(Originally posted in Facebook on August 15, 2019)
One more sleep . . . one more sleep and my boss will be back and then I won’t be responsible for anyone but me. Well, of course, I’ll still have M and my kids and the grandkids and my parents and the myriad of other responsibilities I seem to pile on myself. But I won’t have the responsibility of our company of 1150 employees and reporters showing up on the street corner, filming with our sign in the background and the reporter swearing up and down that she just HAPPENED to run into her interview subject in front our building and started the interview there. Whew!
While my brother and his wife were here over the weekend, he and I talked about the guns we have in the house. Both M and I have handguns – we each have conceal and carry permits – and M has a couple of shotguns for duck and geese hunting. But it’s been YEARS since he’s been hunting and with everything else going on, I thought it might be a good idea to get the guns out of the house. So, while M was at work Saturday, my brother came by the house and we quietly took care of everything. It’s been five days now, and M hasn’t said anything about it. And I’m not saying anything . . . .
I also took a few minutes on Sunday to talk to M about the Bicentennial Greenway near our house and how it would be much better for him to ride his bike there – no cars! He didn’t want to hear it, but I pointed out how badly he scared the woman who hit him and how I’ve seen him dart out in front of cars before. THAT went over like a lead balloon. He was NOT HAPPY with me saying any of this, but I think he heard me. We’ll see.
He and I are meeting this afternoon with an HR representative at his job to talk about his dementia diagnosis and next steps. I don’t know that there is a RIGHT time to reveal this to anyone, but I don’t want him to have a problem at work and lose his job. Yet. Although he tells me he’s never had any issues at work, given his behavior at home, I find that very hard to believe. So, I’ve gone to the Alzheimer’s Association website and gotten all their info about the American’s with Disabilities Act and I think I have all the info we need for our meeting today.
Fingers crossed.