Sunday, June 12, 2022

Sunday morning coffee chat

I was working on my budget and setting up a couple of payments to get done next Wednesday (payday) and noticed that the credit card my electric bill went to was charged twice for $186 on the same day and also has the same confirmation code. Weird. I logged into my electric company account and it shows only one payment posted. I can call them Monday, but most likely they are going to say they only received one payment and I'll have to contact the cc company. Especially with it having the same confirmation code. I selected dispute option with the cc and reported it as a duplicate payment with Wells Fargo so we'll see if they get it resolved without me having to do more. Boy, you just gotta be on top of everything, don't you? This was back on 5/20 and honestly I probably only noticed it because I haven't been using the card for much of anything, so the double charge stood out to me in the transactions.

I woke up my normal 6:50 Saturday morning. Looked at my phone and saw from camera notifications mom had been up since around 6:20. Ok good, she'll go down for breakfast and I won't need to call her. Nope. The video clips showed she wandered around her apartment for 40 minutes and then went and sat in her recliner, still in her nightgown. I ended up calling at 7:15 to get her going again and she did get dressed and went down.

Had a total moment of clarity with her Friday that was a surprise. She had called me around 1:50 in the afternoon. Said she was tired and going to take a nap, but didn't want to sleep past 4:30, to go down for dinner, so could I call her at 4:30 to make sure she was up? Sure, no problem. I thought it was good/different that she actually thought of this. She has never done this before. Then 50 minutes later she calls me back and says "I'm up, so you don't need to call me later". I can't believe she actually remembered this! Typically she can call me and call me 5 minutes later and not remember she just talked to me already. 

The cat keeps tipping his food/water bowl over. He's driving me nuts. I can't put water in it anymore and the food just ends up on the carpet in my office. I decided to order this different type of sturdy/heavy food and water bowl that he supposedly won't be able to tip over. He's still on kitten chow, as it said for first year. I'm guessing he will be a year old around the end of July. I have about a half a big bag of kitten chow left so next order I will order adult cat food. 

All is seems to do most days is rain around here. The grass is growing so fast and getting long in between mows because he hardly gets an opportunity to mow it with all the wet and rain. Mr. Neighbor is grumbling about not getting to mow either. Plus, when you have to mow when it gets so long, it takes longer.

I rarely ever sleep past 7am, maybe 7:10, usually I'm up before 7. But for whatever reason this morning it was 7:30 when I got up. Another 5 minutes later before I could grab my phone to see if mom was up. She was up at 6:50 to 7 and then she went back to bed.. So, today will just have to be a day she misses breakfast I guess. I just don't get how she knows to watch and see what time it is for lunch and dinners. She never misses those. So, how does she not be up for awhile, I can see her stopping to look at the clock, and not think ok, I'm up, it's time get ready for breakfast. Well, at least she's had breakfast every day now for 8 days in a row. I guess on weekends I'll start setting my alarm to make sure I'm up so I can call her by 7:15.

I really need to mop the floors today. I was hoping it would be dry enough outside so dh could be out mowing while I mopped. Or just be out LOL. I need a break from him, haha.



 



13 comments:

  1. My grandmother did that. For five years it broke my mother's heart to be called the wrong name. Then, one day, she called my mother by her name. But, never again. I know it is hopeful and gratifying that she has such lucid moments. Do you think the new med is helping?

    I guess the cat has made his own toy. He can have fun with his dishes.

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    1. I have heard it happens that they have moments of clarity. I think it will be really hard to tell if it's helping. From what the dr said and from what I've read it just postpones the disease for maybe a year. I have read many say after that time period then there seems to be a rapid decline.

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  2. You really do have to be on top of your billls/charges don't you. I tend to check my bank accounts/pay bills every Friday but would hate to leave it longer than that just in case!

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    1. I always check my checking account daily, but I guess I need to be more vigilant with my credit cards

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  3. This rain has been crazy, but more than the rain I’m tired of the cloudy gloomy days. My husband was finally able to get the lawn mowed for the first time on Tuesday. It was really wet, and really long, but he was leaving for Alaska so he had to get it done. I’m pretty sure it’s raining now. Next weekend is supposed to be in the 80’s, and while I’m not ready for that just yet, it will be a welcome change from the last 3 or 4 weeks. We never have nice springs, but we’ve had bad weather since April.
    Diane

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    1. DH was able to get a mow in yesterday afternoon....before it started raining again LOL. The river sure is flowing high still

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  4. Be sure to mix some of your cats kitten food in with the new adult food to make the transition easier.

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    1. thank you for the info! I knew that with dogs, but somehow wasn't thinking on that with the cat.

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  5. That moment of clarity must have given you mixed feelings - maybe it is too soon to think of moving her or maybe it was just a blip.
    Whatever the reason it was nice that it happened and that you were there to enjoy it.
    I can laugh at your need to have the place to yourself once in a while! I think its what's called being a " Gregarious Loner "
    I had the term explained to me once and thought - That's me!

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    1. it really does give mixed feelings or I tell myself she's doing ok, she can stay there a little bit longer.

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    2. She probably can stay quite a bit longer as long as you have arrangements in place - or at least all the facts and figures at your disposal - to move quickly onto the next stage should the need arise. It would be a pity to move her too soon and find her getting frustrated at the level of autonomy she would lose. Under it all she sounds like a pretty independent woman!

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    3. that is the hard part! to know for sure when it's time. I think it's closer and closer all the time now.

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  6. You'll know better than anyone when the time is right.

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