My next vacation with my mom. Alone at sea with a child: rest or hell? How to create maximum comfort for mom

You should definitely take your mom on vacation. This is out of the question. But where to go? In order not to be very hot and at the same time not to blow, to see a lot of interesting things and at the same time not move at all. Wrote an article on how to plan the perfect vacation with your mom.

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When to go?

The velvet season (September - October) is ideal for relaxing with the older generation.

Three years ago, I was on vacation with my mother in Turkey. She had a vacation in July, so there were no options for when to go. Out of ignorance, I also chose the hottest region - Alanya. The temperature was +40 degrees! So, on the way from the airport to the hotel, it was scary to look at my mother. She constantly fanned herself and drank water, but still seven sweats disappeared from her. Then gradually her body got used to the climate, but more in the season itself I will not take my mother to rest.

The main and very simple advice is to take a look at the weather forecast for the place where you want to go and choose the appropriate month. The Internet has archived data for at least the last ten years - for example, on the Gismeteo website. The statistics will definitely not fool you. The most comfortable temperature for a beach holiday is not higher than +25 degrees in the daytime, and for an excursion - about + 20-22 degrees.

Also, in the velvet season, much fewer people rest, and the absence of crowds everywhere is a nice bonus. And tourists are becoming different - noisy young people are giving way to older and more calm ones.

What type of holiday to choose?

In fact, only your mom can answer this question. The most effective way is to ask her herself: the sea, excursions or spa treatment? If she refuses and generally assures that she does not need rest, then she will have to make a choice for her.

On the sea

• Your mom will definitely not get physically tired.
• Bathing and sea air are good for your health.
• Long exposure to the sun is harmful.
• It can be boring if there is nothing to do in the evenings.

Excursions

• Informative and interesting, it will definitely not be boring.
• Long daily walks are not meant for your mom's feet.

We advise you to combine these two types and get an almost perfect mix - a beach and sightseeing vacation. Depending on your interests and state of health, you yourself can regulate how much time to lie in the sun, and how much to walk.

Treatment in sanatoriums

• Well, very helpful.
• Surely your mom will make friends with other vacationers.
• But you can get bored quickly.

Mikhail Danilov, Medical Director of the Health Tourism Association:

In sanatoriums, a person receives a complex health-improving and restorative effect due to climate therapy, the use of medical procedures and the removal of psycho-emotional stress. As a rule, already on the third day of stay at the resort, the state of health improves significantly. A classic sanatorium voucher, on average, includes 5-7 daily procedures, physiotherapy exercises, a visit to the pool, a course of massage sessions, and dietary meals.

Where to go?

Often the older generation flatly refuses to travel abroad, because “it's a visa to do”, “there is continuous terrorism” and “they don't understand our way”. If your mom didn't say anything like that, here are some travel ideas.

Costa Brava, Spain

Costa Brava is the northern Mediterranean coast of Spain. First, you will definitely love the local beaches. Secondly, from the resorts of the Costa Brava to Barcelona (which means, to the main airport of the country and to the city where you will certainly walk) only 60-80 km. Choose a place with the most convenient transport accessibility - for example, from Blanes you can get to Barcelona by train in 1 hour, and from Lloret de Mar in 1.5 hours by bus.

Rimini, Italy

Rimini may not have the cleanest beaches, but what cities are nearby! Venice, Florence, Bologna - and they are all within two to three hours of a comfortable high-speed train ride. One way ticket costs from 10 euros. You can plan your route and buy tickets on the Trenitalia website.

Well, what woman, even at the age of 60, does not dream of taking a ride on a gondola or taking a picture with the Leaning Tower of Pisa? In Rimini, it is very convenient to alternate trips to luxurious Italian cities with "doing nothing" on the beach.

As many say, in Rimini it is almost like in Anapa - there are many Russians and Russian speakers. Mom should be comfortable.

Jurmala, Latvia

Jurmala is located 20 minutes by train from Riga and can be a compromise option. On the one hand - abroad, on the other - the city is still very dear in spirit. A wonderful endless embankment, a cozy center with its streets and cafes. Many Russian artists also visit Jurmala. Go to the concert of Larisa Dolina (mothers are still very fond of) during your vacation.

