Monday 14th of December 2020 - Daily Trials with Mother
Well I know I haven't written my Blog since last Monday mainly because my concentration and brain off is not good, but apparently that's all to do with Long Covid! Hmmm However I must say I can tell it's getting close to Christmas as Mums daily phone calls have been ramping up, instead of our usual one daily chat, we are now up to five or six.
Tuesday Mum was lamenting the fact that her neighbours were still not speaking to her or as she put it "Well I am still in Coventry!" I wondered what on earth she was talking about, thinking she had actually packed her bags and gone, when I said "What on earth are you doing there?" Humph said Mum "For goodness sake I 'm not there, I mean my neighbours still aren't speaking to me !" Well what could I say? I decided to change the subject and said that I thought her decorations looked good when we called, to which Mum replied "Well Alison hasn't seen them!" Me - "Well no I don't expect she has seen them as she's in Norwich, have you thought of face timing her on Messenger? " Mum - "I can't work out what to do in my new tablet thingy" Me - "Well ask Michelle when she is next round". Humph goes Mum and the next time my sister Michelle rings me she tells me how Alison our youngest sister has rung and asked if Michelle will film Mums Christmas decorations, as Mum keeps going on about them! Michelle is that wound up she says "Anyone would think they were as good as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon! I chuckle at the other end as Michelle is getting a taste of what we have had since March.
Thursday we have our usual round of calls, mainly asking if we have got one channel on or another. So when the phone rings at 10.45p.m. I am rather alarmed, Gary dashes through to pick it up as I am almost asleep, when my Mum sharply says to Gary "Oh it's you! I was hoping to speak to Karen!" Gary thrusts the phone in my hand and I ask " What's the matter Mum? " "I want your advice, you know I ordered my shopping from Morrison's? Well they have charged me for twelve second class stamps as I asked for them, but they haven't delivered them! " Me - "Well there won't be anyone there now, I suggest you ring them in the morning." Mum - " Well I did that at six o'clock and they said they would ring me back but they haven't! " Me - "Well I suggest you ring again in the morning." Humph goes Mum and puts the phone down, no Goodnight no nothing! Grrr
Friday morning the phone rings at 9.30a.m. Fortunately I am up, so I answer the phone "Hello Mum, sorted your stamp problem out?" Mum almost screeches back " Well no I haven't but now my kitchen and bathroom are smelling, I think I have a blocked drain! " Me - "Well have you rung the council or pulled your cord?" Mum - I rang the council and the stupid girl there said because of Covid they would only come out if it's overflowing ! Me - "Well that's not good, are you sure it's not something gone bad in your kitchen?" Mum - " Of course there's nothing rotting in my kitchen! " Me "Well pull the cord and report it as there's nothing I can do. " In the meantime I also email Blackpool Coastal Housing and ask them if they will kindly send someone out to investigate, as Mum says the smell has had her awake since four o'clock when she decided to clean out her cupboards! Later that afternoon Mum rings to say they have been out and cleared the drain which was blocked. I thank BCH by email. Crisis over hopefully...
Saturday Mum rings to say that the kitchen and bathroom still smell a bit and she's run out of Crackerjacks! I tell her the snacks are called 'Snackerjacks' Mum replies "Well whatever they are, I have not got any left and your sister was supposed to bring some." Me - " Well if she said she would I am sure she will. Although she still needs to go careful visiting the Supermarket, after all if she comes into contact with Covid she could be very poorly or even have to isolate over Christmas and then you wouldn't be able to go for Christmas Dinner! " "Well I don't know all these rules and regulations, you had better speak to your sister."
Sunday the weather is atrocious and so both my sister and I say we will not be going round to Mothers, which she isn't happy about but understands and we have several telephone conversations about Strictly Come Dancing before the night is over. Dancing is something that my Mum could talk about for hours and having attended many Dance Festivals previously I am sure she thinks she could be a Judge on there!
Monday my sister Michelle rings to let me know that Mum has rung her at nine o'clock to say her bungalow is stinking and she has hardly slept due to the smell and her mouth hurting because it's full of ulcers! Probably from all the Snackerjacks she keeps eating! Michelle rings me back later to say that she has solved the smell problem; Mum had left a Ducks Leg (that she had taken out of the Freezer), on top of the Fridge which had thawed out and stunk the place out!! Oh my goodness did it stink! I called round in the afternoon with some Febreeze, which I sprayed around for twenty minutes to get rid of the smell as my sister had already cleaned down the side s and of course the top of the Fridge Freezer. Of course Mum denies that she put the Ducks Leg up there as she reckons she everyone cannot reach the top of the fridge! I say "Well I know I haven't left it there!" as I haven't been round for over a week. Humph goes Mum and with that I decide it's time to go. ....
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