Sorry people! I haven't been very good about keeping up with this lately!
Lisa talked about our wonderful visit with Mike and Pat Charles. They are great long time friends from California and it was so nice to have them here! They were a huge help and kind of had a wild visit with our family!
After having a great time at dinner at Lisa and Josh's house, We got a call the next day that Mom was in the hospital as she was feeling dizzy and faint after her job interview. She was taken to Group Health and they did a heart scan and checked her out. Thankfully everything was fine with her heart. (She does have a heart murmur that she has had for years which is scary) She was dehydrated and hadn't eaten anything that day. The doc gave her a little scolding about taking better care of herself and they kept her overnight for observation. Meanwhile the Charles were here and they made a beautiful dinner for Mom and Dad but I got to enjoy it instead of Mom as I went over and stayed the night with Dad while Mom was in the hospital. She got home the next morning and she and Dad took it easy all day and then had dinner again with Mike and Pat.
Pat called me after they left and told me that Mom had a long talk with her about some of her frustrations with Nancy 2. Pat also had concerns after spending the day there. We have all been a little frustrated with Nancy 2 and have been trying to see about switching to a different caregiver that has been there before as a substitute. Nancy 2 is VERY picky about what she is willing to do and there always seems to be some sort of scheduling misunderstanding with her. She also asks 40 bazillion questions about things that have nothing to do with why she is there. I have been annoyed several times as she asks me every time I am there the same questions...did you come from Bremerton this time? oh.. Did you have to take a ferry? oh..How long is the ferry ride? oh...is your husband with you? Do you have the dogs in the car? OMG LADY!!! I've been here 10 minutes already and I haven't even said hello to my parents yet!!! She is really sweet and I do like her but sometimes I just can't muster the patience to answer the same questions every time I go over there. Mom feels the same frustrations times 10. She is help provided by Providence Elder Place and we love them in general and are so grateful!! but just need to tweak a couple things as far as in home care giving goes in order to help relieve Mom. Mom also needs to really stand up for herself too and Dad needs to cut her some slack sometimes! We have had a couple comments from family and friends who have witnessed his, how do I say, tendency to be a little controlling, often about things that are not so important unless you are Mike Kissler :)
On Memorial Day I stopped by and surprised them after attending a friends BBQ up the hill. I brought them leftovers of the truthfully kind of awful dessert I made for the BBQ. Dad loved it anyway :) but told me I needed to use cake mix made with Jello next time and it would be so much better. He's controlling but he usually knows what he's talking about (usually) and I have learned so much from him.
We are looking forward to the Clows coming from California this coming weekend! I am especially as I used to spend a week or two every other summer at their house when I was growing up! They have two kids, a daughter my age, Michelle (who would come to our house the summers I was not at their house), and her older brother Jon, who were often the highlight of my summer :)
A couple cute pictures from Mother's day...
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