A good night's sleep, chocolate, the happiness and satisfaction of sharing on AgingCare forum. Does anyone have some favorite things to think about? Yes, this phrase is from the song in the movie "The sound of Music". My husband and I often resort to using movie lines and song to improve communication. We were the only two in a gathering of people who heard the background music playing. We both had the same (cassette tape/CD). A connection bringing two people together. To this day, we crack up when one uses a simple movie line to make a serious point.
SO, What is one of your favorite movie line, some of your favorite things?
Ever watch the Animal Planet channel puppies and kittens programs? They are soooo adorable!
NO NO NO NO NO
You can either say - I took a break from xyz (if that sounds super duper) to devote time to care for my terminally ill mother (we are all terminal - in that we will all die) and to ensure she received optimum care.
Or for the last 4 years I have been the sole care-giver for xxyz who had multiple health issue AND dementia
My duties involved
Keeping financial records of all transactions (as her POA that is a requirement)
Liaising with a range of professional bodies at all levels: legal, financial, health, medical inter alia (means among others but sounds posher)
Explaining in simple terms the results of the professional meetings to my mother in a manner than allowed her to understand
Conducting due diligence with regard to care provision and monitoring same
Reporting any diversion from agreed and standard practices
Keeping records of care provision and medication
General house keeping duties
Manual handling and lifting
Organising and coordinating visits and holidays that would accommodate very specific needs
Ensuring her rights were enabled at all times
Making numerous phone recalls and recording and diarising results of same
Attending to personal needs including but not limited to personal hygiene, welfare, religious needs, financial needs, health, medical and nutritional needs
Completing various complex forms on behalf of xxyz to access abcdefgh
In the final months I conducted an analysis of the most appropriate care for xxyz which involved taking up references conducting due diligence on the care homes, reading a variety of report to ensure that my mother received the best care possible.
In addition to this I also ran my own household blah blah blah yada yada yada
This is your application for you have been a care-giver and you should be proud to stand up and tell the world what you have done
You are not a 1 or 2 line person
returning to work after retirement, seeking a new career.
Or, you could say you have a general life experience which would qualify you for on the job training or you are willing to have a specific short trial period.
Bad girls!!!!!!!! But I love you both just the same xxxxxx
Depending if you are over 62-65 y.o.
Many people are hired direct from school or some kind of training program, even from volunteer positions.
Or, you could say you have a general life experience which would qualify you for on the job training or you are willing to have a specific short trial period.
Hope this helps. Be sure to dress for where you want to work, as in, wear to the interview what the position you are seeking would be wearing.
Now that I am cheered up, I can go water my sunflower with the rainwater we saved.
Won't we get infected with malware if we send a hug?
And speaking of snowfall, even though I dread the cold dark winter, that first fall of snow drifting gently down like feathers is magical.
Que sera, sera, whatever will be will be.
If you ever go, be prepared for a lot of exercise. It's almost a culture shock to see no vehicles but also a wonderful reprieve from the smell of auto exhaust.
Be sure to visit the fudge shops; Mackinac Island is famous for them, and the fudge is delicious - rich and creamy but also soft, not hard as some fudge is.
As to worse self versions...I'd hate to think I could actually be any worse than I already am!
But it's also necessary to remember that there are a lot of irritations in life today, whether it's repeated telemarketers who ignore the Do Not Call List, or foreign scammers trying to get your financial information, either by phone or with phished and spoofed numbers and e-mails.
I've stopped most of the door to door salespeople with a large NO SOLICITATION sign on my front door. But the telephone has expanded from being a lifeline to being an instrument of harassment.
And the junk mail...I don't even want to start on that.
Now, thinking about all that, I'm going to refocus to think what I'd rather be than what I don't want to be.
And hope for a wonderfully refreshing rain.
There's a special thrill as well with the post rain rainbows that sometimes appear. It's as if I'm gazing into a magic environment, something from a fairy tale.
Do you ever feel you've become the worst version of yourself?
That a Pandora's box of all the secret, hateful parts-your arrogance
your spite, your condescension-has sprung open? Someone upsets
you and instead of smiling and moving on, you zing them. "Hello, it's
Mr. Nasty." I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about.
Or in my case, Mrs. Irritable. I never wanted to be who I've become
Today.
One of my favorite things today is nice, cold, orange sherbet. If it weren't for the fact that we're under a heat advisory (100 to 105 degree heat index anticipated), I could be outside gardening, but not in 90+ heat.
Lime sherbet is a treat too. The ultimate though would be the local chain supermarket's Mackinac Island Fudge ice cream, chocolate chip ice cream, mint chocolate chip ice cream, black cherry ice cream...heck just about any ice cream. I don't discriminate - I love them all. And they really hit the spot on hot sweltering days.
I too love the huskies, one blue eye, the other eye another color. My dog was also a rescue, but a purebred. She had dark eyes.
We are financially committed to not having another pet due to the high vet bills.
The care we both gave our dog was enough to last a lifetime, we will not forget that we just cannot do that again. I have had other dogs, it is a lifetime commitment, we could never give our pet away just because we couldn't care for it. But that is just me. I love dogs especially. My favourite pet!