My home health person/my
attendant care person was in today to do shower and toileting as she
does every Friday. She looked around my place and asked if my clean
person has flaked out on me… Again. I said yes and Dana my
attendant asked if the reason was because of illness something other.
I try to remember it was something like my thinking persons husband
was home on the day scheduled for her visit and she asked if she
could spend time with her husband and I of course said “yes”. My
attendant was not being judgmental she was just commiserating with me
because she is kind of searching for a home cleaning person but she
reconsiders whenever she hears stories like mine. I know something
needs to be done relatively soon. Last week one of the ladies who
lives here(this is the same lady who led the attack on me last week
about my beliefs on natural selection) at the apartment complex
brought over some fried potatoes and she looked around my unit and
quietly asked or suggested that she could get a couple of ladies
together at the apartments to comment in “give me a hand” if I
needed. No, I assured her I was just waiting for my cleaning lady.
Still her attitude reminded me of when I lived in the house on Utahna
drive and the neighbor across the street actually hired a lawn
cutting crew to come in and mow my yard because my yard had not been
cut in a couple of weeks. I was definitely receiving the same vibe.
I really like my cleaning
person, I think we work really good together. I had people in my life
coming into my home on a more regular basis… I mean visitors ,
people I cared how they felt about how I lived perhaps I be bit more
stringent but as it is I know Cindy well, around eventually and I
will have a clean or at least organized living environment. I knew
when I engaged Cindy that she had some health issues indicating her
frequency and commitment to times fixed maybe sketchy. What I really
like about Cindy is that she used to be a CNA or personal attendant
so she knows many ways that my needs are. I also feel comfortable in
asking her for help (if I should need help in a CNA kind of way) and
I could call on her and this means a lot to me. So it goes both ways
I give her great latitude as she does me.
I'm going to drag out the
vacuum cleaner at some point this weekend and go over the living room
rug and pick up a little bit here and there. Straighten up my rack
and for some dishes away. It's still about five days before Cindy is
scheduled and I want to make sure my living environment is somewhat
presentable. One never knows who is going to come knocking on the
door and once these old ladies start talking then it's all over.
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