Another Monday, another no show by the aide
She just called, had that sort of fake "sick voice", telling me her leg hurts so bad that "it wasn't even available yesterday". After I hang up, I remember reading somewhere (here? or in one of the many books I read on the subject) that when you have in-homes calling off every Monday, there might be some kind of substance abuse problem and they could be hung over from the weekend. Not always true, but something to keep in mind. She's been with us three weeks, and has called off each Monday: first week, she came for the initial sign up on Tuesday with the nurse, they had cancelled Monday but didn't say why. Last week, she lied about being off for St Paddys Day. Today....well let's just say I was a manager over 100 employees long enough to have a feel for phony last minute telephone call offs. Anyway I don't care, was only planning to stock up on food for us and the cats, and return stuff to the library before the snowstorm tomorrow (dubbed The Nor'Easter Bomb, they must be running out of ideas!) and Ray will be thrilled to accompany me. I only wanted two days a week in the first place, guess my wish came true.
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