Moving Monday

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We need to actually MAKE THE BED. I'm pretty sure the IKEA furniture that came with the house was not only built IN the room but is not meant to be deconstructed and put back together.

Mugs are already there. Kettle is in a box.
 
Ag said:
We need to actually MAKE THE BED. I'm pretty sure the IKEA furniture that came with the house was not only built IN the room but is not meant to be deconstructed and put back together.

Mugs are already there. Kettle is in a box.
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The best thing I did was get movers who deconstructed and built my bed for me. There was no chance I was competent enough to do it myself.
 
We are VERY MUCH IN.

It's so quiet round here despite being just as close to town as our last road, which excelled in anti social behaviour, thin walls and drivers taking wrong turnings. DOUBLE GLAZING is a WONDERFUL THING.

There's definitely a couple of tweaks that need working on. But our LOVELY LARGE KITCHEN makes up for all that.
 
My self-installed broadband package is FINALLY being delivered tomorrow! An exact month since I’ve moved in and I FINALLY get internet! :disco:
 
So today has been a RIGHT CUNT. I'm on Olympic time for the athletics, so decided to power through the night until 4am, with the intention of getting 6 hours between then and 10am. Duly dropped off at 4, straight away, and was woken by the light on my phone going off- and noticed my Mum ringing. Now, she texts me when she gets up, which is usually about 5 and often does the old people thing of doing an accidental call so I thought it was that and just rolled over. Thankfully woke half an hour later for a wee to find she'd rung 5 times and left a voicemail and had fallen over in the bathroom and, as we found out, fractured her ribs. Have just got in after what has been a fucking long day, having already been fairly fucked up sleep wise and now have not slept since Sunday at 6am. It feels like the day after really strong drugs at this point :D
 
Sorry to hear that, Sheena.

My mum's in pretty declining (mostly mental) health at the moment. I'm just glad my Dad is still there, she would not be able to cope on her own.
 
Sheena said:
Shaken and in a lot of pain...

...and then still doing things like trying to go up the stairs on her own when I'd popped round the shop for her. She's driving me INSANE.
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What a fright you must have got.

Glad she has been checked out and back home.
 
Indie said:
Sorry to hear that, Sheena.

My mum's in pretty declining (mostly mental) health at the moment. I'm just glad my Dad is still there, she would not be able to cope on her own.
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The difference when one parent goes is INSANE. My Mum relied on my Dad a LOT in the last couple of years- I don't think I realised how much.

The main problem for me is her complete refusal to do ANYTHING to help herself. She has one of those emergency wristbands to the council in case she falls and refuses to wear it, she won't leave her absolutely massive house she can't cope with and which is not designed for someone in her condition, despite her being able to sell it for quite a lot of money and live very handsomely on the profits somewhere equally nice but smaller and with a support network. She refuses all help but then lumbers it all on my brother and I (just had to force her today to have someone to go in and help her get dressed and down the stairs in the morning during this injury). It's pride, but it's so fucking misplaced. She says constantly how she doesn't want to go into a home but is going to end up injuring herself to the point she has no other choice at this rate.

It's so frustrating, worrying and just saps the energy out of me.
 
I'm just glad my mum is in supported accommodation already. My dad was the live in warden of the scheme, and she stayed in place after he died, even though she was only late 50s and didn't need it then. It really is a weight off my mind compared to if she was still living in the old house.
 
lolly said:
I'm just glad my mum is in supported accommodation already. My dad was the live in warden of the scheme, and she stayed in place after he died, even though she was only late 50s and didn't need it then. It really is a weight off my mind compared to if she was still living in the old house.
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I can imagine. What a relief. If I could just persuade my Mum...thing is, she's actually really social and would have a WHALE of a time.
 
You know my mum being suddenly single at 64 for the first time since her early 20s was probably the best thing that could have happened to her. She’s nearly 71 now and has had to learn to be fully self sufficient. She’d never even paid council tax or a TV licence before because there was always a husband to do it before.
 
Ellie said:
You know my mum being suddenly single at 64 for the first time since her early 20s was probably the best thing that could have happened to her. She’s nearly 71 now and has had to learn to be fully self sufficient. She’d never even paid council tax or a TV licence before because there was always a husband to do it before.
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That's another problem as well, yeah. She's having to learn a whole new raft of things aged 80 that she never had to worry about.
 
Sheena said:
I can imagine. What a relief. If I could just persuade my Mum...thing is, she's actually really social and would have a WHALE of a time.
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Well yes, that's what is great about it. There is a community room and kitchen, and a proper social scene there, if you want it. But the flats are all entirely self contained and you can completely opt out of that. All my mum has at the moment is one call a day into her intercom - she says she's fine and that's it. At the moment she's still mobile and able to get out and about, but it is nice that short of needing a care home or a higher level of care in the future, she could be there for years or the rest of her life and we won't have to fight to get her in there. With Mr L's mum her last 5 years or so were varying degrees of worry regarding her home and safety.
 
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