A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
Just had lunch and now I'm picking up a few things at Walmart before heading to work. I had an unfortunate morning on Friday, so need to pick up some things to be prepared for next time. So I don't have to run home to shower and make the boy and his family wait on me for dinner
Just had lunch and now I'm picking up a few things at Walmart before heading to work. I had an unfortunate morning on Friday, so need to pick up some things to be prepared for next time. So I don't have to run home to shower and make the boy and his family wait on me for dinner
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Wait! After just a few days together and you are synced with dd?
Lol. No. I got stuck outside hunting down roll off boxes. I was completely disgusting and I hadn't stocked my locker yet, so I had to go home and shower and change.
Eta: until recently, my job rarely took me out of my office. So I wasn't prepared for spending an hour plus in 90+ weather in FRs and a hard hat. Trust me, the result wasn't pretty.
-- Edited by Divine Geek on Sunday 7th of August 2016 12:54:15 PM
I bought, what I thought, was a really nice pewter grey nail polish yesterday.
I get it on my nails and it looks like a silver metalic Christmas sharpie.
Oh well, it was just a dollar.
Guess I will have silver Christmas bells on my fingers come December.
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We have been puttering around all day and the most I've accomplished is some laundry. Oh but on the way home from the market, DD and I saw the teeniest, most adorable bunny in the yard. We ran inside and grabbed some berries to share and when we got back outside, she was still there, chowing down on my garden. We slowly approached her but she hopped away. She returned about an hour later and we caught her munching happily on the raspberries DD had left out. So sweet.
Now I'm just waiting for DW to get back from her camping weekend. It's sunny and pouring here. Hoping for a rainbow!
Grilling. I did manage to shower and do laundry along with grocery shopping. Brought DD to a party. And now her friend are here and friend is sleeping over.
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Managed to watch a couple episodes of Supernatural.
Now I'm listening to the thunder.
I think it's been a nice day.
Aaron begins his senior year tomorrow.
It's been just me and Aaron here for the most part since Thursday.
It's been nice having some time with just him.
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Many of my friends are at a retreat this weekend ( like a geek meet but more sorority-ish). I haven't been in4 years and thought I didn't care to go, due to some friction with the leaders here and there.
Decided I didn't want to be at their beck and call, competing for attention that I was never going to get (retreat is ridiculously competitive on many levels and in many ways). But some people I care about are there and there are pics of them all over FB. Many of them with the leaders (some are known to be favoured). Suddenly I'm both jealous and very lonely. I'm considering unfriending many of them, because the competition is inherent, but they are also my friends.
Neighbor who asked me for cheese came to my house a few days ago @7:30 pm wanting a ride to the grocery store. I told her no. DD and i were out of the house all day today. About 5 minutes after getting home there she was, pounding on the door again. DD had already left and I was in the bathroom. By the time I got to the door and peeked out the window she was walking away. DD said she bugs another neighbor all the time. This lady lives with family members that drive. She's just a pain.
Neighbor who asked me for cheese came to my house a few days ago @7:30 pm wanting a ride to the grocery store. I told her no. DD and i were out of the house all day today. About 5 minutes after getting home there she was, pounding on the door again. DD had already left and I was in the bathroom. By the time I got to the door and peeked out the window she was walking away. DD said she bugs another neighbor all the time. This lady lives with family members that drive. She's just a pain.
Can you talk to her family about her wandering?
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
Many of my friends are at a retreat this weekend ( like a geek meet but more sorority-ish). I haven't been in4 years and thought I didn't care to go, due to some friction with the leaders here and there.
Decided I didn't want to be at their beck and call, competing for attention that I was never going to get (retreat is ridiculously competitive on many levels and in many ways). But some people I care about are there and there are pics of them all over FB. Many of them with the leaders (some are known to be favoured). Suddenly I'm both jealous and very lonely. I'm considering unfriending many of them, because the competition is inherent, but they are also my friends.
Ignore, you stayed away for the right reasons.
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Neighbor who asked me for cheese came to my house a few days ago @7:30 pm wanting a ride to the grocery store. I told her no. DD and i were out of the house all day today. About 5 minutes after getting home there she was, pounding on the door again. DD had already left and I was in the bathroom. By the time I got to the door and peeked out the window she was walking away. DD said she bugs another neighbor all the time. This lady lives with family members that drive. She's just a pain.
Can you talk to her family about her wandering?
Apparently she fell in front of DD's bff's house earlier and she took her home and the family really wasn't happy to see her. She fell a few days ago in front of another neighbor's house and he had to pull her out of the ditch.
Sounds like you need to call who ever it is that you support elder abuse and neglect to.
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Sounds like you need to call who ever it is that you support elder abuse and neglect to.
Where do you get that? She sounds like a very difficult woman. Not being happy to see someone is not elder abuse. Not taking someone to the store on demand is not elder abuse.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
Honestly, it sounds like maybe some dementia is happening.
That and she is asking for food and rides to places to get food.
And she fell and needed help out of the ditch.
I'm thinking neglect at the very least.
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Honestly, it sounds like maybe some dementia is happening.
That and she is asking for food and rides to places to get food.
And she fell and needed help out of the ditch.
I'm thinking neglect at the very least.
Yeah, there certainly seems as though there is some sort of mental impairment going on probably compounded by dehydration. Wandering around in the heat is not good for the elderly.
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Unless she actually has dementia, she is an adult with the right to leave the house and take walks. The fact that she has fallen during a walk does not necessarily mean neglect. I think that before accusing people or reporting them for something, you should have concrete evidence.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
But based on what SB has posted, it is enough to warrant at least a well check.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I remember when I was a kid and my friend's parents had the grandmother move in when she got dementia. They had to put a padlock on the refrigerator because she would eat non-stop absolutely everything in the refrigerator and then get sick and the doctor said they had to control what she ate. She didn't know she needed to stop. So they provided meals and a couple snacks a day - but locked all other food away, and this woman would constantly complaining she wanted to eat all the time.
So, if she does have some kind of dementia, it doesn't mean abuse or neglect b/c she is wanting food all the time or getting out of the house when she shouldn't.
The unfortunate fact is that most people are not equipped to monitor someone 24/7.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
My aunt had Alzheimers, and she would wonder off. And even with someone there 24/7, she got out of the house. She needed more than the family could provide.
That's my concern.
If the family of this lady was annoyed when she was returned home, and she is getting out of the house, looking for food, and has already fallen once, she is needing more care or supervision than she is getting.
Neglect doesn't necessarily mean ignoring needs.
It can be the inability to meet needs.
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They would probably love for her to go into an assisted living facility - but she may be refusing to go, there may not be openings in any local facilities, they may not be able to afford it, and she probably isn't bad enough to qualify for medicaid, yet.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
In the meantime, there is an elderly lady wandering the neighborhood asking for food, falling and the neighbors are having to return her because the family isn't aware.
There may be nothing wrong.
But something isn't right.
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In the meantime, there is an elderly lady wandering the neighborhood asking for food, falling and the neighbors are having to return her because the family isn't aware.
There may be nothing wrong.
But something isn't right.
Possibly. Or there's just an old, belligerent woman going around making demands on everyone around her and they get fed up with doing as she screams.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
In the meantime, there is an elderly lady wandering the neighborhood asking for food, falling and the neighbors are having to return her because the family isn't aware.
There may be nothing wrong.
But something isn't right.
Possibly. Or there's just an old, belligerent woman going around making demands on everyone around her and they get fed up with doing as she screams.
hey that's me!
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Well. If the well check shows nothing is wrong and the woman is just a pest.
Then you take it to the next level.
Or even call the police.
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