The Hannah Family

Mom is the same

I try not to pester the facility with phone calls, while constantly wondering how Mom is doing. She was up in the chair all day and is taking a nap now at 3:15 pm. I asked how she is eating and it’s very slow. They pair the same (very patient) aides with her who know what they are “in for” at mealtime. Honestly, they’re amazing.

Mom came incredibly close to slapping me across the face in a restaurant in 2016 (when she lived with us) because I said she had to have something with her Diet Coke for dinner. It was a shrimp entree which was her favorite, but she was still livid.

I was considering a second career as an elderly sitter before I began subbing, but Pat and Dianne told me not to do it. None of us realized it was part of my future no matter what.

I love Jill

2020 marches on

Tandem storms headed toward the gulf at the same time while Louisiana hunkers down. It’s time to exit the Twilight Zone please...

Activities Director got Mom to smile

Two school days for C&D down

178 to go...

Results

Thyroid numbers look good, slight modification to meds. We discussed strategies to deal with the weight gain and fatigue. Best part: After 14 years of taking Synthroid every day, all those little nodules on my thyroid disappeared (now it looks like anyone else’s who has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis)! 

First day of school

I can’t believe the “Littles” are both high school kids, yet here we are. I spent the day shadowing Claire and supporting Dave. It was not easy. There’s no way Dave would have made it to his four classes remotely without Claire and I. Our (expensive) online connection lagged and dropped, and I’m relieved I don’t have my own students yet. It would have been hard enough freezing constantly during synchronous learning. I would’ve appeared completely incompetent, and Dave would have been marked absent for periods 1 through 4 and been a day behind already.

We’ll get where we’re supposed to be. I’m expecting the results of my Praxis exam Friday, and hopefully then I’ll apply for additional licensure which should make me more employable.

I’m meeting my new endocrinologist tomorrow at 7:20 am for a thyroid ultrasound, and then it’ll be right back to tackling the kids’ to-do lists. Everyone is healthy so we’re focusing on that.

It’s good to be back with the 6 pets

Claire isn’t even a dog person, but...

Last night in perfect rented 3-bed house

Dinner on the intercoastal