It'll Be A Long Cold Lonely Winter
Jan. 7th, 2009 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiIt's rainy. It's cold. Last night was sleet and ice and some of it was still around this morning. This is the high point of the day.
Mom is having shoulder replacement surgery tomorrow morning, and I get to have her at the hospital at 5:30am, latest. I still have only a vague idea of her schedule of doctors and therapy afterwards and I'm hoping I can corner her doctor and some point tomorrow and get some answers. Friday I have to pick her up and take her home at 6:30am. She can't use her left arm or hand, at all, for anything, for at least several days, so I will have 100% responsibility for everything at the house, to include feeding her and keeping the dogs away. She can't drive for at least a month either, so I'll have to take her everywhere, including frequent PT and doctor appointments.
This is going to make going to work pretty hectic. Which it already was, as the FDIC dropped a bomb on us today - about 10 reams worth of files that I have to sort, scan, convert and index, ASAP. Except that I can't do it, because I'm off taking care of my mother tomorrow, Friday and possibly next week. It's not something I can do at home because I have neither the software nor the hardware.
Work, ah yes...my supervisor began the day with the announcement that she has breast cancer and will be having a mastectomy in two weeks, then followed by at least 2 more surgeries and a lot of radiation therapy. The rule at work: if she's not at work, I have to be there, no matter what. So that'll really make taking care of Mom and driving her to PT and such interesting, if I can't leave work. Also means I can't take time off for myself until April or so. I know, I know - I'm a horrible and selfish person. Except I can't not take care of my mother, and I was really hoping to take care of myself a little this year, to include possible shoulder surgery for me, but that's out. This is not going to be a fun winter.
Mom is having shoulder replacement surgery tomorrow morning, and I get to have her at the hospital at 5:30am, latest. I still have only a vague idea of her schedule of doctors and therapy afterwards and I'm hoping I can corner her doctor and some point tomorrow and get some answers. Friday I have to pick her up and take her home at 6:30am. She can't use her left arm or hand, at all, for anything, for at least several days, so I will have 100% responsibility for everything at the house, to include feeding her and keeping the dogs away. She can't drive for at least a month either, so I'll have to take her everywhere, including frequent PT and doctor appointments.
This is going to make going to work pretty hectic. Which it already was, as the FDIC dropped a bomb on us today - about 10 reams worth of files that I have to sort, scan, convert and index, ASAP. Except that I can't do it, because I'm off taking care of my mother tomorrow, Friday and possibly next week. It's not something I can do at home because I have neither the software nor the hardware.
Work, ah yes...my supervisor began the day with the announcement that she has breast cancer and will be having a mastectomy in two weeks, then followed by at least 2 more surgeries and a lot of radiation therapy. The rule at work: if she's not at work, I have to be there, no matter what. So that'll really make taking care of Mom and driving her to PT and such interesting, if I can't leave work. Also means I can't take time off for myself until April or so. I know, I know - I'm a horrible and selfish person. Except I can't not take care of my mother, and I was really hoping to take care of myself a little this year, to include possible shoulder surgery for me, but that's out. This is not going to be a fun winter.
