My friend Kathy got the keys to her new apartment on December 15. She didn't have to be out of her old place until December 31. The two apartments are in the same small town. For reasons too convoluted to follow, she no longer had the internet at her old apartment and didn't seem clear about how to get it in her new place. She has to go to the local public library to use their wifi. But she managed to email her new address to me. Kathy asked me to share it with our mutual friend, John. Kathy has always been a little in love with John. As much as she enjoys hearing from me, she'd want to hear from him twice as much. I forwarded her new address to him.
I just got an email from her, sharing her new address. Again. Asking me to forward it to John. Again.
I responded that I would, and then asked if she received my postcard from Florida. She said she couldn't recall.
She went on to tell me that she's feeling overwhelmed but hopes to be settled in her new place "by spring." Why will it take a retired woman with no other demands on her time three months to unpack a 1BR apartment?
She's now 73. 74 next month. She is often unhappy, usually confused. I don't want to say she has Alzheimer's or dementia, because I don't know that. She refuses to see a doctor. I worry about her living alone. (Though she does have adult grandchildren nearby.)
I don't want this to be happening.
I hope your friend is OK. It is hard to see an older person "decline."
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the more I fear the cognitive decline.
ReplyDeleteHope your friend is going to be ok.
ReplyDeleteMoving and all the decisions about myriad possessions just might have put her a little over the limit of her "coping" abilities. She may just have to get over a tiny depression that moving can cause. Let's hope she's back to normal in a few more weeks.