Today - just plain weird

Journaling about today while it's fresh enough in my mind.

Usual VM and text messages waiting this a.m.

Telephone conversations - nondescript as far as I recall, except the one where she asked me to run by and check out the dogs at the pound.... Odd.

When I got out to the house, she was clearly depressed and dysfunctional. Laying about in bed. Looking somewhat physically ill, but apparently it's primarily emotional dysfunction. No surprise.

I had to go round with her just a little, but got her to back down some as I pointed out I had to either do what I was around the house for, or argue with her or go back to my apartment. I finally went on to my business.

I should add that she talked to her sis just before I got there, bitching and moaning about me not being out yet, etc, etc.

But, not long after I started, by maybe 1:00p, she had come down for a moment, poured herself a tall Black Russian. And proceeded to tell me that there "is just no talking with you...."

I worked in the yard for the remainder of the p.m. without incident.

Later in the afternoon, she talked to me about the next-door neighbor lady, filing for divorce, who needs a good job. Wanted me to watch postings.

I went out and finished what I was doing, and when I came back in she was talking to sis again. About 15 minutes later she finished, got off the phone, and AGAIN, asked me to watch for postings for the neighbor lady. She clearly already had no memory of the previous conversation.

The reason was clarified when I talked with her sis shortly after. Sis told me that she noted in her conversation with M that she was talking with a great deal of slur, so she asked outright, "Marilyn, have you been drinking a lot or something, because you're slurring and very hard to understand." M told sis, NO (not quite true) but that she'd taken an Ambien. Sis said, "Isn't that to make you sleep? " "Yes". "then why aren't you sleeping?"

Meanwhile, afterwards, M and I had to have another round -- over I don't know what. Partly about the play tonight (she clearly wasn't up to going out).

After I left, I hadn't gotten to the end of the drive before she was ringing my cell phone. Had many other calls as well before she quit. All kinds of crap.

Then, last to note, about 7:40p, she sent a nice lovey text message. But, by an hour later, she was back to sending pissy ones.

All quite predictable.