Wishful Wednesday

[mdlbear]

It's Wednesday. I decided over the weekend that "Wishful Wednesday" might be a good day to post a link to the Caregiver's Wishlist that I've been working on.

Thanks to moshez, Ali, and Marty, and of course the YD, who are already taking on several of these tasks.

I'm a little fuzzy on how often to post this. Is once a week too much? I could make it the first Wednesday of each month. Comments?

I have to add that this wasn't an easy list to make, and wasn't an easy post to make -- it amounts to a public acknowledgement that there are lots of essential chores that I originally thought I could do, but can't even get started on.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

This is precisely the kind of specific, concrete list of "what needs to be done" that I daresay most of your friends have been wanting!

I think you might start with calling attention to it every Wednesday; if that's too often (and/or if it doesn't change that fast), you could then think about making it every first Wednesday.

[mdlbear]

Yeah; It'll probably take a while to figure out the right balance. But yes, this has been sitting around for over a month.

[phoenixpdx.livejournal.com]

Or every other Weds.

Coupla questions: Do Colleen & YD need to be tutored in person, or would over-the-phone work? What level of tutoring? It ranges from "This...is...your...MOUSE" to "so to install a Linux package from the command line..." If you can give me a better idea of what they might need and what they are running on what OS, I may be able to help with that.

Many pats on head for being willing to post it. I'm willing to bet that before Colleen was ill, you were pretty much running full-tilt-boogie most of the time, right? And then you got seriously derailed, and one of the people who was part of keeping the full-tilt work became unavailable (i.e., Colleen). Of COURSE you got way behind. If you hadn't I would suspect you of violating the laws of space and time. It's not a shame-thing to be unable to do EVERY-frickin'-thing by yourself. Really. Trust me on this. (Says she who still overbooks regularly and feels bad about asking for help all the zillions of times a day she has to.)

I'm here to report it gets easier with time. Hang in there.

[mdlbear]

And thanks for the pats on the head. I had a pretty long to-do list even before Colleen was ill, it's just gotten that much worse.

It's not a matter of shame, it's a matter of frustration. Stuff has to get done, and it's way too easy for me to say screw it and not do anything.

[mdlbear]

We'll have to come up with a list of what they need. They've both been using computers for years, but they're very limited, especially Colleen. If she doesn't use something every day she forgets how to use it. Like posting in LJ. Or even logging in to LJ -- usually the browser does it.

Driver with Car

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

You said "sometimes none of her `designated drivers' are available". Due to my own caregiving responsibilities I don't currently feel free to sign up at the top of the list, but you can certainly put me down as a person to try when others (drivers OR vehicles) aren't available. I'd bring a (non-cluttered) station wagon, so there'd be lots of room for anything Colleen needs to bring.

Re: Driver with Car

[mdlbear]

Thanks!

You should post a list, too. Take care of yourself!