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Part deux: The sisters, Pending and Post, Quarterly Visit
Spent a tooth crunching couple of hours with the sibs one of whom is, by her own admittance, completely cold and removed from the whole business. The business, being that of my mother's current care home conditions and concern for some of Mum's treatment therein. Just have to accept that's the way it is, apparently, I was told, and that was that as subject was summarily closed. Taking in the rather wary and alarmed gaze of my partner, JJ, the air so pregnant with pause as to promise broken waters (Magic, flippers please!) in anticipation of nuclear fallout (mine) he was left dazed, mouth agape as I agreed that, yes, we were indeed going around in ever increasing circles.
The lesson learned is that whilst one is allowed to be the person she is without fear of contradiction (that is a cold-hearted, selfish, bitch) others who are not quite of that bent - rather some of the aforementioned tinged with a little compassion here, a little caring there - are apparently not entitled to be who they are and express themselves accordingly. Jollydee. Well, now we all know where we stand, if we didn't before, before, before and pre that!
I left, dignity and family harmony still intact, my finger nails gouging through the held hand of my beloved. He was still in shock at my apparent serenity so didn't feel a thing. I drove.
Just off to the dentist for some filing down of the cracked molars and a stitch in the bitten tongue. Followed by A&E for a tetanus for JJ's wounds!
48 hours to go and things will revert to normal, whatever that is these days. How I will cope without them is a worry, but am sure I'll think of something just as soon as I've cleaned Dad's kitchen floor, the windows, curtains, fridge, cupboards, all of which were promised by them 'to take some pressure off you' i.e. me. And if this sounds like I'm feeling just a tad peed off and bitter, it's because I am. It too shall pass but I see no reason why you should get away without suffering the fallout.
And, afterall, it is only because of the opportunity afforded by TP, to say it how I feel it, that Chescaster Towers still stands. I owe it all to YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Your serene gratefulness
Chesca
Spent a tooth crunching couple of hours with the sibs one of whom is, by her own admittance, completely cold and removed from the whole business. The business, being that of my mother's current care home conditions and concern for some of Mum's treatment therein. Just have to accept that's the way it is, apparently, I was told, and that was that as subject was summarily closed. Taking in the rather wary and alarmed gaze of my partner, JJ, the air so pregnant with pause as to promise broken waters (Magic, flippers please!) in anticipation of nuclear fallout (mine) he was left dazed, mouth agape as I agreed that, yes, we were indeed going around in ever increasing circles.
The lesson learned is that whilst one is allowed to be the person she is without fear of contradiction (that is a cold-hearted, selfish, bitch) others who are not quite of that bent - rather some of the aforementioned tinged with a little compassion here, a little caring there - are apparently not entitled to be who they are and express themselves accordingly. Jollydee. Well, now we all know where we stand, if we didn't before, before, before and pre that!
I left, dignity and family harmony still intact, my finger nails gouging through the held hand of my beloved. He was still in shock at my apparent serenity so didn't feel a thing. I drove.
Just off to the dentist for some filing down of the cracked molars and a stitch in the bitten tongue. Followed by A&E for a tetanus for JJ's wounds!
48 hours to go and things will revert to normal, whatever that is these days. How I will cope without them is a worry, but am sure I'll think of something just as soon as I've cleaned Dad's kitchen floor, the windows, curtains, fridge, cupboards, all of which were promised by them 'to take some pressure off you' i.e. me. And if this sounds like I'm feeling just a tad peed off and bitter, it's because I am. It too shall pass but I see no reason why you should get away without suffering the fallout.
And, afterall, it is only because of the opportunity afforded by TP, to say it how I feel it, that Chescaster Towers still stands. I owe it all to YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Your serene gratefulness
Chesca
