Ready for Spring!

Nothing against Mondays, but one of them each week is enough!

Usually when we have a short work week, it seems as if each day is a Monday.  I’ve come to expect that.  But when a regular work week has more than one Monday, sometimes it’s just too much.  And this week, I had two Mondays in a row, followed by a Thursday that I was convinced was Friday.  It was a long week.

My sister-in-law got into with my mother-in-law.  They’ve never liked each other, and neither one is able to just let things go. They both have to stir the pot whenever they can.  Don’t get me wrong - I love my sister-in-law, but she’s got to learn that she can’t always be in control.

But I understand her frustration.  She stopped by the nursing home on Monday, and found out they had put my father-in-law on suicide watch.  The nurse revealed that my mother-in-law did not want the nursing home to tell the kids anything about my father-in-law’s condition, other than he had a good day or he had a bad day.  That set my sister-in-law off, and I’m on her side this time.  That is wrong on so many levels.  These are HIS kids!  They have a right to know his condition.  My mother-in-law has no right to keep it from them, just because she doesn’t get along with several of the kids. The nurse agreed that it was wrong, and indicated that she planned to talk with my mother-in-law about it.

My sister-in-law wouldn’t let it go.  She called my mother-in-law and argued with her about it. My mother-in-law let slip that she doesn’t want the kids taking him out of the nursing home because they’ll just take him to their mother’s house (she lives nearby). What that has to do with not telling the kids what condition he is in, I don’t know.  But my mother-in-law is off her rocker if she thinks my other mother-in-law wants my father-in-law back! She has her own husband to worry about, and she sure doesn’t want her ex back!

After a couple days of multiple phone calls, things settled down.  The nursing home convinced my mother-in-law to sign papers allowing my sister-in-law and my hubby to take their father out of the nursing home for up to an hour at a time.  And they are now allowed to tell the kids what his condition on but not allowed to reveal his medications or doses, things like that.  I still think that is wrong - what is she trying to hide?  Is she demanding they dope him up? If she has nothing to hide, what is she worried about?  I don’t get it.  The saga will continue, I’m sure.

Closer to home, my mom had an MRI and found out she will probably need to have back surgery.  Apparently she has a bad disc and it’s causing her pain. They don’t think it will go away without surgery.  On a high note, though, my brother was released to go back to work after being off since September.  I hope his feet are healed and that he doesn’t have any more issues.  He can’t afford to miss more work.

Today is Ground Hog Day.  Punxatawny Phil predicts an early spring.  I sure hope he’s right!