Resting while eating a mussels risotto for dinner.
By marguicha
@marguicha (228482)
Chile
September 9, 2025 6:22pm CST
Anita came a day earlier after a week without coming. The house was a mess.
She told me that she had been ill but she was still ill so she worked in a hurry and left early. And I had to do all she left without doing while my legs ached like mad.
I had thought that she would stay the whole day so I thawed mussels and looked up the best recipes for a risotto. I´m now eating some leftovers after placing most of it in the freezer. But my legs ache when I´m up and my back does it as if I had pneumonia when I rest on my bed.
I hope I can rest a bit later. I still have to do dishes And find Tupperware containers at the bottom of drawers where Anita places everything To put away part of my food.
See you later.

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@MarieCoyle (48228)
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21h
You need to get more help for yourself somehow. Maybe call your brother and tell him you need a bit of help and to come over and do the dishes! I sure would do them for you if I was there. I hope you can rest, Marga, without pain.
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@marguicha (228482)
• Chile
15h
My brother is not a help for me at all. Every time I have asked for help he ends up yelling at me and telling me how wrong I do everything. I prefer to ask someone else.
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@MarieCoyle (48228)
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15h
@marguicha
I just don't understand people sometimes. A lady as nice as you, he is lucky to have you for a sister and he ignores you. I don't blame you, if he yells that isn't helping anything. I'm sure sorry he's like that.
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@marguicha (228482)
• Chile
15h
@MarieCoyle My brother in law turned him against me. And the most incredible thing is that I don´t know why my BIL has problems with me.
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@DaddyEvil (159208)
• United States
21h
I'm sorry Anita isn't feeling very well and hope she feels better soon. I also hope you feel better quickly, too.
Short people do tend to put bowls and lids in lower cabinets than a taller person does. I designated drawers for lids and cabinets at a height for me for plastic containers. Pretty said she'd just leave everything for me to put away so she doesn't have to hunt for anything. (She can find things just fine to get them out and dirty them but can't figure out where to put them away after I've done the dishes.
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Take good care of yourself, Dearheart. 




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@marguicha (228482)
• Chile
15h
Anita is a pro at putting away things where they don´t belong. At the pantry I thought I could win by labeling the drawers while she looked. But now everything is mixed again. Today I almost bought a second kilo of chicken peas because the kilo I had bought a while ago was hidden elsewhere. But she does some chores that I´m not doing now and she is nice so I don´t mind.
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@DaddyEvil (159208)
• United States
14h
@marguicha I understand. I'm more comfortable in the kitchen when I don't have to ask Pretty where things are hidden... She still puts some food items in the bottom cabinet shelves that I can't bend down to so have to ask if we still have any of it... And then she comes and gets it out for me... You're right, that is very annoying.
I don't say anything to Pretty about doing that. She'll start crying. 

@LindaOHio (200287)
• United States
3h
You need more help. You and I are in the same situation. I hope you can get someone who can spend more time with you. I'm sorry Anita is ill. I hope she feels better soon.
