I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
i worked 11 hours today , got home , and the lemon pie that i thought was mediocre last night , is crunchy and pretty good tonight .
yay , my decisions last night . !!
All I can say is try to de-stress. Deep breathing, meditation, walk in the fresh air, whatever works for you. There's no remedy for stress-related symptoms other than eliminating the stress.
The twitching does go away, though. No worries.
Can't tell you how disappointed I was this AM when it started up again....ARGHHH....
Gershun...thanks so much for the tip about magnesium....will try....
Jessie...I'm w/you....NOT giving up my AM caffeine....No Way!
Susan...yes, might be stress-related: 4AM call from Night Nurse at ALF....Mom fell out of bed (again) and hit her head, going to ER, 10:30AM call from neighbor to tell me neighbor J passed away night before, 6AM:
Apparently, I have a family (or soon to be) of woodpeckers who have moved into that chimney this Spring....from 6AM til sunset....drill, drill, drill away....loud, reverberating, metallic drilling....it's enough to give you "twitches".....lol.....what's next???
Well, you know what they say about "great minds think alike".....hmmmm....maybe "great twitchers", too....
I am trying to keep very busy at this stage. Mom left a lot to deal with but it feels good having things to do to get me out of bed in the morning and I try to counterbalance the work with some me time. I hope everyone has a better day and stay strong. Day at a time.
Twitches, OH CRAP! What a bugger, mine has thankfully settled down for the moment probably because it is the middle of the night and allof my stressors are sleeping at the moment, Lol!
I sure hope your Mom is OK, after her fall! When it rains it pours!
Get one of those plastic owls, they say that they eork, for detering woodpeckers, but if you already have a nest with chickies, then I don't know! I have a couple of woodpeckers who love to tap on my metal chimney top too, it completely freaks my doggie out, when it does this, as it reverberates all the way down. It's funny to watch her try to figure out where the sound is coming from!
Can you leave unwanted relatives at a church or firestation like you can unwanted babies? You really are an inspiration. If she doesn't shut up about the shower take her to the carwash.
And dinnertime -- I cook and tell her when things will be ready. She sits and does nothing. When things are done, she gets up and says she has to go to the bathroom. She often has an accident, so has to change her pajama bottoms. About 20 minutes later she shows up for dinner. I'm just about done eating mine and hers is cold. I try to get her to get ready sooner, but she won't. I think she enjoys doing it like this. She gets to eat most of her meal by herself as I put away things and go give the rabbit dinner. This evening ritual makes me think of the kids and husband who suddenly have to use the bathroom and wash their hands when Mom rings the dinner bell.
Oh, lord, won't you buy me a mercedes benz... lol
So I had the hammer in my hand when she threw the mug at me and it was the hammer that deflected it to be fair but in the heat of the moment I smashed the mug to smithereens I was so bloody angry. Things have been very quiet since then. I even managed to catch 2 hours sleep without her couching dropping something or ringing her bell which I had conveniently lost but my oh so helpful little angel of a grandson found for her grrrrrrrrr
I would have been able to break that plate as I was trying to crash it into the trash can-just last night, omg! My dH had taken the small amount of food left in the pan and dumped it into the non-garbage disposal side of the sink just as I had served his dinner, clogging the sink. Well, he wanted to clean the pan-go eat your dinner, d@mn it, and stop with the before eating rituals!
YOU LOOK DISGUSTED, he says this morning.
Why is this happening-a newer behavior and I cannot stop him. Why is it happening to others on here too? Something in the air in the U.S. and the U.K.?
He was scarily grouchy all day yesterday-a common repetition of many Saturdays. And my own moods-wanting to crash and break dishes?
Where is my hammer? Oh, he thinks it is his and has hidden my little tiny red toolbox, forcing me to ask him. Now, I need to get some real help.
Still, the anger provoked by someone else's bad behavior is scary.