Irina explains the choice of Jurmala:

Our family does not like too hot climate, we try to avoid it. So Jurmala is just a place with a pleasant summer climate, without the exhausting heat. And of course, Riga is within easy reach, where you can take a walk. There are no language problems, most of them speak Russian, so this place does not cause stress for parents, they can relax and enjoy their vacation.

Paphos, Cyprus

Cyprus is ideal if your mom is not eager to open a Schengen visa. Here it is enough to fill out an online form (name, passport details, profession and place of residence in Cyprus are indicated). You will receive a pro-visa in one day.

For recreation, it is better to choose not small resort villages, but cities - for example, Paphos. When you get tired of lying on the beach, you can stroll along the equipped promenade and along the local streets in the city center, look into shops and cafes.

If mom is not ready to go abroad

Consider vacation options in Russia.

Taganrog, Rostov region

This is a destination for those who do not want to travel outside the country, but do not mind diversifying their vacation. You've probably already been to Sochi, but in Taganrog? The city stands on the shores of the Azov Sea, which warms up to +26 degrees in summer. There are no young people among the vacationers, which means that there is not much noise.

And the prices are nice. For example, a taxi ride around the city will cost 70-120 rubles. Here you can choose both a health resort and a simple hotel.

Anna tells why she chose Taganrog this year:

Every time we cannot decide where to fly. To Asia - a long flight, to Europe - my mother does not know English. And about Turkey and in general there can be no talk - there is continuous terrorism and explosions! As a result, the choice falls on something in the Krasnodar Territory or Taganrog, as this year. At the same time, it is impossible for mom to be pulled out of the sea. So we are not even talking about any excursions. And what interesting sights can there be in places where you have been at least a hundred times ...

Sanatoriums of Crimea

Keep in mind that each sanatorium specializes in the treatment and prevention of various diseases, so you need to choose carefully. So, people come to Yalta mainly with diseases of the respiratory system, digestive system, cardiovascular system and musculoskeletal system. Sanatoriums of Evpatoria and other resorts of the Western coast of Crimea are good for those who have diseases of the nervous system, gynecological diseases and skin diseases.

And Crimea will surely evoke a pleasant nostalgia for the Soviet past.

Dmitry talks about his mother's preferences:

I often flew on business trips to different countries and sometimes took my mother with me. While I work, she rests. But it turned out that it is more pleasant for her to be in places that remind her of her youth and Soviet times. I must say that my mother still lives in a distant provincial town, not chasing service and fashion trends. On vacation, she prefers spa and sanatorium services - massages and procedures, 5 meals a day, walks and discos in the evenings. To keep everything on a clear schedule. One of these places is Evpatoria - a cozy resort town, still dusty with Soviet and Russian (pre-revolutionary) history.

How to create maximum comfort for mom?

A trip with mom needs to be thought out to the smallest detail, otherwise the rest may be ruined. We have collected basic tips for you - what you need to take care of first.

• Be sure to help your mother fill out the application form and collect the documents for obtaining a visa. Try to go with her to the Visa Application Center. If this is a common procedure for you, then all this red tape can become stressful for mom.

• Do not buy connecting tickets. Better to overpay, but choose direct flights. For the extra waiting at the airport, another take-off and landing, my mother will not say thank you.
• For mom, buy a ticket with paid baggage and do not forget to remind her of the maximum weight. Also tell us about the rules for carrying things in hand luggage. It is unlikely that she will be happy if at the airport she is forced to throw out her favorite perfume, with a volume of more than 100 ml.
• If mom can sleep during the flight, then pick up a night flight or early in the morning. If it is usually difficult for her to "disconnect", then, on the contrary, daytime flights will do: this way she can sleep at home and go on a journey refreshed.
• To make it easier for mom to endure the flight, advise her to get up regularly and stretch her legs. You need to drink plenty of water and exclude foods and drinks that retain liquid: alcohol, salty, smoked, fatty.

Accommodation:

• It is best to choose a hotel that will be located not very far from the airport. After the flight, mom will want to rest, and not shake for a few more hours in the bus / taxi.
• There should be a well-developed infrastructure near the hotel: bus and train stops, shops, cafes, pharmacies.

