Month: October 2021

#MyGirlL: She is NOT Lassie

Yesterday, my Mom had a fall. She was out taking Leia for a walk. Leia did NORT cause her to fall but rather something in the city sidewalk! Something was sticking up out of the normal sidewalk. Her foot got caught and she fell. When she fell, Leia thought she was playing and she went to jump on my Mom but my Mom told her, “No!” and told her to sit down.

Leia is NOT Lassie so she does not run and get help but our sweet girl just sat down next to my Mom until my Mom got her bearings together. She finally came back into my house and put frozen corn on her face because she had an abrasion on her nose and a scrape on her knee.

it was my aunt who convinced her to call the police. She did and made an incident report. Two police officers came by and she showed them where she fell. They took pictures of it and asked if she was hurt and she answered in the affirmative. She told them her face and one police officer shined the light on her face and was surprised at the abrasion on her nose.
They took pictures of her face and her name as well.

My Mom is feeling better today and her abrasion looks a little bit better. We laughed at the fact that Leia did NOT come and get the help for my Mom but she stayed and comforted her.

She can’t get help when someone is hurt and she can’t even pick up my phone when it falls on the floor from my wheelchair but I will take her over Lassie ANY DAY!!!


#MyGirlL: A Money Pit

Leia had an appointment yesterday because she is itching like crazy! Hi can’t afford any further allergy testing but she got another prescription and she needs to take baths more often! I am totally OK with that!!! My Mom and I pool our money to pay for all of these appointments.

My Mom told me that I have never had a lavish lifestyle having sent Sean to Catholic school and I did it by myself. I can’t when I am paying for her care! But, I told my Mom that it’s OK that she is a money pit because we love her so much!

I looked at her and kind of laughed and said that Leia is going to continue to make sure that I do NOT have a lavish lifestyle!

“Skinny Legs and All”

I’ve been wearing compression socks all of the time since 2015. My Mom noticed and commented on my legs yesterday. She has been putting them on for me and washing my legs since then. Today, she washed my legs even though it has only been a few days since she did it last time. She wants to tend to the sores on my feet. She said that I have skinny legs! I have NEVER had skinny anything! But I guess about a year of drinking 67% of my food is catching up with me. The speech pathologist (who I see in November) asked at my swallow test if I have lost weight without trying. I answered in the affirmative.

My Mom had me listen to this song yesterday and we listen to it today as well:

Still NO Answer

I have been on Twitter for a little bit about 7 1/2 years. I received this alert from this post that I posted on the seventh:

The stats are up from this post:

So I’m getting all of this traffic but there is still NO answer! It would be easiest if I figure out how to put a, “Follow” Button on the first page of my blog but I’m still hovering around 3700 followers. It would just be easier if I just got that answer!

Cider Mill DELICIOUSNESS

With a dead accessible van, my Mom did the next best thing for me! She bought Simply Apple (which tastes like cider when it is heated up) and old-fashioned donuts.I had some yesterday when I watched Hocus Pocus:

Well, I put my wishes out in the universe and today my wish was granted! My mom talked on the phone with my nephew yesterday and he went to the Cidermill today with his girlfriend. They brought cider and donuts to us:

By now, you all know that I am like Homer Simpson when I comes to donuts, especially Cidermill donuts! So, I had to partake today as well! It’s a good thing that I am more lax in my diet this close to the end of the year!

Loneliness


My Mom said something to me three times on Friday. Each time, all I could do is gasp or a little bit, groan, tell her I’m sorry. The things she said to me, three separate times, was, “ I miss my husband.” She just said it matter-of-factly. She didn’t cry but just said that because it is a fact after so long. It’s still a fact.

The third time she said it to me, I apologized and told her that I don’t know that. I told her that I only know loneliness. i’ve had short bursts of not knowing I’ve but that pretty much has been my constant. It was my Mom’s turn to gasp when I said that. I kind of shook my head at her. I’m OK with it. Or, at least, I’ve been OK with that. Because my body is in so much pain so much of the time I don’t bother myself with that.

I turned the TV on and said to my Mom Who was sitting behind me behind me that since I have watched her grieve my Dad for the past 15 years, I think I would prefer loneliness to that process.


Bandwagoner

I talked to Sean today and he is going to come by on Sunday. I told him that I have a record in Rams v Seahawks game that we can watch. He told me that I keep trying to make him a band Wagner like I am but he said that he is a Detroit fan all the way!

I told him that I had to follow my heart. I have lived in the metro Detroit area for all of my life and I was a super Lions fan since 2009 but when my man was traded, I was told that I should follow my heart and for once, it seems not to be leaving me a stray!

We can watch something else when he comes to hang out on Sunday. I don’t need to be convinced! I have made the right choice!


I bought Sean this jersey back in July before the season started! I’m pleased that the season for the Rams is going as well as it is!

MyGirlL: Leia to the Rescue!

We got Leia when she was six months old. She had already been housetrained and was a on a pretty good sleep schedule! Overtime, my Mom would put her in Sean‘s room at about 8:30 and she would sleep for the night. I witnessed her running out of Sean‘s room when she heard my mom open the freezer. We had just started getting green beans so that sound made her think she was going to get some! I remember sitting where I normally do in front of the TV and I heard her and saw her run to the kitchen! My Mom wasn’t getting something out of the freezer so she went back to bed.

Last night, she did not hear us struggle in the hallway but it was when my mom was transferring me to my bed for the night. We have this pretty much down to a science to get me out of my chair and then to my bed by now! But, my knees were not lacking so high groaned a little bit.

My Mom and I are the same height and the tone in my legs allows me to stand when she pulls me out of my chair. We just hug until I am set to get pushed into Ben. But, last night, my knees were not lacking and it was difficult so we struggled. I saw over my mom shoulder Leah book it out of Sean‘s room and she came to help us!

I saw Leia coming and I told my mom but she was able to get me into Ben. My Mom told me that when she came into my Mom, she put her little paws on the end of my bed. My mom laughed and kissed her head and thanked her for for her help and told her to go back to bed!

When she heard a struggle, she came to help! We really wish she could help! It was Leia to the rescue! She is so cute!

“Not my Girl!”

I have written before about the fact that I live in my memories most of the time now! I am only saying that because last night when I was almost asleep, I had one of those memories! Really, it was about 2 o’clock this morning when I was falling to sleep.

At that time, I was just about asleep. My house was silent because I think that my Mom was already asleep. And was completely black except for the light shining through my window and through my blind.

I thought of this memory as I was just at the edge of sleep and I began to laugh out loud! Kind of for a while:

I asked my Mom the specifics about this memory but they are a little hazy because it’s from 20 years ago. I am not sure if I was pregnant or I already had Sean but my brother, Jimmy, came Over and I think my Dad had to be in the hospital and Sean was asleep? Either way, Jimmy, my Mom, and I were watching a documentary on the psychological differences between boys and girls.

A doctor or someone put it like this, “Girls, will stab you in the back. But boys will punch you in the face.“

I remember all three of us sitting there in silence for a moment and after a pregnant pause, my Mom said, ”NOT my girl!” After a moment, we all laughed and I added, “ “i’ll stab you in the face!“ which made my Mom and Jimmy laugh even harder!

I am sure that I have shared this memory before somewhere on my blog but I can’t find it now! Eight years of blogging is really adding up! For me, it was worth sharing because it delayed my falling to sleep because I was laughing too much, by myself, right as in the silence of my house!