Monday, April 25, 2005
One More Thing...
There's a new toy in my parents life...just one more thing to drive me nuts! It's called a blood pressure machine. My mothers meds are causing her bp to go haywire so she now has to monitor it...no biggie right?! WRONG! Every morning now I listen to the same words from her as I read the morning news...""time to take my bp". My father comes into the room and has to have his turn...just one of about 15 turns that he'll take today. I listened to my mothers story of how Dad is driving her crazy with it all, eating like he is starving all day long, nonstop, then taking his bp once every hour or so. Mom isn't quite as bad but it's still the "topic on conversation" every time I try to visit them. I try to be the good kid and keep them a part of my daily life. But it is SO HARD! Little things like this are making me lose my mind! I just don't understand how two retired people can have such a hum-drum lifestyle that it takes a bp machine to make excitement for them. I want to yell at them to get a life and go have some fun! Their idea of fun...well, beano for mom and waiting for that one fishing trip per year for dad. Not much of a life and I feel bad for them. I hope when I'm that age I don't dislike my husband to the point where there's never any fun in our lives. So what do I do to bring excitement into their lives...and is it really my responsibility? I know we are supposed to take care of our aging parents, but... I suppose I could have another baby....I could always contract a disease that might not kill me but will give mom someone to care for for a while... I could have my house burn down and then have to move in with them so they feel needed...I don't know! I just wish they wouldn't so negative about everything and I really wish they wouldn't have to have turmoil in thier lives to be happy. It's not my idea of living!