• Don't exhaust Mom with long walking tours. It is necessary to dose physical activity, even if it happens in the country of dreams, where you want to go sightseeing around the clock.

Marina Berezko, surgeon-phlebologist:

After long walks or excursions, the older generation often encounters heavy leg syndrome. To avoid these unpleasant symptoms, when traveling, it is recommended to use compression hosiery - knee-highs or stockings, especially if a person already has manifestations of varicose veins. Now there are even special travel knitwear models. If pain and swelling of the legs still appear, you should lie down as soon as possible, lifting your legs with a pillow.

I wanted to go to the sea with my child, but no one can fly with you. Or he cannot fly for the entire period and partly you have to live with your baby at the resort alone.
Is it worth planning such a vacation at all, and what needs to be taken into account?
I must say right away that for mothers who are actively traveling with their children on their own, the article is unlikely to contain something interesting, and some things will seem like “captain's obviousness”. However, what may seem like a self-evident experienced "mamstravel" sometimes becomes a complete revelation for a mother who goes on vacation with her baby for the first time. Let's get started.

1. WE CONSIDER OWN EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
If you actively traveled the world before the birth of a child, this experience may help you, or maybe ... and quite the opposite. Because many of the spa habits that you had before your baby was born no longer work. And nevertheless, if you were already in the place where you are planning to rest with an infant (or, perhaps, not an infant at all), then you will be able to appreciate some things better from the point of view of the now mother.
If in your ordinary life you cope with a child without help, then here it will not be difficult for you either. Because your life on vacation can be organized in the same way as you are used to at home, especially if you rent an apartment, and not live in a hotel.
When reading reviews about specific vacation spots, certain hotels, beaches, etc., pay attention, if possible, to the problems and difficulties that other mothers describe, and when reading enthusiastic reviews, specify what experience and habits the one who rested with the child in this location is good.
There are supermoms for whom a vacation with three restless children may seem like an exciting adventure, even if it is three days before the deer are to the beach, and then climb a steep hill back. And there are those who are used to 24/7 help and with one calm baby, and for them any practical problem that needs to be solved alone can turn a vacation into a survival quest. At the same time, neither one nor the other mother deserves neither admiration nor blame, since our perception of rest, as well as of life in general, is very subjective. Your task is to organize a pleasant vacation for yourself and your child, but not to understand “how they do it”, looking at the happy faces of other mothers in Facebook-Instagram.
So evaluate your own skills, the limit of your patience for inconveniences, make your own must-have list for relaxing with your baby and choose the most comfortable vacation option for yourself.
My advice in this regard should also be read through the prism of our own preferences and prohibitions, they may be different for us. I tried only to summarize some wishes and fears of mothers traveling independently for the first time, who turn to me for advice on a vacation in northern Greece (Chalkidiki, Pieria).

2. FIRST INDEPENDENT FLIGHT WITH A CHILD
With a child, if possible, you should choose direct flights, ideally daytime. On the Moscow-Thessaloniki route, for example, the choice of such flights is quite wide, however, as well as in many other directions. It would be very nice to be escorted at the airport of departure to the check-in counter, and then to the zone of entry into the passport control zone. Remember to go to the bathroom, eat without a baby, and make the most of your other needs while you're not alone. Such seemingly elementary things are often forgotten by nervous mothers who independently decided to travel with a child for the first time.
At the airport and on the plane, do not hesitate to ask for help, if you really need it, and vice versa, it is polite to refuse help if it is offered at the wrong time. For example, a person who is eager to help you may not genuinely understand that your child is afraid of strangers and is doing you a disservice by engaging in compulsive contact with him. A polite refusal with a smile often works in such cases. But no one except you will guess what you need in the same toilet, so if you ask a stewardess or a friendly neighboring passenger to look after the baby for a couple of minutes, it will not be difficult for them, and you will not have to endure, and then pour out irritation on others or the child himself.
In addition to a comfortable stroller and the help of friendly people nearby, it helps a traveling mother a lot. good sling and / or ergonomic backpack. Literally unties his hands. However, I do not advise buying this invention of progressive humanity right on the eve of departure. Learning new vehicles while on the road can only add stress to you and your baby. Buy it in advance so that the child has time to get used to traveling "on mom".
Upon landing in Greece, at least at Thessaloniki airport (I assume that in others too), try to approach someone from the staff and ask you to skip out of line at passport control, most often the Greeks meet halfway in this, seeing a lonely traveling mother with a baby.
Make sure you are met in advance. Of course, an individual transfer with a car seat is better with a child, but if you have a tour package and have a trip in a shared bus, then this is also real. The rule about the toilet and other personal needs is the same as before the flight, take care of this if the transfer is going to be a long one. In general, when traveling alone with a child, the main rule is "do not forget about yourself", and not only about whether the child has a clean diaper and whether he wants to eat and sleep.

