Day 4

Living with elderly people can be exhausting. My poor Mum is hardly able to move around never mind vacuum, dust and even general tidying up. So that's where I come in, today I vacuumed her ceilings which had cobwebs from corner to corner and moved the furniture and vacuumed behind cupboards etc. It really made me think of how debilitating pain can be and the value of being active and healthy whatever your age. So next time you don't feel like doing the housework think about what it would be like if you couldn't do it?

As for her partner who is suffering with Parkinson's, he has been having hallucinations at night from some new trial medication. He wanders around the lounge trying to 'keep the table from moving around' and talking to non existent people (ghosts maybe?) it seems to be very similar to the dt's. So never a dull moment around here.

The temp here today - 3 degrees so I took myself out in the rain and wind for an invigorating walk, amazing I really enjoyed it my face was like ice when I got back but everything else was like toast thanks to my ski gear courtesy of Tanya. I am hoping that the snow reaches these parts soon but it better be soon because I leave for my job on Sat morning and that is further south.