I'm full of it today. I count myself as a caregiver even though my husband is in a nursing home far from me and I can't be a part of his life at the moment. I found this quotation in some of my reading (that applied to my own experience) and wanted to share it...
"One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that other people will never know about." (Anonymous)
I thought it would be interesting to video everything I do each day Including pants changing and feeding to show others just what goes on in a day in our lives, and why I get tired, and tired of it.
I understand. I took care of my husband before he left home to visit his sister in Palm Beach and everything went to hell. I got very, very tired. It would have been better, maybe, if I didn't have a farm to take care of, a studio and my work to be committed to. But then, I think I would have gone stark-raving mad.
I get so worn out. I discovered this evening that one thing that really gets to me is I think I spend about half my time looking for something that DH has moved or 'put away.' I wish he'd just leave it be.
After supper this evening, I washed the table and got a nice table runner out of the linen closet. The phone rang. I put the table runner over a chair to take the phone call. When I hung up, the table runner is gone. Naturally, he has no idea where it is. I spent over 15 minutes looking for it--including the washing machine and the laundry bag--I got so frustrated I yelled "I just wish you'd leave my stuff alone." He looked hurt and told me he was only trying to help. Then he started opening closets, drayers, cupboard, etc. I asked him what he was looking for. He said he didn't know but it was for me.
i do the same thing go off to answer a phone or something distracting, and when i get back i forgot what i was doing! and i have found stuff i was looking for and blaming DH on and sure enough it was me who left it there in the first place. i am ALWAYS losing the tv remotes! divvi