COMING TOGETHER--47

Today is Friday. I have spoken with Pam Jurlina and exchanged emails with her. She knows I need to get away from my mother. Last night I had to depend on Mom to eat the dinner I put out and she did. Excellent! And I had to depend on her to take her pill, which she doesn't like, and it seems she did--excellent.

I hope this means the coughing is over. I know she won't want to take the pill again, so I'll see how this goes. But now she says she will take the pill until the bottle is empty. Maybe her attitude is improving and I need to recognize this.

Friday night, her neighbor Diane came over to visit with Mom. Diane is about 53 years old, a computer consultant who has dated the same guy for 30 years--is this weird, or what? She's a tiny cute girl, possibly lonely or possibly she just doesn't relate. Anyway, she stayed a long time, longer that Mom wanted her to stay. I thought that was great, it gave me some relief from the responsibility.

On Saturday we went to get Mom's hair done and then to El Fenix afterward. That was a hit. But now my company wants me to come back to the afternoon shift--12 to 8pm. This means Mom would be on her own all afternoon and I would have to trust her to eat and stay away from the car.

Right now I have the car. Her coughing is over, she seems to be dependable but who knows? She seems to be recovering. I don't know where this will lead. Her driver's license is out of date. The apartment has some social activities for warmer weather. If I work this new schedule, that changes the outlook of everything. Now it is Saturday night.