One thing I cannot express is how the incessant phone calls from both parents is mentally killing me.
Usually after they have awoken from a nap they call about crazy things. My father just woke up and called accusing me of not mailing checks he has written. I took a big breath and calmly told him when each check was written by him and the fact that it was last Friday and they didn't get mailed till Monday and thus could not have been cashed yet. One was just written today!
I lay back down after this busy day taking them both out...
Mother calls- I don't answer, I know it is her having just gotten up from her nap to tell me the mailman is here...
I have shut my cell phone off at night because of my sister's Late night texts crying for prayer.
Both parents are lonely- I wish they were still together- HA!!
I do not feel I can shut my phones off, especially because of mother- sometimes the isolation gets to her alittle too much and she gets very confused.
2 comments:
Since I lived with Mom I didnt have the phone calls but with Gram she called me all the time and left messages on my phone. I was at work and did not even know she called me until Igot home. I saved the tapes and have them to remind me of her voice. It is a real mind blower to hear their voices after a long time has passed.I turned the volume down on my phones and cell..loud stuff makes me too nervous.. Hugs
I come to your blog to remind myself that some people have it much worse than me. My mother doesn't have Alz, but she can be very unpleasant to be around sometimes. I'm going to see her tomorrow, and thought I would make a quick call to her tonight. The call went on way too long, a lot of complaining about another resident in the home, and I come off the phone feeling angry, and wishing I hadn't bothered. Tomorrow I'll go out there, take her out for a while to buy things she needs, and take her for a ride or walk somewhere different. She's in a wheelchair, so that does cause some limitations, and I can only take so much of heaving that in and out of the car. Even now that she's in a home, it's still a matter of what I can do for her, and not just enjoying each other's company.
I can imagine you just wanting to run off into the sunset screaming sometimes:( Do you ever get to go away on a holiday?
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