The poor matriarch is suffering terribly with the heat...and she keeps wanting to go out for lunch to sit in the cool of the restaurant for a time. I can't go out for lunch everyday and the matriarch won't sit in the basement or in the family room; she stays in her room unless we go out.
What is the big deal if she is so uncomfortable? There is a bathroom in the basement; we can leave her alone or join her. She won't sit outside in the cool of the morning.
Am I supposed to force her to sit outside? To know better than she knows? Am I supposed to make her do something she doesn't want to do?
There are times this whole age is just driving me crazy.
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The matriarch may feel the handrail is not steady, or maybe the stairs down to the basement are too many, even though you both are safe.
ReplyDeleteIf you eat breakfast out-of-doors, in the coolness of the early morning, and the matriarch is, like you, an early riser too, you could try inviting the matriarch to join you.
Does she have a fan in her room? Perhaps that may help if she is unwilling to move into another, cooler location? The children have one in their rooms and it seems to help :)
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