Maddening

Hello Everyone:

My anticipated mom- and minion-less day got derailed thanks to my absent minded niece. Apparently, she forgot to tell her mom she needed the car to do her errands.  As it turned out, sis needed the today for work so the planned shopping excursion was postponed until tomorrow. That really didn't put too much of crimp in my activities for the day. The minion brought some puzzles over and entertained himself. Mom took him out for a little while, to meet a friend for lunch. It's actually better that they go shopping tomorrow because I can do all the Friday chores without interference. Maybe I can even finish early, the Brit BF calls, and we can chat uninterrupted.  Mom just got me so angry. She went to a wedding ceremony earlier this evening and came home about twenty minutes ago.  I stepped out to throw out he rubbish and check the mail. Mom assumed I was home and chained the door. When I tried to enter, I found the door barred. I was furious over the fact that she assumed I was home but mostly she won't admit she has age-related cognitive issues. I'm not the first person to say this but I'm just a little more vocal about it. It is so incredibly frustrating to say things and have to repeat it several times or explain it to her. Even more incredibly frustrating is that she runs to the doctor for every little real or imagined ailment but will not see someone to find out if she's of sound mind. I get it, she's afraid to find out that she has something definitely wrong but better to know than not know. In the meantime, this is a frequent source of stressing the house.  It so maddening to have to deal with someone who clearly has these issues but won't do anything about it. Even more maddening is that I have to put up with this all the time, without any respite. The writing sessions only last a short period of time and still have to come home. Sis and her family live in their world, where such things don't exist. It's not like I can say anything to her about it because she's in denial. I need an out.