I have been sick with a cold the past 3 days. Getting better now. Just a headache, some coughing, and general weakness.
Mom started getting sick as of last night. She took some potent medicine this morning and for the past couple hours she can hardly breathe. She is slightly better now.
Interesting out something small like this can make us think:
1. How lucky we are to be healthy most of the time
We both were sick at the end of last Feb. That’s over a year ago! That’s pretty damn good. It’s not good to never get sick either. We are lucky that we only get sick once a year.
We experience pain, but some people are in pain all the time!
2. Nice to have mom take care of me
I was going to go to Vancouver yesterday, but was too weak. I stayed and Mom took care of me….hot soup, good food, pain killers, ginger and brown sugar drinks. It was much better than being by myself in Vancouver.
3. Think about the future
I’m not as good at taking care of Mom as she is at taking care of me. She doesn’t ask me to do much either. I tried to help the best I could. I downloaded a desk bell app so she can ring it if she needs me. Kinda funny.
I’m not looking forward to the future, where I have to take care of Mom and Dad. I definitely need to be rich so I can hire someone to do the heavy lifting.
4. Me getting old
I think about who will take care of me when I’m old. I certainly don’t look forward to that either.
I hope the society has that sorted out better by the time I’m old. How to age gracefully with lots of help that is. If not, I need to have suicide pills ready. I don’t want to live a painful old age like grandma.