Well, averaging three hospital appointments a week at times for mum's sundry undiagnosed and unproven aches and pains, trying to protect my son from her rejecting and verbally abusing her own grandson, nearly losing my job, causing stress between me and hubby who’s got health problems himself…. her expecting everything of me/us…….
This evening I am told…. ‘You don’t need to come tomorrow, my sister’s coming.’ Yikes, wasn’t that / isn’t that my aunty? Isn’t she supposed to have some feelings for me?
All’s well with the world. Karen isn’t needed (not at least until Monday when we see the gastro-chap again - and who’s going to take her to THAT appointment?)
Said sister ‘descends’ less frequently than a blue moon, with suitably polished halo, at whim, when she sees fit. I will hear nothing for the next six months but how wonderful the butterfly cakes were….. unless ‘Halo sister’ descends again before then ...…
Let’s hope tomorrow she (Halo Queen) will not arrive with tins of ‘WeightWatchers’ baked beans as she did three months ago (last time she bothered to visit) because they were on offer in the supermarket, neither realising that mum desperately does NOT need to lose anymore weight, nor is she capable of opening a tin……
Sunday, I will pick up the pieces……(discreetly remove the ‘WeightWatchers‘ goodies) …... and take all the flack for how hopeless I am as a carer…..
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest,
Hmmpphhh... thanks for listening,
Karen (TF)
This evening I am told…. ‘You don’t need to come tomorrow, my sister’s coming.’ Yikes, wasn’t that / isn’t that my aunty? Isn’t she supposed to have some feelings for me?
All’s well with the world. Karen isn’t needed (not at least until Monday when we see the gastro-chap again - and who’s going to take her to THAT appointment?)
Said sister ‘descends’ less frequently than a blue moon, with suitably polished halo, at whim, when she sees fit. I will hear nothing for the next six months but how wonderful the butterfly cakes were….. unless ‘Halo sister’ descends again before then ...…
Let’s hope tomorrow she (Halo Queen) will not arrive with tins of ‘WeightWatchers’ baked beans as she did three months ago (last time she bothered to visit) because they were on offer in the supermarket, neither realising that mum desperately does NOT need to lose anymore weight, nor is she capable of opening a tin……
Sunday, I will pick up the pieces……(discreetly remove the ‘WeightWatchers‘ goodies) …... and take all the flack for how hopeless I am as a carer…..
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest,
Hmmpphhh... thanks for listening,
Karen (TF)