Dolally

So I think my gran is pretty much dolally now.

On Thursday and Friday, noone could get in touch with her via phone. So my mum rushed over on Friday morning. Turns out she had seen a light on her alarm system attached to her phone, decided it was going to set on fire despite the fact that it was just a power light, so had cut the lines and put the box in a bucket of water. Facepalm.

Sunday, we couldn't get in touch again. This time, she had turned the phone off at the switch, again convinced it was going to set on fire. Facepalm again.

Later that day, we couldn't get in touch again, so straight off the train from London, we headed over to find that she had pulled the line, but without any memory of doing so.

Today, my mum rang up and had to explain to her step by step on how to do things as simple as call someone. For a ridiculously long time. Then later, she rang up complaining that the phone said ringing on it... Which obviously meant that that in between dialling the number and putting the phone to her head, she had lost all memory of what she had done.

It's heartbreakingly sad ... But also kind of funny.