Not written for ages, life seems to just whizz by and befor you know it a month or so has passed by.
Uncle really has been the priority this passed month, having had to put him into emergency respite because it was just too hard keeping him at home with mother.but after about 10 days in there he was admitted to hospital, so he's been in there for over 3 weeks now while they sorted out different problems.
He celebrated his 90 th birthday in the hospital and the nurses where great with him,singing happy birthday and getting him a cake, he was thrilled and is convinced that this 'hotel' is marvellous!!
But the sorting out of his care package has been a nightmare, because he was only in the nursing home as temporary that complicated matters! So lots of form filling and being passed from one social worker to another but hopefully he will be discharged on Monday, having just been informed the social services will take all his pension to cover the cost of the nursing home, leaving him with £22 measly quid a week...Shameful!!
Mother has been just as demanding as always, but must say on the whole her tumour doesn't seem to be giving her much trouble at the mo.
She has said she gets terrible pains behind her eyes a lot but she thinks with new glasses that will go!! I haven't the heart to tell her it's probably the BT.
Think I'm due a call to her GP soon, it's always good to catch up with her and get her view in mother.
Mothers ridiculous demands for buying stupid things hasn't waned much, she recently bought an ironing press off QVC, she doesn't do any ironing..I do it!
She's also bought 3 winter coats and numerous pieces of crap jewelry, all from QVC, bloody nightmare!
Apologies for no paragraphs etc, iPad doesn't do them!!
I'm planning another day of running away soon, don't know where I'll go or if I take hubby but now and again it's just great to escape and do silly things. Or as hubby says: embarrass him!!
Much love to you all.
Mad Mandy.xxxx
Poor Uncle. Social services should be ashamed of themselves. They won't be, of course, they have no shame, and no conscience and no sympathy either.
I don't know what you can do about your mother's shopaholicness. Maybe introduce her to eBay, so she ca sell it all again? Problem is, she would probably just buy even more stuff ...
And congratulations to you for coping with it all and not killing anyone - but another very-far-awayday soon sounds like an excellent idea.
Phew, Mandy... run away!! You are welcome to come and spend a day at my health club place lounging around in a spa pool or something, but I think might be a bit far away for you to travel.
Alternatively, go shopping and buy shiny things.... :) But do it!! You need a break.
Sorry about your Uncle, but I guess that at least he doesn't realise he doesn't have much money and he can get trifles with it... otherwise, you just get angry and angry if you think about it...
Can you give your mum a fake credit card so the orders don't go through??? Or intercept them from the postman and return them? Oh I don't know what to suggest except selling it all on again which is too much troulbe for you. Maybe it makes her happy and its ok if she spends all her money on ironing boards? I guess it will give you something to laugh about in years to come... me and my brother still have a good giggle about my mum's excentricities though thankfully qvc hadn''t been invented then. Actually, I have to confess to not knowing what it is, but guessing its a shopping channel thing?
Hugs to you my lovely and make sure you do run away and do something fun
Hilary, can you imagine if she had access to eBay?? Omg!!!
LM...she's a nightmare! Yes QVC is a shopping channel which is just perfect for sitting targets like my mother who sits with her credit card in one hand and her phone in the other ( she actually has QVC on 'quick dial')!!!
Im thinking of just stopping her credit card and suffering the consequences ...But my life will be hell!
A day at your health club sounds great but yes your too far away( very inconsiderate of you!) so I'll have to settle for buying shiny things, but Im thinking of having a spa day but is it selfish of me? I'm not good at allocating a whole day to just me...and the cost!?!? But then I wouldn't bother at buying something shiny!! ( but I don't really need anything) oh dear what a quandary!!!!
Right...now off for a slurp!! ( of wine)
Extra hugs to you two..xxxx
Firstly sorry to hear about your Uncle and the paltry amount he is expected to live on.
I have a cunning plan.... Why don't you record the QVC channel a few days before then play repeats all day long, that way when your mum rings up everything would have already been sold!
