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I finally have a grandchild that loves the same stuff I do!!!!!! Azzy is 6 now, and in 1st grade. BUT!!!!! Shes on a 3rd grade reading level and reading chapter books!!!!!!! Im so excited beca...

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Feeling so blah lately. Not exactly depressed. Just….flat. Was supposed to go to a family picnic at my cousins house but I really dont feel like doing it. Pat got pretty sick and was in the h...

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So much going on that’s stressing me out. Pats 100% better since his illness that put him in the hospital. Thank God for that. 2 weeks ago I was here on my own for the first time because the b...

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Those of you on my Facebook already know this. I thought I was going to lose Pat this past weekend. He got up Wednesday and took his last licensing test and went to work. Midway through the af...

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Using my phone so I dont know how much Ill actually write but theres a lot! Rylan - wow what a fantastic athlete this boy has become. This is his first time competing in a team sport. (Other ...

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People who have been reading me since the days of Open Diary know that Ive had a long history of chronic headaches and migraines. Over the years it’s gotten worse, to the point of having a bad h...

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Dads dementia is driving me crazy!!!!!!! Geez it’s difficult to deal with. Im sure its no picnic for him either but as a caregiver it’s difficult.

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We finally got moved. Still getting things unpacked and it’s going to be another 2 weeks without internet or tv. They came out today to do it but theres a damaged line and they have to dig it u...

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AGAIN!!!! 4th time in a year and a half. I never get it very bad. Probably because i am updated on the boosters. But im really sick of getting it. The worst this time around is the headache ...

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We were able to get that disaster of a basement completely cleaned out Saturday. We had 5 men show up to help throw everything on a uhaul so we could get it to the dump. Took 45 minutes!!! It ...

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We’ve got the house mostly packed. The basement is still a nightmare but I’ve been working on it almost every night. Every time ai get a nice organized pile of crap to take to the dump someone ...

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I am so tired tonight. Im feeling every bit of my age and then some with all this packing crap. Hate packing. Hate moving.

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As if moving isn’t stressful enough we have to deal with Kaitlyns bullshit as usual. Shes moved into Sams uncle’s house and we’ve told her she has until the 15th to get her shit out of the basem...

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I am not meant to be a caregiver. I just dont have the patience anymore. When I was first starting out after high school I was a nurses aide on an Alzheimer’s floor in a nursing home. Went to ...

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Really excited to be moving. Its me and Pats first home together. Ive never really felt like our place now was really “ours”. It was him and his ex-wifes apt. But now I can finally decorate ...

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Pat and I went and looked at an apt this afternoon. First one we saw that we liked well enough to tour. The pics on Redfin looked nice but it was even better in person!! We were very pleasantl...

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[img] https://imgur.com/a/MXJW1mR[/img] Pat sent me flowers at work today because he knows how overwhelmed Im feeling right now.

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Just cant take any more shit in my life right now. May be time for me to completely shut down mentally and physically. Probably take my meds and go to bed when I get home. Maybe tomorrow will ...

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I feel like a ringleader trying to direct multiple rings all at one time. Dad came home last night. Hes a mess. Im hoping a few days at home will re-orient him but right now hes a mess. He wa...

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I came up with a solution for our issues yesterday to give us some breathing room. We were told yesterday that dad was going to have to be discharged asap because insurance is no longer covering...

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I am so physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually depleted right now. This past week has sucked huge hairy monkey balls. And its really just beginning. I seriously need some downtime...

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We found out tonight that Dads dementia is so bad he has to have 24/7 care. Just to keep a watch on him because hed be the one that wanders off. This means that we need to get this house packe...

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Pats dad has been in the hospital since Thursday. He fell and originally they said muscle spasms. Then they said kidney stones and now they’re not sure. But being in the hospital has completel...

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Yesterday Kirsten called me in tears. Back in November, right before Thanksgiving she was pulled over for accidentally running a red light. Her insurance had lapsed so she was given a paper say...

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So Kirsten spoke to the principal of the elementary school yesterday about the situation I wrote about yesterday. He was shocked. He had no idea about CPS being called. He also checked Azzys a...

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