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I keep starting posts and not finishing them. It's been a hell of a month.
First, Old Man is finally home. He was released mid-month and we took him back into his apartment in the retirement home where he was immediately put into isolation for five days. And since then he's been just... staying in his room. Not going down for meals. He's losing all the progress he made in the rehab program because he's not moving around. I know he's depressed and lonely and missing my mother and I have no idea how to help him.
I'm going to visit him on Friday and do a zoom call with my sister. Maybe I can organize a picnic or something with some of the other family if I can figure out when everybody is available and likely to show up.
I was worried while he was in the hospital that nobody seemed to be talking to me much about his progress, and then the decision got made about when he would leave and I started getting multiple phone calls every day - get this paperwork handled, take pictures of his rooms for the occupational therapist, order him x equipment, can I find out if he has these supports? Most of that has been taken care of now, barring a few bills and some pending appointments. I think. I hope.
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Renos have still not started. We had a tentative start date of yesterday, but then we had a discussion with the contractor about the possibility of a site inspection and a stop-work order because now apparently the city is now using drones to look into peoples' yards. A creative way of getting around staffing shortages I guess, but bloody inconvenient for me. So work will start next Monday instead, but only as much work as can be passed off as "repairs" while we wait for permission.
So that means the pressure is on for us to get that variance approved, but of course the package for the city didn't even get started until this weekend because I just did not have time to take care of it personally. I am trying to be patient and understanding about the impact of ADHD on the ability to get a task done before the day after I need it, but my cup of patience hath o'erflow'd and now raised voices are being employed, because frequent reminders did not work, and I'm running out of other tools.
On the plus side, the basement finally got emptied out on the weekend, so I guess that's a win.
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Other stuff happened. Family visits that were good. Friend visits that were fun but would have been so much better if I had not gotten wedged into the middle of a bunch of stupid interpersonal stuff.
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I signed up to host Write Every Day in August. I'm going to try and get back into the habit before August starts, but at least that will force me to do something regularly. I miss having something creative going on in my life, even if it's just a few nightly scribbles.
First, Old Man is finally home. He was released mid-month and we took him back into his apartment in the retirement home where he was immediately put into isolation for five days. And since then he's been just... staying in his room. Not going down for meals. He's losing all the progress he made in the rehab program because he's not moving around. I know he's depressed and lonely and missing my mother and I have no idea how to help him.
I'm going to visit him on Friday and do a zoom call with my sister. Maybe I can organize a picnic or something with some of the other family if I can figure out when everybody is available and likely to show up.
I was worried while he was in the hospital that nobody seemed to be talking to me much about his progress, and then the decision got made about when he would leave and I started getting multiple phone calls every day - get this paperwork handled, take pictures of his rooms for the occupational therapist, order him x equipment, can I find out if he has these supports? Most of that has been taken care of now, barring a few bills and some pending appointments. I think. I hope.
***
Renos have still not started. We had a tentative start date of yesterday, but then we had a discussion with the contractor about the possibility of a site inspection and a stop-work order because now apparently the city is now using drones to look into peoples' yards. A creative way of getting around staffing shortages I guess, but bloody inconvenient for me. So work will start next Monday instead, but only as much work as can be passed off as "repairs" while we wait for permission.
So that means the pressure is on for us to get that variance approved, but of course the package for the city didn't even get started until this weekend because I just did not have time to take care of it personally. I am trying to be patient and understanding about the impact of ADHD on the ability to get a task done before the day after I need it, but my cup of patience hath o'erflow'd and now raised voices are being employed, because frequent reminders did not work, and I'm running out of other tools.
On the plus side, the basement finally got emptied out on the weekend, so I guess that's a win.
***
Other stuff happened. Family visits that were good. Friend visits that were fun but would have been so much better if I had not gotten wedged into the middle of a bunch of stupid interpersonal stuff.
***
I signed up to host Write Every Day in August. I'm going to try and get back into the habit before August starts, but at least that will force me to do something regularly. I miss having something creative going on in my life, even if it's just a few nightly scribbles.