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pluses and minuses
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical so its been a good news/bad news situation here. the good news is my mom is eating a little bit more, although it's still probably below or at best at the daily minimum ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/03 - 6:26am - 1 comment
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sorry to post again so soon
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical sorry to post so soon, but something came up: ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/05 - 8:42pm - 8 comments
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dementia and PTSD
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Since my mother has begun to suffer from dementia, she has been constantly worried that the place is on fire. We couldn't figure out why, until I remembered her telling ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/07 - 4:01pm - 1 comment
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another opportunity for making amends lost
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical well, I just learned that the girl I helped look after for several years, who I left due to the fact her parents openly put me down and she didn't object, passed away t ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/09 - 8:07pm - 2 comments
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team Dorothy is needed again
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical When I usually talk about my negative self talk, aka "Mr. Nasty", its a "tape" of my various failures. But sometimes, I get a "tape" that' ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/10 - 10:56am - 10 comments
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Dottie's dream blog
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical There are times when I feel like I should start a separate blog for my dreams, since they fill up a lot of my entries here. Until I do, here is my latest dream. I was once a ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/11 - 2:24pm
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this "ship" needs repairs
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Because I am A: a nerd, and B: a bit strange, I sometimes picture my body as a starship, and every morning Captain Brain gets into the command chair and gets the status upda ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/18 - 1:54pm - 2 comments
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Deleting Kylie
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical I finally deleted Kylie from my hangouts contact list and all the emails we have exchanged. Pardon me if I'm less than cheerful for a while. ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/19 - 10:18am - 1 comment
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good news about my car loan
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical So I called the bank that has my car loan, and after next week, I can authorize a lump sum payment and clear the debt. I haven't been debt free since I graduated high s ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/22 - 10:42am - 5 comments
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my mom just got new dentures
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical So yesterday, my mom got a new set of dentures, hopefully allowing her to eat more. She also got a pair of hearing aids, which also will help. Will this mean we get a reprie ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/24 - 12:19pm - 2 comments
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bad day yesterday
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Okay, so yesterday, after I has an exhausting day running Sharon and Sam around, my mom offered to make supper for me. And while coming back to the kitchen while carrying a ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/26 - 7:49am - 4 comments
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I am an active sleeper
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical so to tell this story, I have to set the scene. when I go to bed, I have a light soft fleece blanket and on top of that a weighted blanket. So got that image: me, soft fleec ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/01/28 - 10:20am
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crying out in the dark
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical so apparently last night I started shouting in my sleep. I cant remember what I was dreaming that would make me cry out. The thing is, as a kid I did that a lot, and even as ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/01 - 12:32am - 3 comments
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I'm officially worried
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical all right, so last night I had another nightmare within moments of falling asleep. Both were about losing control on a slippery surface- the first while driving a car, the s ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/08 - 10:01pm - 4 comments
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missing real life hugs
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical how badly am I missing getting physical hugs? Today I bought a toy octopus plushie. I'm pretty sure that's on the list of COVID cabin fever symptoms. ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/11 - 7:58am - 8 comments
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the big C
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical So I saw my doctor the other day in regards to some blood tests he had ordered for me. Some good news, my liver is doing better, my bad cholesterol has dropped, but there wa ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/15 - 11:55pm - 3 comments
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help me name my octopus stuffie
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical I'm taking suggestions on what to name my newest member of my stuffie zoo- a pink octopus. any and all suggestions will be considered, and appreciated. ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/18 - 3:13pm - 21 comments
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a writing update, and a thank you
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Well, after almost 3 months without much in the way of visits by my writing muse, I am FINALLY working on a new story. I'll post something when its ready to go. On anot ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/19 - 8:29am - 1 comment
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I'm a hazard
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical remember when I talked about managing to switch my blankets in my sleep? Well I topped that last night. I woke to find that I had not only kicked off both blankets, I had so ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/21 - 12:44am - 6 comments
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Family update
Author: Dorothy Colleen dorothycolleen's blog Blog About: Autobiographical Just a quick family update: we took mom to the geriatric clinic for an assessment, and the doctor there is adding a medication so mom can be less agitated at night, we' ...
dorothycolleen - 2021/02/27 - 5:59am - 3 comments