Big order as I have a chaotic mind. But I need to find some articles and take some steps toward being more organized with my time. I am tired of feeling like "gee I got hardly anything done" especially after spending a fair amount of time doing grunt work on my weekend.
It is so hard right now with Dad in the almost chair bound state. Last night I was tired and just put a pizza in the oven for supper instead of making a real meal and then I decided 'he needs to get vertical more often to ward off pneumonia' so I did not just bring it to him. He is so shaky anymore I won't do that with a real meal that I don't want to end up on the floor, but pizza he could manage.
I need to nag him to make a doc appt and do it for a time that is not bad for me to go along and ask doc about home health care options. I am going to need to be able to take mini vacations and I'll need someone to be here when I'm gone I think, hopefully by hiring someone that will mainly do some housework catchup but can handle things if dad would fall or something; he doesn't need a nurse at this point. I probably need to find a system to make sure dad is taking all his prescriptions too. I am always a step or two behind in mentally adjusting as dad declines and I need to do things that he used to take care of. That wasn't so bad when it was handling the floor cleaning and mowing that he no longer did; but bill paying and keeping to the prescription schedule can't just slide while I slowly make a mental adjustment.
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