Congratulations! I hope you get to enjoy it too, it can be a lot of fun (and funny.)

My whole family is Olympics crazy, always have been, always will be. We plan to sleep in shifts for the next two weeks to watch. Dd got us a peacock subscription today, the opening ceremonies were a hoot. Heavy metal meets French Revolution and the floating galloping horse were cool. Watching the athletes on the boats is so sweet, though a few groups made me tear-y. Women's synchronized diving early tomorrow morning!

I like the 25 minute standing one too! I like everything about them, what she does, her set, her minimal patter and music, even her outfits. I'm doing nothing aerobic but my legs are quite strong from my daily stairs, arms are good from rolling so many pies. I just need time in the woods and that's not happening much.

I will add, I've learned a lot from the Hive here about healthy boundaries and reasonable family responsibilities.

She's not a typical 95 year old! Her daily routine includes gardening and cooking, short walks, sometimes physical therapy, occasional trips to the farmer's market or concerts. She has meds to take, small projects to do with other people like shopping, she reads and reads email. A lot of her time is spent being frustrated at things she can't do anymore around her house which gives her some anxiety. All summer we've been hearing about her clematis and whether it will live through the heat. Like, every day worrying about the clematis. Getting into her medical portals and arranging rides to providers also takes up her time. I know the wisdom is that moving old people leads to their decline and disorientation. I will feel bad about this, but I also can't sacrifice myself for potentially the next five years to living away from my family and community. I thought I could, and encouraged her to stay in her sweet little one-floor house but something woke up in me this winter - maybe being done homeschooling? - and realized I was heading for depression and profound loneliness if I moved to her house.

Yes, this will be the first few months, hopefully. Thank you for the suggestion to get appointments now, though.

This is basically the reason we hadn't done it yet, health care here is very difficult to access. But the retirement community is owned by our local hospital and they have priority access plus a provider goes there twice a week for residents. My community. She knows many people here and all my friends love her so that will be a blessing. Yes, our house is cold and dark and old and she will prefer the nicer retirement spot. The waitlist is a little stressful to think about as there is no time limit guarantee but typically people get in within about 6 months. Having her here rather than me moving to her house will be much better for my mental health - I have my garden and friends and the Park, so can stay sane. Her house is nice and age-friendly but I have no community there.

My sisters went for a trip with our mother and found out she'd fallen and not told us. Her BP was up when her home health PT was there and she had apparently forgotten to take some of her meds. Long story short - my 95 year old mother is going to move across the country and into my house while she waits for an apartment at the local retirement community to open up. It's both relieving and overwhelming but it's the best we can all do. My sisters will pack up her small house. But what, other than clothing and meds, does she absolutely need to bring now? Will, POLST form, Social Security file, what else? Please hold us in the light.

OK, well, three weeks later I've done almost everything plus lots more. There is no point in setting goals for the summer, getting through it is the goal. Goals for the last week of July and all of August: to be awake, hydrated, kind, and fast.

Revenge is a dish best served by AI? My friend is the Chair of a board which hired a new CEO for the organization. Same friend had applied for the job and was assured by the whole search committee that they were thrilled with her application, hinted it was in the bag for her, etc. A perfectly qualified young man ended up with the job, likely the choice of an extremely wealthy and influential Board member. It was up to my friend to write a gracious welcome-to-the-community letter and newspaper article about him. She had ChatGPT write it and enjoyed a tiny, petty moment of revenge over not getting the job and having the search committee mislead her.

Yesterday was too much all around. I kept saying to dd "this day will come to an end." And it did. My varicose veins are bothering me, I plan to get some support socks.

Hmmm, still says you can't receive messages. We hope to do a high-tide, full-moon swim tonight to see if the bioluminescence have activated yet. I did hike today, up a beautiful deep brook where usually there is water flowing but today it was dry and a bit disheveled.

Doing all the emotional labor in a relationship is exhausting. Hugs.

We have yearly inspection unless the car is 25 years or older, then it can be registered as an antique auto and skip inspection. You're not supposed to use it as your primary transportation. No emissions testing here.

I haven't read any other replies but we recently got rid of 3 dead cars and currently have 1 parked that needs work to get running, two that are my options, one truck for dh, one somewhat precarious car for dd. I've recently moved into ds' former car and he got a truck, but he and I might switch this fall if he gets a job that will require a lot of driving to save him gas money. Two of the current cars were given to us for free. We keep them because the running cars don't always run, there is no public transportation, and it's too far to walk to town.