I did 12 hours yesterday, 7 am to 7.30 pm.  Tonight, I will be alone doing 7 pm to 7 am. – a 12 hour shift. On Wednesday, it will be 3 pm to the following day 7 am. I was a bit apprehensive at first but found I am well able to do it.

Yesterday, I was alone with one of the caregivers for a while. I told her, she always look happy and up but she has a lot of unhappiness in her life. She was surprised and told me she appreciates the fact I know it. Her life is falling apart, she is holding herself up by a thread. Another might resent it. But with her, it is like a bond grows between us. She knows someone is aware of her pain. She did not tell me what, I could guess. Her daughter, financial problem. She did tell me there were deaths in her family. Somehow I sense her problem is immediate family and financial.