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DorothyMH

DorothyMH

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from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Fri, Jan 17, 2025

AM- Awake at 7am (PST) after nearly 9 hours of sleep🛌💤; the last couple hours were neither solid nor sound, however…
Outside is mostly sunny, frozen, 25 (F) degrees feels like 19🌞🧊🥶… this depth of cold makes my old eyes water when the air hits them😭
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 30 knee strikes✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish- unplanned rest day…. feeling awfully anxious about the whole mom-thing. Lawyer told husb yesterday that even tho she is demented, she retains the right to consent as to where she wants to live and how much help she receives. The only way around this is if she breaks the law, police are called, or she physically breaks, so that a physician says she cannot go back to her home. There was more, but this was enough to be disturbing. So…. my job now is to detach myself from my husb’s *business* with regard to this, so that I can stop wringing my hands about when the next shoe will drop.😵‍💫And don’t get me started about the other shoe of the incoming administration on Monday😖
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
PM-
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min vinyasa practice ✅
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon

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DorothyMH said:
Noonish- unplanned rest day…. feeling awfully anxious about the whole mom-thing. Lawyer told husb yesterday that even tho she is demented, she retains the right to consent as to where she wants to live and how much help she receives. The only way around this is if she breaks the law, police are called, or she physically breaks, so that a physician says she cannot go back to her home. There was more, but this was enough to be disturbing. So…. my job now is to detach myself from my husb’s *business* with regard to this, so that I can stop wringing my hands about when the next shoe will drop.😵‍💫
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I'm so sorry, @DorothyMH . I ran into this issue multiple times with my father refusing medical help that he needed. And sure: it's the person who's ill who suffers physically for refusing the help. But it's the people around them who suffer mentally and emotionally and end up sacrificing boatloads of time in their efforts to try to avert disasters. I'm wishing for your family continued strength, and for you, yeah: some success in finding detachment. Because you cannot change your MIL or the law.
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And don’t get me started about the other shoe of the incoming administration on Monday😖
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DorothyMH

DorothyMH

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from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Laura Rainbow Dragon said:
I'm so sorry, @DorothyMH . I ran into this issue multiple times with my father refusing medical help that he needed. And sure: it's the person who's ill who suffers physically for refusing the help. But it's the people around them who suffer mentally and emotionally and end up sacrificing boatloads of time in their efforts to try to avert disasters. I'm wishing for your family continued strength, and for you, yeah: some success in finding detachment. Because you cannot change your MIL or the law.
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Thank you; I know you know whereof you speak (write) on both topics. It helps to vent….😕. I have one elderly friend who has continually advised me to “make my husb promise to bring her this time….” Well, hells bells, I can’t make him do anything of the sort, and it’s crazy to think I could. Besides, he lives his ethical code as a (retired) physician and son of a lawyer would: strictly legal. And, my step mom does the same harassing: “trick her or drug her,” she says. Nope, nope and nope. Oof😤
 
DorothyMH

DorothyMH

Well-known member
from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Sat, Jan 18, 2025

AM- awake at 6:30am (PST) after 8ish hours of unsettled sleep🛌😭
Outside is clear, dry, frozen, 24 (F)degrees feels like 16🌞🥶🥶
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: EotD- 20 lunge punches✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 17✅ + 18✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus+, Day 17✅ + 18✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • ❌Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927
  • ❌Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌House chore
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 15 min restorative practice✅
 
DorothyMH

DorothyMH

Well-known member
from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Sun, Jan 19, 2025

AM- awake at 7:45am (PST) after 9 hours in a horizontal position, but NOT that many hours asleep🛌🥱😩. Yesterday, I did have some reprieve from the anxiety with an hour + of quilting, along with an extended workout to catch up on my DareBee program and challenge. I could definitely stand more of all of that to help distract me…..😵‍💫🥺
Outside, is mostly cloudy, 28 (F)degrees feels like 21⛅️; the lake is freezing up🧊
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Mobility/warmups- planned REST DAY

Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 19✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 19✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min flexibility practice ✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
DorothyMH

DorothyMH

Well-known member
from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Mon, Jan 20, 2025

**MLK Jr. Day** + **Inauguration Day**

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after 8+ hours of (mostly) sleep🛌💤
Outside is sunny, frozen, 17 (F)degrees feels like 10🥶🥶🥶
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 side kicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅

  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
Noonish-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 20✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 20✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
PM-
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Nap✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 20 min gentle practice✅
 
DorothyMH

DorothyMH

Well-known member
from Eastern Washington State, USA
Posts: 1,571
Tues, Jan 21, 2025

AM- awake at 7am (PST) after 8+ hours of (mostly)sleep🛌💤. Lots of restlessness on my side and snoring on husb’s😵‍💫😴
Outside is clear, sunny, frozen, 20 (F)degrees feels like 13 🌞🧊🥶
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Reading: The 36-Hour Day (a family guide to caring for people with dementia), by Nancy L, Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: 100 front kicks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Doggo walk✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-
  • Reading: Reading: Genghis Khan by Harold Lamb, 1927✅
PM-
  • DareBee Universal Warm-up✅
  • DareBee Challenge: Standing Abs, Day 21✅
  • DareBee program: Total Body Strength Plus +, Day 21✅
  • DareBee FarPoint (Cool-Down)✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌House chore
  • Down Dog Yoga-Jan Daily Challenge: 15 min restorative practice✅
 
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