Oh dear, today is one of those days where I question my sensibility of having moved a sick father overseas. It started with one letter in the mail, then another, then another. All official documents requiring additional supporting documents of our move overseas. Which requires a letter, and lengthy explanation of the situation, plus more photocopying and printing. The poor old PoA papers are almost threadbare due to so much copying. Groan. I digress.
Hard to believe that we have clicked over our one year anniversary of moving here. We have come along way, yet I feel so far from being settled. I had a thought the other day that it has been easier to get dad settled than myself. Having had put my life/studies/career on pause for the past few years... I am finding the pause button to be stuck! Some days are better than others. Today is not one of those days. Again, I digress.
Tuesday last week was Melbourne Cup day. I was trying to remember what I had done last year, as usually I watched the race online in Canada. Surely, I thought, I wasn't that stressed out that I had forgotten what I did. Then I remembered that we were in the air, en route to Sydney, on the first Tuesday of November last year. Phew... not losing it quite yet! The day prior, we had learned that dad's care home was putting on a barbeque in honor of the Melbourne Cup. As it turned out, I was to pick up some Canadian delegates at the airport that Tuesday morning. So we were able to drive straight to dad's place and have a good old fashioned Aussie barbie! It was lovely to sit out on the patio in the breeze and visit... just like the old days! A special thanks to our visitors for making a special stop over to come see us.
In the middle of all of this, I received an email from Aged Care online saying they had read my blog and wanted to interview me for a story on their website. Here is the link to that story. I must say... once I got off the phone from the interview, I felt like I had done a bit of rambling. (Who? Me?) What can I say... I wanted to download at a faster rate than what my mouth would let me! Anyway, I hope our story might help others in a similar situation.
http://www.agedcareonline.com.au/news/82/15/Understanding-Aged-Care-How-is-your-Dad
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