A Little Caregiver Humor

Nancy Dunn Thompson of www.mmlearn.org shared these Caregiver sayings with her FaceBook friends.  Many thanks to her for allowing me to share them with you.

1. Your new hobby is canceling credit cards, writing letters to collection agencies and canceling numerous magazine subscriptions.
2. You spend 1/3 of vacation time backtracking as you look for eyeglasses, purse, hat, gloves and sweaters.
3. You place most of the bills in a folder labeled, “I will think about this tomorrow.”
4. Going out to eat is a Big Mac or a Whooper.
5. An outing consists of going to get the mail.
6. You lobby your Congressional Rep. to have more hours added to the clock.
7. Taking care of yourself means…?
8. Coffee, cola, and aspirin are food groups.
9. You never sort your loved ones socks because they seem to like to wear them mismatched.
10. Your lawn has been declared a wildlife refuge.
11. The living area of the home is somewhat tidy, but your own bedroom is a disaster.
12. Going to church depends on if you can find someone to stay with your loved one for a couple of hours.
13. You *might* get the luxury of a long hot bath once a month (maybe) unless you take it at midnight. And even then it’s iffy.
14. Stopping at the pharmacy counts as “me time”.
15. You know the pharmacy phone number by heart, but can’t remember where you put your gloves.

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