TODAY, dh told me to get some rest. He and ds went Christmas shopping and then to a college basketball game. They left around 9:00 a.m. and won't be back till around midnight. I got up when dh did, (even though Fitbit says I got only 4 hrs 42 minutes sleep) took my shower, washed my hair, and shaved my legs.
I tried to lie down and sleep some more, but I guess the stress of all this just has my adrenaline going wild or something. I have not been sleepy all day. (I've gotten in over 11,000 steps today, BTW. Woo hoo for ME!)
Then...
phone calls/texts/etc...
-- pharmacy
-- ass't living administrator
-- nurse at family doctor's office
-- dmom
-- dfriend who paints Christmas ornaments
-- nurse at neurologist's office
-- ddil
-- friend who does engraving (trophies, etc.)
Then...
errands...
-- post office
-- went with ddil to trophy engraver friend (ddil needed a nameplate engraved)
-- library (WHY do I want to check out 3 books? I have newspapers stacked up since last Thursday!)
-- dmom's house (she wanted her make-up brushes, I took the garbage to the road, and sorted out the pile of stuff we had dumped in the floor from a junk drawer b/c we were taking the table it was in to ass't living)
-- grocery store (for dmom -- bananas and applesauce)
-- picked up pizza for my supper
Mixed in with all this...
housework... and
Christmas prep...
-- S/S bathrooms, including dh's shower and master bath mirrors
-- changed sheets
-- washed 3 loads of clothes
-- put up Christmas tree (only got lights on it though) and
-- put candles in windows
-- also tried to figure out how to record directly to disc on my DVD recorder.
Last night, I spent forever getting today organized. I had all kinds of notes and scribbles from dmom's appt yesterday, plus my random listing of OMM tasks. DH said I spent more time planning than Eisenhower did for the invasion of Normandy.
LOL... I just had to have it all organized, and it REALLY helped. I folded a sheet of paper in fourths and each quadrant was divided by general area --
* Phone calls and computer work
* Housework
* Errands
* Christmas prepStill
OMM...
-- Get pics from dmom's photo album onto my computer
-- Take pic album to H*bby L*bby and see if they have posts to re-attach the covers and if they can show me how to do it. The posts are there, but they must be stripped out or something.
-- Type and send minutes to retired teacher group
-- Take "gently used" coats to goodwill or school coat drive
-- Dust/Vacuum
-- Put out house decorations
-- Finish decorating tree
-- Organize gift list, what I've spent, what's still to buy
-- Shop
-- Sign/address Christmas cards
-- Buy Christmas stamps
-- Color hair
I guess staying busy helps keep my mind off my panic re: dmom and frustration re: dbro and general exhaustion re: life.
Tomorrow I have to leave here by 8:00 a.m. and dmom has appts at 9:20, 10:30, and 12:30. Plus we have to go by the pulmonologist's office and get orders for another x-ray next week. Doctor said what he saw on yesterday's x-ray isn't a SERIOUS problem, but "because her body has been through all this trauma" he wants to keep an eye on it. So she gets another x-ray next week and sees him next Thurs. In the meantime, she may be signing on for 2-3 days a week at the "Balance Clinic." It is approx 30-45 minutes from my house to ass't living, and then another 20-30 to the doctor's office. I know GPS said I could make the entire trip in 46 minutes, but one has to account for stopping, getting her out the door, and traffic and red lights. I allowed an hour yesterday, but that was NOT enough time. We were late to the ENT, but fortunately, he seemed to be running late too.