my mom

[Drunk Monk]

Went to sleep early last night.  Tried to catch up. 

In the middle of the night, my mom accidentally activated her vital link.  It's one of those emergency alarm pendants that we set up for her.  She must have rolled over on it or something.  They said that wasn't supposed to happen because it's allegedly difficult to trigger accidentally.  It set off a loud alarm and a caller came over the speaker asking what was going on.  The speaker is in the den, downstairs from where I've been sleeping.  So I ran downstairs and told them it was a false alarm.  I guess I'm glad to know the system works, except that my mom slept through the whole thing.  She had a vague notion that she heard something last night.  

I told her to take it off while sleeping from now on and then put it on if she has to get up to go the bathroom.  That's a bit tricky because she's still loopy from the meds and those late night bathroom trips, well, who is ever fully awake for those, right?  But that's also the time when the potential for a fall is high.  

I'm going to sleep tonight, dammit.  This weekend we've got nothing planned, so I'm just caring for my mom and cleaning house some more.  And napping.