( Izzy )

Not only motherless, but catless as well. That's me, at present. Manasse died, 5 days after Mum did. He was 17, which I'm told compares to a human lifespan of 84. And as with Mum, the overriding sense was one of acceptance. I have yet to cry for either one. Perhaps I'm just heartless ( Read more... )

It's been 11 days since my mother died ( Read more... )

I can't remember whether I mentioned I suffered a lung embolism two years ago in January here; and even though I had regained most of my health in the months following, a certain breathlessness on exertion remained. But then that breathlessness became noticeably more noticeable, and people began to comment on it. They also began asking me if I'd ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning with my eyes all puffy and red, because of the tears I shed the night before watching K-drama. It's something I find myself doing more and more these days, ever since I fell down the rabbit hole of Korean tv series on Netflix. It's okay though, as I read online that crying at movies is a common indicator of great emotional ( Read more... )

Mum took up residence in the care home today ( Read more... )

So my sister was supposed to take Mum to the dental technician for her umpteenth appointment this morning, but she texted to say her boss hadn't approved her request for leave -- resulting in me having to make a mad dash across town to get to Mum's, get her out of bed, washed, clothed and fed, and finally, into a taxi. We arrived at the dental ( Read more... )

In February 2014, Mum moved into her present abode. Ever since her last divorce in 1997, she had been living in a ground-floor flat in an inner city area that went from bad to worse, and after the second break-in in a year, my sister and I managed to persuade her to move to another part of the city...well, to the outskirts, really. And for some ( Read more... )

I don't believe it -- I'm in ( Read more... )

And so the PM has just extended our 'intelligent lockdown' till April 28, with the proviso that it may be necessary to push that date out further into May. Basically, 2020 is already a write-off ( Read more... )