Caretaking isn’t all bad. In fact, I enjoyed hanging out with my father both Wednesday and Thursday. Although he slept most of Wednesday, he did have his old spark most of the time he was awake. He was a little more confused about some things on Thursday, but that didn’t stop him from dishing out …
Monthly Archives: August 2013
The Night I Had
Last night I got my first taste of being a 24-hour caretaker. Usually my mother is the primary caretaker. I am giving her a break and have taken over for 3 days and 2 nights. My father is incredibly prone to falling. He is also increasingly frail. Even a relatively minor fall could be completely …
Too much Technology
Once again I am on the road and I find myself hauling around a ton of technology. Specifically on this trip I have my laptop, iPod, Android tablet (with wireless keyboard) and phone. Why am i hauling all this around with me? Good question. And one that I have asked myself several times since I …
Arbitrariness
Lately I have been musing on the nature of the word arbitrary. In my mind, the Venn diagram of the word encompasses both whimsical and verging-on-random decision-making. I looked up the definition in my favourite dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary) and found that my sense of the definitions is very close to right: 1. To …