Changes
For the last year and a bit, my life has pretty much consisted of work, taking care of Mom's needs and doctor appointments, church, and passing out from exhaustion. That last one is no joke. I make plans to work in my yard or get something done, sit down and hours later, I wake up, having missed most of the day, or the whole evening. My house is a wreck, my yard is scraggly, and the plants I was so happy to have growing are on their last legs, and not because it's fall. I've put on weight and lost muscle tone because it seems I'm always sitting. Work. Doctor's offices. Driving from one place to another. And it's mentally exhausting, so by the time I get back home, the rest of me is too tired to do much. The doctor visits seem to be never-ending. Wound care, pain management, dentist, urologist, regular doctor for various ailments. And the middle of the night phone calls because she's fallen and is headed for the Emergency Room. ...