Cat on my lap
Aug. 26th, 2004 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
in_the_blueStones is sitting here curled up on my lap purring. He's just as warm as my laptop, but my laptop doesn't purr.
Ever.
We had dinner last night with my in-laws. Actually, Mitch's cousin was visiting from Maine, so we brought in food and sat around and talked and much to my surprise, it was a very delightful evening. My father-in-law was aware and alert for the most part, which made the whole thing a lot easier than going over on a day when he's just completely out of it. Of course, aware and alert doesn't equal 'sharp;' he did make a few comments about how he used to mix a mean cocktail, but he'd lost his voice and couldn't sing any longer. (I don't think he ever did sing.)
Talked with Mitch's cousin about Molly and her situation, and she sees it pretty much the same way I do. I told her that if she could accomplish in a day's visit what we haven't been able to accomplish in a year and a half -- convincing Molly that she's not up to the chore of taking care of Bob at home -- I'd be forever in her debt. We had her all set in a place where she could have her own apartment and in the same facility Bob could have been in the Assisted Living center with Level 3 care. But then my brother-in-law came to visit and told Molly she didn't want to be in a place like that because it would 'age her prematurely.' Well, guess what? She's 83 or so. She can't age prematurely any more. But since Gerry said bad idea, Molly changed her mind. Because Gerry said so.
That sucks. He should have minded his own business. He has no clue what it's like for her.
There was a cute little yellow-breasted chat or similar in my Rose of Sharon tree this morning. It was so beautiful. I didn't have a chance to get a better look but it was just sweet.
Huge hugs to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cedricsmistress for being Hannah's babysitter all summer. I'm going to miss her sorely when she moves away to go back to college.
And that's it for now, except for the idle musing about whether or not I'm more creative when I get less sleep.
Ever.
We had dinner last night with my in-laws. Actually, Mitch's cousin was visiting from Maine, so we brought in food and sat around and talked and much to my surprise, it was a very delightful evening. My father-in-law was aware and alert for the most part, which made the whole thing a lot easier than going over on a day when he's just completely out of it. Of course, aware and alert doesn't equal 'sharp;' he did make a few comments about how he used to mix a mean cocktail, but he'd lost his voice and couldn't sing any longer. (I don't think he ever did sing.)
Talked with Mitch's cousin about Molly and her situation, and she sees it pretty much the same way I do. I told her that if she could accomplish in a day's visit what we haven't been able to accomplish in a year and a half -- convincing Molly that she's not up to the chore of taking care of Bob at home -- I'd be forever in her debt. We had her all set in a place where she could have her own apartment and in the same facility Bob could have been in the Assisted Living center with Level 3 care. But then my brother-in-law came to visit and told Molly she didn't want to be in a place like that because it would 'age her prematurely.' Well, guess what? She's 83 or so. She can't age prematurely any more. But since Gerry said bad idea, Molly changed her mind. Because Gerry said so.
That sucks. He should have minded his own business. He has no clue what it's like for her.
There was a cute little yellow-breasted chat or similar in my Rose of Sharon tree this morning. It was so beautiful. I didn't have a chance to get a better look but it was just sweet.
Huge hugs to
cedricsmistress for being Hannah's babysitter all summer. I'm going to miss her sorely when she moves away to go back to college.And that's it for now, except for the idle musing about whether or not I'm more creative when I get less sleep.
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Date: 2004-08-27 12:00 am (UTC)I'm sorry to hear about your inlaw situation. Gerry should have kept his yap shut. :(
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Date: 2004-08-27 01:54 am (UTC)The whole business with Gerry was a year ago, and it's all water under the bridge now. Yeah, he should have just shut up and not interfered. But he did, and now Mitch and I get to deal with the end result on a daily basis while Gerry travels all over the country.
La di dah. It's not his problem. So it goes.