3. WHERE TO LIVE: HOTEL OR APARTMENT?
My personal choice with babies up to 2-3 years old is always on the side of apartments or small apart-hotels with a kitchen, and always at a distance from the center of resort villages. So it is much less likely to put your baby to a “holiday of life” in the form of music, animation or the roar of motorcycles screaming in different ways of youth frolicking until the morning. And it may not always be convenient to eat with your child according to the hours of the hotel. If you are tired of cooking yourself, taverns and cafes in Greece are more than baby-friendly, so you can always find a place to eat without standing by the stove. The children's menu, of course, is not always good, but finding rice, vegetables, pasta or other simple food in the catering industry in Greece is not difficult. With soups and cereals is worse.
When choosing an apartment or a hotel room, if you are going to have a rest with your child alone, it is preferable:
- access to housing WITHOUT climbing stairs (this criterion rejects many of the options offered), if you plan to actively use the wheelchair,
- a large comfortable balcony, always with children's protective nets, if the child already gets up and crawls on his own (and if he can already climb obstacles, the first floor is generally better),
- ideally - the first floor with access to the lawn, WITHOUT stairs,
- no townhouses and other two-level housing (whatever protections are placed on the stairs, it will become your headache),
- a minimum of "tweaks" in the apartment, which are dear to the owner, but can be potentially dangerous for the baby,
- provision of a crib or playpen (in which you can put the child in order to at least go to the toilet or shower, even if the child sleeps not in a separate crib at night, but with you),
- the presence of additional sets of linen in access (it is great if there are waterproof sheets on the bed under the main ones) and a washing machine,
- dishwasher as an additional advantage,
- check, perhaps, you can be provided with a blender and some other necessary little things,
- a chair for completing, if needed,
- a pot, if the child already needs it (although it is not difficult to buy it upon arrival, but if you are going to a tiny village, you may not be in close access),
- in the private sector, most likely, the owners will provide you with some beach toys - ask anything that may be useful to you.

4. CHOICE OF A LOCATION OF REST.
If you do not plan to rent a car, your ideal is the outskirts of a fairly large resort village (or even a little outside the village, but then a safe asphalt road should lead to it, but NOT the main city highway), convenient for walking with a stroller). In the village, it is desirable to have at least one supermarket chain. Then you do not have to carry a supply of diapers for the entire period (although if you use, for example, only Japanese ones, then there is no such luxury in Greece, you still have to take them with you), and it will also simplify the purchase of groceries. The choice of ready-made baby food in Greece is not rich, since good quality vegetables, fruits, meat are available all year round. Mixes and dairy products are available.
When choosing a village, look if there is a path along the sea for walking with a stroller, as well as if there are no sharp descents and ascents on the way to the beach, otherwise you will be provided with daily free fitness, and in the very heat on the road from the beach you will be expected to climb to a mountain, well, if there are no steps.

5. BEACH.
Your little one may, with the same enthusiasm, prefer both sand and small pebbles for lunch, you can't guess in advance. I would still prefer sand. I remember pulling small stones out of the mouth of my one-year-old firstborn when I first found myself on a pebble beach with him, it was not the most pleasant experience. And the stones were beautiful and probably very tasty in appearance)))

Entry into the sea must be without a sharp depth.
Although armlets, along with baby sun cream, should always be with you on the beach if your baby is already on his own.
Speaking about what you can expect with a child who sees the sea for the first time, prepare yourself for the fact that he may not even want to approach this sea. And, of course, don't drag him there by force (alas, I see such pictures here every summer). Maybe the opposite reaction: you can't pull a child out of the water by the ears. In this case, do not leave him unattended even for a second, even with armbands. Swim only with him. If you go into the water alone, swim near the shore and face the shore, so that the child (for example, sleeping under an umbrella on a mat or in a stroller) is always in sight. Ideally, of course, on vacation, find a company so that you will not be alone with your child on the beach. But one can really cope and even get pleasure from time to time. It largely depends on the child and on their own Zen.

