Friday, Bananas

Who do you spend the most time with?

It’s Friday and it has been a full week.

Directly after I decided to unplug (as suggested in an earlier prompt), G’s step father’s health took a turn and he needed to be taken by ambulance to the ER. This caused various complications with his mother’s condition (canceling and rescheduling important doctors appointments, more pain from walking etc. He was disorientated and called several times in the night, not knowing or remembering he’d called, none of us slept. Her pain is worse and seems to be migrating to her back.

So just a lot of juggling and troubleshooting, doctor and hospital visits and trying to peice together what’s going on physically and mentally with both of them.

Meanwhile I struggle to do chores in a way that is up to her standards and navigate the fluid instructions that filter through three of us with the constant drone of TV news playing in the background. Old ears that don’t hear as well, (All of us) So many ‘who’s on first’ conversations…

My last blunder was buying bread and cherries at the wrong store and then failing to buy bananas because I couldn’t read her abrieviation. (who abbreviates bananas?) Seemingly small infractions, yet causing enough grief to be repeatedly brought up.

Certainly nothing fun.

Meanwhile, I’m doing my best to stay upbeat and keep a sense of humor. Some things need a few days to go by so we can find the humor, but it’s always there. eventually…

These are the people I’m spending the most time with. Life is well, bananas. What can I say?