Hello again
So if I were to receive anything for Christmas I would want a 27" monitor and an e reader Hook HD or Kindle fire. Actually a Wool pea coat.
Now I would really like everyone who reads this to send mom a Christmas card. It would be nice to read the cards to mom, from around the world. Also I would like to get her some nice clothing and a comforter.
These are the things I would want for Christmas. Mom is who I wish to get something for. And, again, once every many years it would be nice to have a Christmas myself.
OK being with mom on Christmas day is what I look forward to each and every year. But to wake up, where I stay, and have something useful, would be great as well.
Thank you to all of you, from all over the world who read this blog.
Nothing exciting happened to me today, as usual. No conversations with anyone, at all, today. Just spoke with mom, as well as we could speak.
I do understand most of what she is trying to get across. And the rest I do what I can to understand her. I make every attempt to understand all of what she mom is trying to tell me in our conversations. I do my best.
It is nice to speak with her. She laughs, is sarcastic. I think mom is happy. I know she is doing OK. Can't do much better being stuck in a home and not being able to go anywhere. And she has this looser son who can't take her anywhere. ME!
I brought mom a salad and chicken Parmesan.I made it for her.
Again today, as I got closer to Coquitlam, the more depressed I have become. Angry, upset and depressed. I can't believe I am still stuck in the crap hole. It is dirty and neither of the two roommates clean anything. I only clean to survive. Toilet, tub and kitchen............... But I am not a maid. I did mention to the landlord that if he paid me I would clean.
Then there is the company who I purchased the leg rests, for mom, from. It is one of the stores Shoppers Home Health Care, part of the Shoppers Drug Mart chain. Now owned by Loblaws. With your store card you get points to redeem merchandise. Ex: 8000 points gets one $10.00 off/or free merchandise. So I chose them to get the leg rests, with the promise of points. 65000 point to be exact. Which is $105.00 worth of merchandise. This is what I was told by the sales rep.
I wrote Shoppers to see why I pay for something and have to wait weeks to get the points. Well they wrote me back. Finally, after writing them 4 times. To tell me that the leg rests don't qualify for points. Replacement parts. Now I was counting on those points to get mom something for Christmas from Shoppers. Instead they tell me that they will have credited my account with 4000 points, which is worth nothing. Far cry from the $105.00 I was to get.
This is a company I have shopped with for years and years now. I could of gotten mom's leg rest a few dollars cheaper, with the other company. A few dollars but it would of been a longer wait. Actually it turned out that it would of been a shorter wait. Shoppers told me two weeks and it turned out to be a month. And the other company told me three weeks. So for $30.00 more I chose Shoppers. Thinking I would also get the points. Making it worth it. But NO!
I just took a short break to write Shoppers a very strongly worded letter.
Now tonight mom was exceedingly happy to see me. And I her. I love it when she see's me and the smile is so bright and big. Makes me tear up. I have no problem letting mom or anyone else see me cry. It is tears of joy, not sadness.
OK mom has problems. Is dependent on everyone for everything. And if you look at it this way, it is like looking after an infant. But mom is not an infant, she is 84 years old and should be treated as such. I should know I am their and know what mom is going through, better than all the staff at the home. I see that mom has her mind and aware.
It is time to go. I just want to go to bed and watch what I downloaded last night. I am still not hungry. It is this depression that comes over me, the closer I get to Coquitlam.
GOD bless and good night
Merry Christmas to all and all a good night
Kris Schmuland
