tomorrow is the day .... finally ...

just pulled out the paperwork and so on we were given when we last talked to
our case worker re: LTC... it's dated Dec 5, 2004 .....  everything was done
except that it was left to the kids (hubby and his sisters) to make
appointments to go look at the available facilities and make a decision on
which three they preferred (and in which order)  .... has taken them long
enough to get around to it, I think!

at this point, the girls are going to the appointments with LT placement in
mind; hubby is looking at it from the p.o.v. of TRYING respite care (more to
get me off his back than because he wants it) ....  but at least they're
going.

I think hubby is a ~tad~ perturbed with me for continuing to push the
respite care issue.... after all, we ARE getting a full day and 2 nights off
in a couple of weeks .... the one sister that lives about an hour away and
is only peripherally involved (but who is on the POA with hubby)  called and
left us a message that she was coming up to stay with ma for a few days in
July so we could have a break - fortunately, she happened to hit on a time
when I'm not scheduled to teach ....   didn't know it was coming, and don't
really have a plan ... but we'll figure something out.  I'm looking forward
to a couple of days away ...don't really care what we do ....  but I also
don't think that because she's going to give us a break we should drop the
whole respite care idea.  Having someone give us a break for 2/3 days
whenever she happens to decide to do it (last time was over 2 years ago!) is
not the same as being able to look forward to regular breaks ...AND being
able to stay home and have ma gone, rather than us going to a hotel or
whatever. Plus I really want to see how my MIL handles it, even if it's only
for few days at a time.