I hate to keep saying, but this still sounds like post Covid to me. Unfortunately, that’s still a diagnosis of exclusion. If she were to go to a long Covid center with those symptoms though, and they didn’t find anything else on any tests (I think your list of the ones you want run are good), she would get that as a diagnosis. I would do as lawyermom says and at least start treating the POTS symptoms—lots of hydration (using a method to track), salt, compression. If there’s any chance some of the symptoms are new since starting the B complex, then I would consider stopping that temporally and seeing if anything improves or switching to one with the other form of B vitamins. Not everyone does better with the methylated ones—some have a gene that makes those cause them a lot of symptoms, particularly anxiety and irritability.

Or the one about procrastination (funny, but not terribly instructional) https://youtu.be/arj7oStGLkU?si=IO0PpsXNnEmyFLqA I hear you about the frustration of inefficiency. I do think you need to give him some room to be in charge, however you can also put down your own boundaries - family things that he needs to attend, and behaviors that aren't acceptable. Now is when he starts learning to be a good roommate, another skill that will be useful in his future

The logical alternative is taking them to preschool and having three year olds rotate them, but driving back and forth every night is a pain.

I would also think it was really cool. I wouldn't be offended. Intimidated maybe but not at all offended.

I wouldn't be offended. I would be worried about forgetting to do it.

Wow, I LOVE it! So sweet and thoughtful of you. I'm sure it will be very much appreciated.

Temporarily is a little long for a cat name. Tempy for short, or ...?

I’d love to do it as would any of my kids. I acknowledge we may not be typical though. My dh would do it if asked, but probably not enjoy it.

No, not offended but I might be stressed out about doing it all correctly.

No I would think it cool.

Nah, I wouldn’t be offended. I’d be ok with it.

Offended? No. Think it was weird and probably forget repeatedly? Yes. Not a guest responsibility. Incubator should be moved to a different place.

Would you be offended if you came to visit a friend from college and the guest room came with the responsibility of rotating incubating eggs a couple of times a day? Moving them would not be super convenient. There's an attached bathroom if that makes a difference.

There are many canned options with no added salt--I can buy peas, tomatoes, corn, beans... with no added salt. An easy,, quick option when my kids were young was quesidillas--store bought tortillas, some cheese, Then I would add what I had on hand, maybe some leftover rotissere chicken, grilled onions and peppers, leftover taco meat, canned tomotoes, canned corn, black beans. It was a good way to use some scraps if we had some, integrate some fresh items if we had some, or add in some canned veggies.

I have EDS and MCAS, both of which were exacerbated by COVID. It can be postviral and genetic at the same time. I also have orthostatic intolerance, similar to POTS. Try compression leggings, electrolytes and consistent fluids. These are easy things to start with as you pursue medical answers. A tip for fluids: start the day with six rubber bracelets on your right hand and move a bracelet to your left hand every time you drink a glass of water. Easy way to remember and keep track. They sell packs of silicon bracelets on Amazon.

My kids have done private lessons for sports and music, and dealing with flaky no-show parents has been a challenge - one coach said that it was the push that finally got him to retire. Our music teacher has 'studio rules' that sound pretty draconian - you pay whether you come or not, cancel by a certain time that day, must make-up within certain time period, etc. But, she only enforces it on flaky parents. She never charges when we go on vacation during the school year or have to miss for some reason, she'll do a zoom lesson if kid is sick but not too sick to play, etc. But, other than summer when everything is flexible, we only cancel/reschedule something 1-2 times a year, if that. We've taken for 10 years and probably haven't had to adjust a non-summer lesson a dozen times. And we've moved times and days when she needs to reschedule, too.

Me too! I thought I couldn't plan a week of meals, and now that I do it, I can't go back to my random ways. It makes it really easy to make a list, and shop each time. We also do "theme" meals, like meatless Monday, taco Tuesday, etc. It's the planning more than the cooking that's exhausting for me. I wonder if this mom could find 2-3 meals that she and the kids like, and repeat those often. There's no rule saying you have to have seven different meals each week. You can also do small variations, like taco bowl vs. tacos, or quesadillas instead of tacos.

From my personal experience, it usually takes 2 episodes of “escaping” before the facility can require that the resident move to a higher level of care. I would guess that if she gets out again like this she will be required to move. Yes, it can b3 dangerous. My MIL was found two blocks away from her assisted living facility scooting in her wheelchair trying to “go to church”. Luckily, the AL was in an area of town that had streets but wasn’t otherwise developed. The only neighbors at that time were a city fire station, and the local firefighters took care of her and brought her back to her facility.

I recently tracked an order that was “out for delivery “ by the US mail. The mail came and went but no package. The next morning, I woke up and checked my email. It was then available to be picked up at my local post office annex. So I drove to town to get it, and the guy behind the counter said it had been scheduled for delivery to my house that day. I drive home and waited for it. Finally, it got delivered that day. Weird. 🤷‍♀️

I think it reads absolutely perfect

Screech, Jr.?

I have an offcut of rubber backed floral curtains fabric that I got in the op shop . I am turning it into a gardening apron

This is a house *a senior group home*, in a neighborhood of homes - not a retirement facility (which allows residents their own apartment, are very limited in services they offer (usually meals and general cleaning, activities, maybe some transportation, no medical) and residents must be able to take basic care of themselves. Those who become unable to self-care/need higher level of care while there are asked to leave. they'll give referrals to appropriate facilities. My mother was in one for a year until she needed more care). It's not a skilled nursing facility (aka: nursing home that has medical requirements for staff and offerings). It is not a large facility that offers multiple levels of (and able to escalate) care over multiple wings up to and including skilled-nursing and a locked unit. I'm familiar with the specific language of what specific types of facilities offer in my locality. I went through it with my mother and toured a number of them across a spectrum of levels of care. It's "A House", so seniors (or those on hospice) who can no longer do basic self-care can receive care in a more "intimate" setting than a larger facility. Usually with more caregivers per patient. This particular one, has capacity for - at most - six to eight residents. , Unless this facility has the ability to lockdown so patients can't elope, it is not appropriate for a dementia patient who wanders. Supposedly the care giver had gone to the bathroom and shortly afterwards noticed the patient missing at lunch. At the snail's pace she moved, it would have taken her at least 20+ minutes to get from the group home to where she was found. It is possible to install double deadbolts (I had to do that with dudeling, the key was on a string and kept on top of the millwork for the door. Out of his reach. It was a pain to unlock the deadbolt to open the door, and I didn't miss it when I could take it off.). Much as I love my auto-lock deadbolts, they're only one way. Then it becomes a question of - keeping patients in, while not keeping out people who legitimately need to get in.

It will probably come as no surprise nephew did not come for his stuff today.

Four hours of sleep? That would be my hill to die on. If he hasn't seen it, maybe ask him to watch Matt Walker's TED talk.