a great trip, Rose! I'm sure I'll be wishing for boot weather by Saturday. They just said heat index at ballgame would likely be approaching triple digits. I still say it should be illegal to play football outdoors in the daytime in the South before October!