Mom has been here over 8 months now!
I'm surprised at how easy it's been. (For dh and i, anyway.)
She has recently been getting more annoyed by things. It's probably been building up. We have different ways of doing some things, expectations of what others SHOULD do, and personality quirks that all come into play.
We needed to use up some leftovers yesterday. To ME that means get the leftovers out of the fridge and have a potluck. To Mom it meant "repurpose" something. She also made stuff early for potluck and then potluck was cancelled (i think that's a first!). She made biscuits and then made some leftovers into a gravy for over the biscuits. That was fine. There was spinach made, too, so i put a tablespoon of that on dgs plate and she said that was HERS, SHE had paid for it, and she had put it "in the corner" so we wouldn't use it! Oops. (It wasn't in "a corner" but that's beside the point.)
She went to her room and i didn't see her the rest of the evening. I had stayed in my room all day watching tv, myself - a day "off"!
She's been getting more irritated by things we do like leaving food on the counter. *I* don't like my food COLD and often leave it on the counter to come back to. She likes a "clean" kitchen (meaning orderly without stuff on the counter). I'd love to take pics of when SHE leaves things on the counter! - hehehe. She'll throw our stuff out! I've been more careful about it. Dgs isn't too bad about it but dh will go upstairs and make something in the night and leave everything out. And ya know what? I think that is his prerogative. He actually does more work around the house than anyone else and cleaning up after him in the kitchen is not a bit deal. (FRUSTRATING at times, yes.)
Anyways, she had little meltdown on the way to town one day and talked about some things like that. She said she'd even tho't of moving out
but "where would she go"? She talks about it not being her house so she needs to let us live like WE want but it drives her nuts. (Understood) But i don't want her to feel like it isn't her house, too.
Unfortunately, we can't keep the house as warm as she would like (needs, actually) so she does stick to her warm room. sigh ANYWAY, just venting, i guess.
My first Mother's Day with Mom!