Heidy-Ho, Blogging Buddies!!
I am shocked to see how long it has been since my last post. I probably shouldn't be since there were two "holiday" events in there that always create a little insanity. But I will try to do better during 2015.
The Title of this post should tell you what to expect. Absolutely nothing. But I'm going to forge ahead. You can choose to join me... or leave me and go get a cup of coffee. Since I won't know what you decide, you won't hurt my feelings. :)
First, I will ramble about a "Christmas crisis" narrowly averted. My Aunt's caregivers are godsends. You can read what I posted about them here although Carolyn is no longer working for us. The sentiment about caregivers in general, however, remains. They work so well together in covering for each other, swapping days when needed, and pretty much handling it all without even involving me. These ladies are amazing and I am grateful every day for them. Unfortunately, one of them who covers three days each week for me (Sun/Mon/Tue) texted me the Thursday morning before Christmas to advise she was undergoing emergency surgery that day!! WHAT?!?!? Since these ladies have become my friends over the past 6+ years, my first concern was for her health. I replied to her and asked that someone contact me when she was out of surgery and let me know how she was doing. My second concern was personal. She clearly was not going to be able to work for at least two weeks which took us through Christmas and New Year's. I would worry about time past that later. At that moment, I just wanted to get coverage through the new year. My other two ladies stepped up without hesitation and we were able to work out a schedule that worked for them with each taking on additional time. The only time I was not covered for was Christmas Eve day. My now hospitalized caregiver had agreed to work Christmas Eve for the caregiver normally scheduled for that day so she could enjoy that day with her family. Since she would be working Christmas Day with my Aunt, she certainly deserved Christmas Eve off. So... I contacted the service that provides me with my now-hospitalized caregiver. I was really doubtful anyone would be able to solve the problem but I was determined to NOT ask my caregiver who was expecting Christmas Eve off to come in!! I was already planning to pull that shift myself although I'm sure my poor Aunt would have suffered through that!! As luck would have it, the service did have a young lady able and willing to take the 8am-8pm shift. The usual caregiver told me she would be happy to come in at 8pm as they would be done with their Christmas celebration by then. WHEW!!! Not only was I off-the-hook but my Aunt was likely saved from the need to deal with me trying to fill a role I probably would not do well! Very happy.
I could continue about nothing... but it looks like I have already babbled on long enough. Didn't think it would take that much typing to explain my "Christmas crisis" but it did. So I will leave you in peace for now and hope I will have something interesting to report to you soon!!
I wish you all a Happy, Safe, Healthy, & Prosperous New Year!!
Until next post...
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