first year - Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2015
second year - Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016
********* third year - Feb. 13, 2016 - today!
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop, so if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
second year - Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016
********* third year - Feb. 13, 2016 - today!
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Monologue Mania Day #813 A Day in the Life of a Caregiver -2 minute version (for CAREGIVERS ANONYMOUS) by Janet S. Tiger (c) May 5, 2016
For other monologues from Caregivers Anonymous, please see Days # 268, 270, 271, 273, 284, 285, 286, 314, 317, 380, 412, 444, 454, 455, 456, 473, 474, 475, 476, 483, 484, 513, 514, 566, 569, 666, 692, 702, 714, 777, 778, 782, 783, 797, 802, 812 and today's 813
There was a request for a shortened version of Day # 783 - so here it is - from 8-10 minutes now under 2 minutes!
A Day in the Life of a Caregiver
For other monologues from Caregivers Anonymous, please see Days # 268, 270, 271, 273, 284, 285, 286, 314, 317, 380, 412, 444, 454, 455, 456, 473, 474, 475, 476, 483, 484, 513, 514, 566, 569, 666, 692, 702, 714, 777, 778, 782, 783, 797, 802, 812 and today's 813
There was a request for a shortened version of Day # 783 - so here it is - from 8-10 minutes now under 2 minutes!
A Day in the Life of a Caregiver
(2 minute version for Caregivers Anonymous)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2016 all rights reserved
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2016 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(Actor comes
onstage - with bags and boxes of items that they roll out in a wheelchair or
walker)
Hello! Welcome to….. a day in
the life of a caregiver!
(Pulls
out an alarm clock)
BZZZZZZ!
(Now has toilet paper and cleaning materials)
Bathroom duty.... Depends
change.....
(Has a bag of adult undergarments)
(Excited) And meds! And
dressings! And bandages!
(Throws pill bottles in the air and juggles them. Boxes of bandaids, eyepatches, and other
slings appear - an alarm rings and they turn it off, sighs)
Up thirty minutes and I have yet to
brush my teeth! Or put on make-up-
let's forget it for today.... Or forever, whichever comes first....
But the person we take care of.....We have to do their teeth.....And dressing...
Wait, I thought I did dressing!
(Holds up the bandaids, shakes head)
NO! Dressing! I get so confused!
(Pulls out clothing and throws it up in the air. Stops, thinks,
looks at watch)
Wait, have we had breakfast yet?
(Pulls out a frying pan and bounces food on it)
And now time for a walk! It's
sunny, no it's raining!
(Pulls out hats and umbrellas)
Shopping! And ...oh, my
God....did I forget..... ...a doctor's appointment?
(Look at watch, and phone, and calendar. Runs around collecting all the items on the
floor and throws them into the boxes, putting the boxes onto the wheelchair,
walker)
We're late!
Which doctor is it today? Urologist..
No! ... Cardiologist?
Procotologist? (Shudders) .Orthopedic Surgeon?
(Trying to remember)
Wait....not a doctor....no - today is physical therapy!
(Runs the wheelchair/walker around the stage)
Need to get gas.....
....and remember to put up the
handicapped sign!
(Wipes forehead)
And the day isn't even half
over, why am I a little tired?
All I do is take care of
someone....
Easy peesy....Actually, I take care of two people, so....it's twice as easy!
Easy peesy....Actually, I take care of two people, so....it's twice as easy!
(Very fast) Home and a nap, and then dinner time and it's sundowning and then bathtime and then it's time to wash a million
dishes and glasses and where did their glasses go they can't watch tv without
the right glasses! And then - washing clothes! Lots of clothes that
no matter about the Depends there's always accidents! And then it's time
for bed and did I lock all the doors so they don't wander out and is the
commode ready and is the nightlight on and......
(Collapses on the floor)
Why am I still tired?
(Gets up slowly)
Just lazy I guess!
Just lazy I guess!
(Hears a noise, BZZZZ ring!)
(Horror) Oh, no! It
can't be....I just went to sleep!
(Turns and and bows, start to
walk off, stop, look back)
Well, let's get going.....a day in
the life of a caregiver! And we do it....because ….they love us…..and …..we
love them...
(Exits to another long, but wonderful day)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
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