I think someone stole my spoons today...

even my provigil isn't working....



I hope everyone is having a good day!!!
:grouphug:
Abbie

I feel a bit better today. Still tired (probably because I didnt fall asleep till 5am!)

What sucks the life out of me lately is my mom. She hasnt quite gotten the clue that the MS is probably the reason why I've been tired lately. She just wants my dad and I to constantly entertain her.

We ended up entertaining her by going to the store and going out to eat tonight, after she had a screaming fit at my dad and I. (not sure why we "rewarded" her for that) We had to go to the store because my mom lost her handicap placard there a few weeks ago and we finally figured out that's where it was. Had to pick it up before they closed for T-day tomorrow.

So we walked around the store, nearly got run over by some guy with a shopping cart because I got to close to the last cherry pie in the store. (showed him...I asked the bakery if they had any sweet potato pie left, and got a nice, still warm, fresh pie from them)

I was tired after that, and just wanted to go home, but my mom wanted to go eat....so now I just got home from all that, and all I want to do is lay here and watch Criminal Minds on the Tivo and hope that I fall asleep before 2am.

I hope I have the mental strength to deal with my dad's sister tomorrow. (she's even more difficult to deal with than my mom!) We're taking her out to a restaurant that's doing a special T-day dinner. Mostly because we're at least trying to keep contact with some of the family, and because she'd otherwise she'd be dropping in on another relative of ours and ruining their day. Since we make a big deal of inviting her out, she hopefully wont go to my cousin's house and insist that they give her all the leftovers.

I'm just hoping we end up having a less-stressful T-Day than we usually do. Either my mom will go bonkers, or my dad's sister will go off on everyone else. I just want a drama-free day and hopefully some sort of pie with whipped cream on it at some point tomorrow. I dont have the energy to play referee...and maybe some time to finish crocheting a shawl for another relative.

If anyone starts screaming at the restaurant tomorrow, I'm going out to my car and leaving them all there. The Burger King by my house is open tomorrow. I'll go get an Italian Chicken and some onion rings and will watch Stargate SG-1 dvd's at home. (I have the box set)

Does anyone else have Drama Queens (or Drama Kings?) at every holiday dinner? Or am I the only one?

I hope your spoons reappeared. Roger, knock it off. No borrowing spoons here. :)

This is my absolutely biggest complaint about MS. I have about 5-10 spoons on any given day. I used to have about 75-100 spoons each day. I feel a lot of guilt over it. We don't have a housekeeper yet but I'm thinking about it. I don't like spending my days off work cleaning house. It wipes me out!

I think I probably have upwards of about 60 spoons right now...altho I think I stepped on a couple earlier (my feet hurt)

I think my mom's the one who's been stealing the spoons. Hopefully she'll stop stealing them so that I can manage to take her christmas shopping this weekend. (I'm doing a bunch of shopping on the internet, but have to physically take her to shop, otherwise she wont remember doing any shopping)

My dad pointed out a few things to me tonight that he wants for Christmas, and I HAVE to take my mom with me since I dont have the membership to Sam's like she does.

Now I have to go take a shower because I saved up some spoons earlier by being a complete slob today. I figure if I wash my hair before going to bed, I'll be able to sleep off the exertion from that and be able to take my parents and my aunt to the restaurant for dinner tomorrow night and not be wiped out by parking the car across the street from the restaurant. (I dont expect the handicap spots to be open next to the restaurant, at least we found my mom's permit so we can use it for her if we luck out with a spot by the door)

I can relate to what you're going through. I cared for my Mom when I was in grade school sometimes when she was depressed. It's too bad you have to do it now when dealing with MS symptoms as an adult. I hope she appreciates all you do for her. :hug:

Mystery Solved!
 

I've done a little investigating, and this is what I found.

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with your spoons.

:D

Oh, I've been dealing with my mom and her weirdness for my whole life. I just didnt realize that she was different from other mom's for probably my first 14 years or so. My dad did a great job of protecting me and my sibling from my mom's nuttiness.

My mom had a traumatic brain injury when she was a teenager (brain concussion) and we're now seeing the long term effects of such an injury. She was relatively ok when she was younger, but as she ages, we're seeing things that can probably be traced back to the whack on the head she had. (hit by a drunk driver, got tossed out of her parked car into a highway...was unconscious for about 5 weeks) She sometimes reminds me of a story I read in a psychology class I took at the community college.

The story was about a guy in the 1800s who was working on a railroad, or maybe a mine or something...anyways somehow he had a metal spike get lodged in his brain. He survived, but wasnt the same calm person he was described to be before his accident. He would erupt into rages and scared people. Sounds like my mom sometimes. I dont know what will set her off sometimes.

My aunt does tell me that my mom had a heck of a temper before the head injury, so some of her problem could just be her normal self.

She can be a bit difficult to deal with at times...especially when she starts to throw things...she's tossed her walker across the room a few times. (not a good idea when she occasionally needs it to get around, because she has to stop yelling to ask us to hand it back to her.)

My mom can be nice tho...get her in the mood to do some serious Christmas shopping, and we'll buy out the WalMart. Hopefully she'll be in that kind of a mood when I take her shopping. Easier to buy my dad his presents that way. I hate it when she gets in the "he doesnt need THAT!" mood (even if he's asked for THAT, she'll refuse to buy it)

Try to focus on the good times and maybe it will help you get through the harder times. You're a sweetie for caring for your Mom even when she has these severe mood swings. I hope she appreciates all you do for her deep down inside. Be kind to yourself whenever you have time when she isn't around. Remember that you're special for all you do and give yourself little rewards. :hug::hug: