One of the unanticipated but constant impacts of caregiving is the inability to leave the house for a quick errand. Sometimes I’m marooned for a couple of days at a stretch. It’s made it so slow to do any kind of home repairs or projects where I might need an extra part or supplies. The time I do have free is often spent doing chores, and even then it sometimes takes an hour or more to just decompress and feel semi-normal enough to work on something. I get help and have respite breaks but I still have to strategize and plan every little shopping trip so much that it kind of takes the oomph out of me and I’ve given up on a lot of things. I miss spontaneity. So much adjustment…