Sometimes I feel so tired - of work, of caregiving, of family, of just life in general. It's the same thing over and over. Wake up at 615am, change dad's Depend, skip breakfast because I'm running late for work, I'm late again for work. Stress from work, headaches by noon time. Come home exhausted, aching, and no dinner. The minute I arrive, sis is gone. Dad wants this or that, and I still need to eat dinner - it's now around 630-700pm. I usually end up snapping at him because I'm HUNGRY, tired and hurting. But most of all - Irritable.
I turn to the TV to help me find laughter. Lately, it's the show "Sex sent me to the ER" that has made me laugh so much. It is just sooo funny! Irritating at times, but funny. By the time the show is over, I'm feeling so much better.
Sometimes, I come on Agingcare.com wanting to share some funny stuff I read or saw on TV. And I have no where to share this with you all. I don't feel comfortable putting it on the YOU or the DYS or even Parents say Funniest Thing threads/discussions. Because it just doesn't 'fit' in those category.
So, I've decided, I'm going to do a discussion thread in which I or anyone else can freely come and share something that made them laugh or smile.
These are my favorites - that I watch/read over and over, when I feel so down.
FROM AGINGCARE:
https://www.agingcare.com/discussions/you-know-you-are-caregiver-if-163390.htm
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/funniest-thing-aging-parent-said-to-you-152708.htm?cpage=1
GOOGLE FOR LAUGHTER:
1. Pepsi Maxx & Jeff Gordon presents: Test Drive 1 and Test Drive 2.
2. Dinosaur Pranks from Japan
3. Coffeeshop New York Carrie prank
GOOGLE TO TOUCH YOUR HEART:
1. Canadian Bank Thank You Automated Machine
2. West Jet xmas gift 2013
Dementia Community:
Google - CNN's World's Untold Stories: Dementia Village - YouTube
(This is sooo unique, int the Netherlands! I cannot vision this in the United States.)
This is what I wanted to share with you all. I hope at least one of these helped with your day. =)
Google: Sun Gazing - Police found this man with Alzheimer's. What he was doing will....
He replied "Who's Gerry?"
LOL made me think of the old telephone jokes-
"Telephone for Gerry Psych, is there a Gerry Psych here?"
...............
GET OUT OF THE CAR!
(supposedly a true account recorded in the Police log of Sarasota, Florida)
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping &, upon returning to her car, found 4 males in the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The 4 men didn't wait for a second threat. They got out & ran like mad.
The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car & got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get the key into the ignition.
She tried and tried, and then she realized why. It was for the same reason she had wondered why there was a football, a frisbee and 2 12-packs of beer in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she found her own car parked 4 or 5 spaces farther down.
She loaded her bags into the car & drove to the police station to report her mistake.
The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing.
He pointed to the other end of the counter, where 4 pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun.
No charges were filed.
Moral of the story?
If you're going to have a senior moment ... make it memorable.
Google:
Eh Bee Asian Snack Challenge.
How Long can your sign hold a grudge?
Aries: 24 Hours tops
Taurus: Until they die. ... Maybe not even then.
Gemini: Give it 30 seconds
Cancer: Years
Leo: Until the end of time
Virgo: Couple of months
Libra: 0.02 seconds unless you really messed up
Scorpio: All of eternity
Sagittarius: Two days
Capricorn: Don't even bother apologizing
Aquarius: a year
Pisces: 2 months maybe
Google:
Penny Hayes: Argument Over Basic Math In Facebook Yard Sale Group Goes Viral, Gets Woman Kicked Out
Penny Hayes is giving 2 prices for her soap products - by individual costs or by case.
An Excerpt:
Rachel Penney = Umm i think uve got ur math wrong mam. $12 for a case of 48 makes them $4 each and ur post says there $.35. Just curiouss if that's a misprint.
Penny Hayes = Umm...12 divide 48 = .25 which means that a case of 48 would be .25 cents each by the case...if u want them individually they are .35 cents each...so u are getting a small deal by buying a whole case...thanks for ur concern with my math...but I'm a very intelligent individual! =)
Rachel Penney = I'm not rude but ur math is horribly wrong. It 48 divided by 12 which is $4 each. And all is only around $4 for 96 loads in the store. Its just not cool to rip ppl off.
{conversation continues}
Penny Hayes = Try it this way... if u have 48 bottles and they are .25 cents each then that equals $12... 48x.25=12
Rachel Penney = No my math is right and ur just tryin to rip ppl off. U should try not bein a scam and. I'm reporting u to the admin as well as advising ppl on several sites not to buy from u.
{more conversation}
Christi Morgan = Ok I'm the administrator here. If you have 48 bottles in a case. You divide that by $12 which is what you are asking for the case. That's $4 a bottle. You are taking advantage of people. So, I'll be deleting this post as soon s you've had time to read it and then you will be deleted from this group.
{conversation continues}
a. Watch a few survival shows. They're artificial, scripted, and frequently so lacking in common sense and real survival modes that they're more comical than informative (although there have been a few in which some real knowledge has been demonstrated).
However, if they want to be in real survival situations, all they have to do is go to Syria, Nepal, or any other country in the midst of war, strife or natural disaster.
b. I think I have a Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul book in a section of my personal library that I haven't checked in a long time. Sometimes those real life stories are so emotional they're heartening.
Google: Mark Lowry cut off my britches
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It's amazing how this magician was able to turn the plastic easter egg into a chick..and fooled these 2 women.... Well, it took him a while to persuade the first lady who was so sceptical.
Google: Magic clerk Easter Chick.
Title: I Love Calls About Wild Animals.
