Originally Posted by
Eliza Thomason
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Naw. My budget is very tight and this is an uncomfortable hit, but hers is tighter. Anyway I can write it up as a costly way to make the change I should have made a long time ago, and find someone who likes my Mom and likes old people. I found two!
I considered letting her know I wasn't comfortable with her not taking personal responsibility, that I would feel better about it if she took ANY responsibility for it (not financial, just admitting), and other related conversations. But she would deny it and perhaps feel persecuted and unappreciated, so, what for? I also realize she is not disrespectful of my stuff particularly, she is just sloppy with stuff in general. Her own stuff, too, I am sure. I want to focus on how I am grateful I am that she has been so readily available and always on time. It seems the timing is right to just phase her out without having to say in any way, "You weren't good enough."
And one of the women I talked with is happy to housesit when I am away for a month this summer, so my cat has company. She just realized she has been stuck in a rut 11 years in her tiny studio apartment and is not going to renew her lease. This will be a breather in between. Roomy, air-conditioned, landscaped, and all to herself. And sparkling clean since I have some weeks to clean it before she comes.. No pets of her own to worry about - her cat just died!
God is good!