Gary’s shared linksWASHINGTON, DC, USA I can’t believe it’s only midnight. It feels so much later. I guess that’s because I got up at 5:30 this morning to clear a clogged toilet and make my weekly 4-hour commute. Since I feel like I have all this extra time at my disposal (I usually go to sleep [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m sorry that I haven’t posted anything for a while. I’ve just been lazy. And, recently, I’ve had a lot more free time to do things outside of the house. As of today, it has been 15 months since I moved back to NJ to watch my grandmom full-time. But I haven’t [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I’m a little late in posting this month’s “anniversary” post about life with Nana. If I would have posted it on the 19th (the true “anniversary”), I would have said that not much is new. However, two days later she landed back in the hospital with more heart problems. (Apparently, potassium is [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA So, the new year have begun. And it’s not messing around! This year is only about a week old, and it is already bringing some medium-sized changes: my grandmom has come home from her stay in the hospital and in-patient rehab, my mom has begun a new job, and we have hired a live-in caregiver to watch [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA I got back from my weekly jaunt to DC last night. Since I was busy with work, I’m a day late in writing my monthly reflection on life with my grandmom. So, I’ll write it now. The 13-month “anniversary” is different from the others for a couple of reasons: I spent it [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA If you’ve been checking out my website over the past month or so, you might have noticed two things: I’ve been lazy about updating recently. This site is lacking in color. So, I thought I’d try to kill two birds with one stone! Believe it or not, I have been getting out of [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA If I had posted this 36 hours ago, the dateline above would have read “Washington, DC.” If you haven’t heard yet, I’ll break the good news now: I’m back to work!!! Two consecutive days per week, I am working in my old office in Washington, D.C., doing almost the same job I was [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA Mini-rant: In the year that I’ve been watching my grandmom, I’ve gone through a bunch of hobbies to pass the time. First, I pulled out the old Playstation One and got back into my old video games from high school. Then, I experimented with counted cross-stitch. Believe it or not, I kind [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA This time last year, I was watching my grandmom. Wow. Yep, today is my one-year anniversary as a full-time Alzheimer’s caregiver. (My mom brought cupcakes to faux-celebrate.) Friday was one year since my last day of work. Yesterday was one year since I moved back to New Jersey. And one year ago [...]
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STRATFORD, NJ, USA Everyone knows about “blue collar workers” (people who perform manual labor) and “white collar workers” (people who work in an office setting, especially managers). Of course, life is rarely clear-cut enough to fit broadly defined labels. So, some people try, with mixed results, to combat that by creating more categories and yet more [...]
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