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Caregiver’s Rest Day
Today I decided to take a rest day while my husband, Fred, took care of Gladys. Every caregiver should take one. After Thursday and Friday of last week, I really needed a stress free day. On Thursday I found out that the City of Philadelphia had put a lien on our house there because a tenant left owing a $729.00 water bill. It took two days to take care of the water bill. The City of Philadelphia is not the easiest entity to deal with, especially long distance.
I’m usually awake by 5:30 AM and get up about 6:15 AM. Today Fred served me breakfast in bed, while I watched the Today Show. After my second cup of coffee, I fell asleep again. I finally got up about 11:30 AM and decided to ignore my To Do List. I haven’t slept that late in years.
Today is Valerie Day
I chose to do something that I had not done since Gladys arrived - I started reading a novel. I have a stack of unread novels and decided on Echo Park by Michael Connelly. Along with Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn, Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors.
Today, there were no books on caregiving, dementia or blogging. No doctor’s appointments, prescriptions to pick up or cleaning chores. No gift baskets to make or e-bay sales to mail. No cell phone. Today was Valerie day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surprised at how tired I was and how much I just needed some down time.
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