We once got a call that 2 men - one in boxers, the other in a Speedo - were bothering some peacocks. Now, I have experience with big birds, so I suspected this would be a self-correcting issue. Sure enough, a new call came in: "Two naked males being attacked and chased by feral birds."
Inside the local sausage factory. In a blink the building was engulfed in flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.
When the first volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company president rushed to the fire chief and said, 'All of our secret sausage recipes are in the vault in the center of the plant. They have to be saved, so I will donate $50,000 to the fire company that brings them out and delivers them to me.'
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off Soon more fire departments had to be called in because the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer to extricate the secret recipes was now $100,000 to the fire department that could save them.
Suddenly from up the road, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the fire engine of the nearby Baringa volunteer fire department composed mainly of Aboriginal firefighters over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these Aboriginal firefighters, passed the fire engines parked outside the plant, and drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other firemen watched in amazement as the Aboriginal old timers jumped off and began to fight the fire as if they were fighting to save their own lives.. Within a short time, the Baringa old timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret recipes.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully announced that for such a superhuman accomplishment he was raising the reward to $200,000, and walked over to personally thank each of the brave elderly Aboriginal firefighters.
A TV news crew rushed in after capturing the event on film. The 'on camera' reporter asked the Aboriginal fire chief, 'What are you going to do with all that money?'
'Well,' said Chief Billy Cokebottle, the 70-year-old fire chief, 'de first ting we gonnna do is fix dem brakes on dat f*rkin old truck, eh!"
Ellen show: if you google... Andy and Amy's Haunted House
youtube/watch?v=ZXZ6K21wvZM&feature=youtu.be
They also got another one: Andy and Amy's Haunted Ship Adventure.
youtube/watch?v=3RLTanW1DGo
"I was visiting my mother one day, when she passed the candy dish full of chocolates and took one for herself.
"I thought your doctor told you to stop eating candy," I said.
"Oh, I don't have to listen to him anymore," she said.
"Why not?"
"He died."
Google: BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience - YouTube
youtube/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
Google: dropbox why seniors break their hips
dropbox/s/xemj9ot3822duy5/WhySeniorsBreakTheirHips.wmv
at any rate , what little i saw of this fellows comedy bout tore me up . he was trying to offer free boat rides to africa to african americans on this clearly decrepit boat . i haveta go to work right now but you guys should check him out . his assistant was trying to entice passersby up the gangplank with watermellon , fried chicken , etc . there was nothing racist about his work , hes just busted the barrier thats been pissing me off for 30 yrs , the one that tells us what is and isnt funny .. political correctness i believe it was called ..
jake sez in another skit he picks up a load of mexicans at home depot to do construction work for him then hauls them straight across the street to an INS office . most of it is probably staged by actors of all races . cant wait to check it out further myself ..
good day everyone ..
So, I decided to re-watch some of my favorite Youtube videos. The first one I watched was the "katy perry Roar Lakewood competition" video. I'm just so fascinated as I watch this. Our schools are really small. I watch this video and in awe with all the extra curriculum clubs and sports. Badminton, cross country, basket ball, soccer, debate, frisbee, volleyball, looks like a foreign language class, tennis, gymnastic, drama, golf, bridge, football, swimming team (?) or canoeing (?) team.... All I can say is that the first time I saw those guys in their swimming wear, my eyes widened. I wondered why they were allowed to be videoed without clothes on. Only after maybe the 4th or 5th time, I finally realized - swimming team! {rolling my eyes} I'm just so fascinated that this school must have lots of money to support all these different clubs/sports. Amazing.
ROAR - LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
vimeo/75058173
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Then I went to my other favorite video. I guess because I'm feeling so tired, my guard was down. As I watched this video, I was smiling, laughing, felt so sad about the very sad young boy who looked soooo miserable - and that picture did a flashback of my memories of my 10 year old niece. She looked sooo much like him. Soooo miserable. I started crying as I watched this video. My niece was not a survivor. Now I know not to watch this video when I'm so tired.
Google: BRAVE – University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital
metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/10/09/video-kids-and-staffers-at-childrens-hospital-sing-brave-to-honor-cancer-survivors/
Google: Dove's Beauty Sketches.
youtube/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
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Because the above made me feel so sad, I decided to close this day with a positive one.....
A Reddit user posted a photo of a poignant message that she found taped to the stall in a women's restroom at her university.
The user, chellylauren, wrote: "In a girls' bathroom stall at my university, girls have written about some of their most horrifying life experiences. This week, somebody replied."
The reply, written on notebook paper, is anonymous.
The reply in full:
To the girl who was raped: You are so strong. I cannot fathom the pain you must have gone through. The fact that you have the bravery to write it (even on a bathroom wall) gives me hope.
To the girl with eating disorders: I promise you, although I don't know you, you are beautiful, you deserve your health. You deserve freedom from that hell.
To the girl with the alcoholic father: I am so sorry for the agony it must cause. Again, such courage is remarkable you must be such a strong person to see such pain.
To the girl whose father died: Missing them never goes away. The ache of their absence never goes away. But the love they had, the memories you share surely must last. I am sure, out of the bottom of my heart, the people who have left you in this world are exceptionally proud of the person you are.
Everytime I see these walls, these confessions, I feel so blessed to know I have the priviledge of seeing them. Your moments, these secrets, are all precious even though they are sad. To all of you (including those I did not mention, and those who have not yet written)
- You are worthy.
- You are strong.
- You are brave.
- You are loved
- Somebody cares
Written below that, somebody penned a quick response: "To the person who wrote this, thank you."
or the link:
youtube/watch?v=eqEkPjUbmIA
Captain, my older sis said that she laughed so hard. She needed it because she's drowning financially and now her health is being affected and she has no money to deal with it. Thanks, Captain!