mum's "weird"

well, i am about to start to write about the year... my annual reflection. that would be published this evening before the end of the day. but before that, i would like to write about mum. 

past few days have been terribly challenging with her tantrums and her mood changes. so following the ruckus she created 2 days ago, i decided to cool things off and leave her alone. in another words, avoid her unless absolutely necessary. and she has somewhat stabilized. a little weird in her behavior as i observed today, but generally stabilized. here's what happened last 2 days...

yesterday, i decided to avoid her. woke up, just acknowledged her, gave her her medication and that's it. asked her if she wanted to have breakfast, but as expected, she didn't want to, saying that she would be eating plain porridge for lunch instead. and she asked me to buy her rice to cook. kinda weird cos i had thrown away the all rice and the rice pot previously. but i kept quiet. i did what i usually would not do. i left her alone, went to the market and had breakfast with bee. and i bought her the rice as requested. and before i left, i asked if she needed me to get some vegetables. no, she insisted, she simply wanted to eat plain porridge. this, to me is a sign of abnormality cos she had previously staged protests by eating plain porridge. also, she believed that by doing so, she can ward off some evil spells that she thinks exists in the house. i left it as it is.

anyway, i knew she could not do without me insofar as cooking is concerned. previously, with the rice pot, she could cook. now, with the rice pot gone, she had to use the gas stove. and that is where things are beyond her. she didn't know how to switch on the fire. (this is an important thing to note when you have old people in the house, don't ever let them touch fire. they will burn the house down as they have the tendency to forget about it). and after some futile attempts, she asked me for matches and/ or fire starter gun (not too sure what it is called, but you should know what i mean). i told her to let me do it and she had not choice. 

i took over the pot and noted she had placed less than a handful of rice grains in it. totally not enough for herself, if i may say. i added some more and cooked the porridge for her. and i cut some century eggs for her and left the plate of plain porridge and century eggs on the table. she finished everything and did the washing up herself. i stayed in the room whole day. and she left me alone too. i went out of the house for a run and she didn't bothered (which is not normal cos she would often asks a lot of things when i leave the house). i didn't care. i just did what i wanted to do. 

and by evening, she proceeded to cook her own porridge again. once again, she asked me for matches. i ended up cooking for her. and this time round, i asked her if i should get some dishes for her. she agreed. well, some form of normality finally. in the end, bee came over and got the dishes as well as my dinner for me. and after dinner, i casually asked if she wanted to go out for some shopping. and she agreed. the day ended with her being "normal" again...

today, it started very interestingly too. i woke up, went to the living room, acknowledged her and went ahead to prepare her medication for her. and she asked me: "where did xxx (me) go? he didn't come back for the night right?" hmmm... abnormal again. well, one more day to manage...