Curse of the Granny
Dec. 8th, 2010 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magictreehouseI had the week form hell last week. I suffered from curse of the Granny which was the overarching shadow over the whole thing. Nanna Connie is in a home at the moment which I've been fine about but it's becoming a drawn out issue as she wants to come home. She's not really fit to come home mainly due to the awful cold weather. She gets more visitors in the home than she ever did while she was at home but it's taking its toll on Mum either way. It wouldn't be so bad if my Uncle was a 'can do' man but as Mum referred to him as 'useless' the other day it's like she's dragging him along with it all when actually, the whole thing is just one of those that needs sorting ASAP. They met with the social worker the other day and looked around some homes but my Grandma wants to go home and there's not a lot that the social workers can do if she does want to leave. We shall see. When my Great Auntie went into a home she just accepted it but my Grandma isn't that kind of person which makes everything rather difficult. Still she seems ok. My Dad and brother visited her the other day and there was a police car outside. "Maybe Nanna's tried to escape!' said my Dad. No, it turns out that someone had died and they were trying to get the body out without any of the residents seeing. Ha. Things would be much easier if Nanna was consistant in herself but she's ok one minute and then forgetful the next. She'll mention My Auntie Gladys (dead five years now) and then my Uncle George (dead since the early 80s!) and then when my Dad reminded her that they're no longer with us she'll ask who running the pub (not been an issue since God knows when! Actually I should find out when they gave the pub up. I'm guessing the 1960s when my Great Grandma died.
On to Granny problem 2. Last week Nanna Oakes had a fall at her home. There's 20 years between my Grandmas so she's 74ish. My Auntie found her in the morning on her bedroom floor talking gibberish. So she's in hospital and they think she's damaged her neck. They can't move her so she's stuck on her back. She was due to be transferred to Manchester but the hospital there has a sickness bug, which Leighton then got! So they can't do anything with her. She can move her arms and legs though which is good obviously. And by the time they can move her she'll probably be better anyway. Madness.
And then the snow hit. I got sent home from work early on Wednesday which was good and then College was shut on Thursday - my day off anyway. I've managed to stay on my feet which is always good! It meant I could keep an eye on James though, whose holes have nearly heeled up. Ha. Friday was a bit of a fail whale though. I managed toblow £55 in the space of one hour without trying. Firstly, we set off to go and see Ross Noble in York but the trains were delayed, James wasn't at full strength and we didn't want to get stranded in York so we took the painful decision not to go. It's the first time we've not gone to something we've had tickets for ever and I hate wasting money. So to take away the pain we went to Piccolinos instead which was lovely. I had calamari, chicken and pasta and then panna cotta with mulled plums - lovely! However, during the meal I got a text from Emma, who I was due to go and visit at the weekend saying that she was ill and would have to cancel, which fucking pissed me off if I'm honest because that was a £30 train ticket down the drain. Not her fault sure but I'm so fucking annoyed with me making the effort for friends who live away and them not making any effort for me. I've stopped doing it for the most part, leaving it to the other party to make the effort (when I've previously made the effort with them of course) so I'm definitely not doing it from now on. After the meal we went and watched Ross Noble on DVD instead, which cheered us up.
This week has been better so far thankfully. I went for my second of three interviews for relief library work, this time for the Harrogate area. Strangely, although the questions were the same, I didn't think I'd done as well but I got it anyway, even after I had to answer the 'what are you reading now' question with 'Sandi Toksvig's collected works...but I've just finished Jasper Fforde'! Now I'm actually getting this library work I can't decide whether three relief positions will amount to too much work or whether it'll tick along nicely. I don't want to be working seven days a week! I'll take it as it comes though.
What else have I been up to. Films as usual! i watched The Secret of Kells, possibly the most beautiful animated film I'm ever seen. And it was excellent to book. It's an Irish animation and dripping with folklore and it's just lovely. I also watched Persepolis. I've read the book so I knew what to expect. It's a great film and from a very interesting period in Iranian history. Great stuff. And then last night as I'd had half a day off we went to see Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish film about creepy Santas. It's a great little film, creepy as hell and with humour as black as night. A nice alternative to the usual Xmas schmaltz. And the kid in it ultra cute and excellent.
I've started to prepare for Xmas. I'd done most of my shopping now and made mulled wine at the weekend. three bottles of the stuff. Yum. Then we put the tree up which I love as we tend to buy Xmas ornaments from wherever we go on holiday. My next task is mince pies!
I'm sure there's other stuff to update about but I shall do that another time.
On to Granny problem 2. Last week Nanna Oakes had a fall at her home. There's 20 years between my Grandmas so she's 74ish. My Auntie found her in the morning on her bedroom floor talking gibberish. So she's in hospital and they think she's damaged her neck. They can't move her so she's stuck on her back. She was due to be transferred to Manchester but the hospital there has a sickness bug, which Leighton then got! So they can't do anything with her. She can move her arms and legs though which is good obviously. And by the time they can move her she'll probably be better anyway. Madness.
And then the snow hit. I got sent home from work early on Wednesday which was good and then College was shut on Thursday - my day off anyway. I've managed to stay on my feet which is always good! It meant I could keep an eye on James though, whose holes have nearly heeled up. Ha. Friday was a bit of a fail whale though. I managed toblow £55 in the space of one hour without trying. Firstly, we set off to go and see Ross Noble in York but the trains were delayed, James wasn't at full strength and we didn't want to get stranded in York so we took the painful decision not to go. It's the first time we've not gone to something we've had tickets for ever and I hate wasting money. So to take away the pain we went to Piccolinos instead which was lovely. I had calamari, chicken and pasta and then panna cotta with mulled plums - lovely! However, during the meal I got a text from Emma, who I was due to go and visit at the weekend saying that she was ill and would have to cancel, which fucking pissed me off if I'm honest because that was a £30 train ticket down the drain. Not her fault sure but I'm so fucking annoyed with me making the effort for friends who live away and them not making any effort for me. I've stopped doing it for the most part, leaving it to the other party to make the effort (when I've previously made the effort with them of course) so I'm definitely not doing it from now on. After the meal we went and watched Ross Noble on DVD instead, which cheered us up.
This week has been better so far thankfully. I went for my second of three interviews for relief library work, this time for the Harrogate area. Strangely, although the questions were the same, I didn't think I'd done as well but I got it anyway, even after I had to answer the 'what are you reading now' question with 'Sandi Toksvig's collected works...but I've just finished Jasper Fforde'! Now I'm actually getting this library work I can't decide whether three relief positions will amount to too much work or whether it'll tick along nicely. I don't want to be working seven days a week! I'll take it as it comes though.
What else have I been up to. Films as usual! i watched The Secret of Kells, possibly the most beautiful animated film I'm ever seen. And it was excellent to book. It's an Irish animation and dripping with folklore and it's just lovely. I also watched Persepolis. I've read the book so I knew what to expect. It's a great film and from a very interesting period in Iranian history. Great stuff. And then last night as I'd had half a day off we went to see Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, a Finnish film about creepy Santas. It's a great little film, creepy as hell and with humour as black as night. A nice alternative to the usual Xmas schmaltz. And the kid in it ultra cute and excellent.
I've started to prepare for Xmas. I'd done most of my shopping now and made mulled wine at the weekend. three bottles of the stuff. Yum. Then we put the tree up which I love as we tend to buy Xmas ornaments from wherever we go on holiday. My next task is mince pies!
I'm sure there's other stuff to update about but I shall do that another time.
