Catch-up

Strange how difficult I find it to update the blog. Things have definitely improved but I still feel unsettled - my knitting addiction is coming a close second to the new drug of choice - Farmville on Facebook - its as though I need to be busy doing something every second of the day or who knows what demons will sneak into my mind. Here's how mum's being in residential care is going:

PROS

• Mum is well thought of by the staff and she seems to get on with them
• She is eating slightly better and has put on a little bit of weight
• She is rarely very distressed about being in the home but I think its because she often thinks she's just visiting instead of living there
• I no longer get palpitations when the phone rings because I know it won't be mum with a new disaster
• I have more free time because I generally visit only twice a week for no more than an hour at a time
• Lovely daughter and beloved son do their bit and visit mum as much as possible

CONS

• Its hard knowing how to deal with the 'can you drop me off home' requests at the end of the visit - oddly enough its harder than when mum has a right go at me for 'plotting' to put her into the home (hasn't happened as much lately). Apparently Princess Anne offered her a ride home but she didn't take her up on it.
• Mum has developed some strange habits - the other day she 'clouted' a woman at the dinner table who she said had hit her first - she told us the story over and over with much glee!
• She pinched someone's wedding ring when she thought she had lost her own!
• She has also taken to spitting on the floor - something she would have regarded as absolutely disgusting once upon a time.
• The finances still aren't sorted out. The home hasn't billed me yet but I'm still waiting for the solicitor to send me the paperwork for the courts.

Ok, that's me done for now. I'll try to post more often.