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Hi My Lot! I have missed you all. First off, for those celebrating it - I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving and hope you got in on a lot of turkey, dressing, cranberries, olives - those are my favorite Thanksgiving dishes, what are yours? So, like my regular readers, aw shucks, wait a minute, readers, no - friends! Yes! -- might remember in my "Just Another Day in Paradise" post - things have been extra stressful lately. We've all had another stay at the Hope Lodge - for those who don't know this is in preparation for my mom's upcoming surgery on the 5th December. Her surgery will be to correct damage from other procedures. At least - it is not cancer. We are all happy and thankful for that. In the meantime my dad's health has really gone down hill fast. No one is treating his chronic pain, and his chronic pain is effecting all of his other conditions - such as heart. On Friday we got to spend another rousing 3 hours at the heart clinic , no he wasn't having a heart attack, his pain made it feel like he was though. Most notably his pain makes all of his various mental ailments much worse. Life is, difficult to say least. Even when he isn't in a bad mood, he is still a challenge - like I was telling a special friend of mine - imagine the following. Since dad doesn't get around too well - he does need to be waited on. Which isn't so bad. But it's all in how things are presented. Right when you sit down, is precisely when he needs something else. Rub his back, and when you are done with that get him an orange juice. Heat up his soup and now he wants soda not juice. The soup is not hot enough, re-heat it. While you are re-heating the soup, he manages to spill juice all over. You clean it up, and after you clean it up you bring the soup. And crackers. And salt. And another napkin. And a glass of milk. And an ice cream bar. All separate trips. (in the meantime your food is ice cold). After dinner you are given a list with 15 things on it that will require you to go to 3 different stores. Before you go to the shops, he needs a shoulder massage and a tray of snacks. While shopping, you notice they are out of his favorite brand of cleaner, so you get the next one. When you return home he bellows that you have left him so thirsty with nothing to drink. You literally run a glass of Mountain Dew to him. He promptly leaves it sit. He examines your purchases - and you have to spend the next 15 minutes explaining that the store was out of xyz cleaner so you got abc instead.... well pretty soon he will go down for a nap, which will be a nice chance for you to have some you time..... with the laundry, floors and meal preparing. That is an example of how taking care of my dad is. So I will need to be his primary caregiver for the next couple of weeks, and also for my mom out of surgery. She is fine and pleasant to care for, but her surgery will be stressful all the same. However it will solve many issues for her. I hope to be on here as I can.... Oh - I apologize. I did get caught up on notifications but I have the suspicion that I didn't get to everyone and I apologize for that. Hope you all are doing well Photo: Pixabay