Hi everyone! Well, it's is the evening of Aug 1. My mother celebrated her 98th birthday on July 30. Please don't say "isn't that wonderful!" Thought I'd give you an update on my VACATION.
My mother has generously sprayed me with her attacks since I last wrote. I swear that when she's gone, her mouth will still be spewing out her swearing in English and Ukrainian automatically. Just like those toys that you can't turn off until the battery runs down.
I pushed back my vacation one week. So, technically, I should be off this week. Luckily, (even I can't believe I said that) I had an air ambulance being decommissioned and a video shoot to deal with on Monday. The video shoot had to be ready by thursday morning -- which it is. So no vacation this week. But yay, I get to look forward to a long weekend!!!
You're probably wondering when I'm planning on taking my vacation. I won't be!!! It will take me likely the rest of the month to transcribe the jet content and interviews, then write my stories. Perfect excuse!!
I discovered last week that I reached my limit. We now have missing housecoat and 2 pairs of shoes that she wears regularly -- all missing. I went into uncontrollable shaking. My head was shaking so bad, it even scared me. That hadn't happened before so violently. So, as a result, I decided that I will take off 1 or 2 days per week -- the middle of the week -- as vacation. My acting manager understands, thank goodness.
Yep, I know all the things you're thinking and will likely write. But, I also determined that there's no way that I can get rid of her now. I let this go on for too long and at her age, it just wouldn't be right. I've done it this long, so ...
It's funny how life is for some of us and the extremes that many of us go thru, be it a spouse looking after their loved one, etc. We do what we have to. I will survive, maybe a little (ok a lot) worse for wear, but se la vie.
Even now, I can hear my mother sneaking around the hallway doing her evening inventory. Well, that's all for now. Good nite everyone!