My burdens - H

I think I'm getting my money back from the floor people. They're unwilling to make the floor look as it should b/c it'll cost them too much, and our job is costing them a lot since they actually messed up the first batch of wood that they delivered to our house. So, 2 batches of wood and a finished floor later, we are probably going to have to have the floor redone. Not all of it, just the common areas (hallway and living/dining room). I'm somewhat satisfied with the resolution, but I would rather that they did the job right than to go through the hassle of refinishing a section while we're living there. Anyway, we put the job in our contractor's hands, and I felt so pyunhae afterward, so relieved of this burden. We should have just had him do it in the first place, but I think he was more expensive, and we didn't know at the time that he is as good as he is.

Anyway, I've been talking to my family the last few days, and realizing that my parents are old is a bit hard to take. I don't think they like that idea either. My mom's also had a few accidents since retiring, and I think she's exasperated and feels some amount of despair. She just broke her wrist. She found a microfracture in her hip from a fall she had a few months ago. She has osteoporosis, hypertension, is anxious, and generally much more frail than she used to be. This for a woman who had a will of iron is very disheartening. She's suffering in her retirement and in her old age, and she doesn't have the strength to handle it. It makes me so sad. I think they're both lonely. sigh.