6. MEDICINE.
In any major holiday village there is a private doctor who accepts most travel insurance policies. But the qualification level of such a doctor may be different, you can't guess in advance. If you are an anxious mom, do not climb into particularly remote places, try to keep a large city no more than an hour away by car. If you are vacationing in Halkidiki, there are a couple of emergency centers, but if a serious problem arises, you will need to go to the hospital in Thessaloniki.

7. COMPANY FOR REST AND HELP WITH A CHILD.
If you are not adventurous enough, it is probably not worth climbing into a village, into the wilderness, to Saratov (even if this wilderness with a very beautiful beach). If you still really want to, then even before the trip, try to enlist the support of other vacationers or mothers living in the same places, so that in case of a problem you will not be alone with her or not looking in confusion for someone who can help. Anything can happen - you can feel bad yourself, the child can get sick. And even if everything goes well, at some point you may just want a company or a break from round-the-clock communication only with your child. Facebook and other social networks provide unlimited opportunities for finding both fellow travelers and local mothers who live near your vacation spot. Also, you can often find paid services of babysitters, which can be relevant both on an ongoing basis and in emergency cases.
When resting at a hotel, it is easier in this regard - you can always contact the staff. Some hotels provide babysitting services for a fee. But here, when choosing a hotel, read the reviews especially carefully. Unfortunately, not all major hotels in Greece are distinguished by the friendly atmosphere and willingness to help tourists, like many ordinary locals. Among the latter, you can often get unexpected help even from those who are not obliged to provide it to you.

8. OTHER GREEK FEATURES
In Greece, your child will receive constant heightened attention, there are both pleasant sides and not so much in this.
When buying food in the market or in butchers, point (if you cannot explain with the seller in words) directly at the baby sitting in your stroller or walking side by side. Almost 100% guarantee that the best will be chosen for you, some of them can be given as a present))) But at any moment a curious Greek grandmother can climb into the stroller, a passing grandfather can quite sensitively pat your baby on the cheek in a fit of feelings, and the seller without demand to thrust some kind of surprise Kinder into the hands of your six-month-old child. You can get annoyed at this, or you can just smile politely and physically remove the hand reaching out to the baby, calmly saying “no” (in Greek it will sound like “Ohi”, but everyone will understand the English No too).
In general, the fact that everyone is happy with your child (if you are prepared in advance for the fact that this is normal) gives more positive emotions than negative ones. Moreover, Greek grandmothers do not give out instructions to tourists on how to raise their babies to the right and to the left (unlike local newly-made mothers, who can get it in full, since the concepts of personal boundaries among the Greeks are very conditional))). I advise on individual trips in Greece, ask everything that interests you. A universal practical assistant for Russian-speaking mothers and non-mothers in Greece.
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It so happened that after two weeks on vacation last year, I was no longer able to take a vacation and rest, even if at home. This year, although not yet over, was difficult for me. The gradual deterioration of the mother (the more frequent psychoses, her early wakes at 4, at 5 in the morning did their job), the son had to go to college, and although he studied well, still everything fell on my shoulders, my husband on the eve of our 20th anniversary life together also arranged an unpleasant surprise (because of his mother). I was spinning between all of them and did not even know who needed to pay more attention: a sick mother, a teenage son or a neglected husband? After the exams were passed, the documents were submitted to the institute and the situation with admission cleared up, I immediately issued a vacation and a trip.

So: mom, me and son are flying to our beloved Turkey. I do not want to offend anyone, but I liked the recently read phrase: "Those who do not have enough money for Sochi fly to Turkey."

Before the trip, of course, I had fears about my mother, but I have no one to leave her with, my mother is still mobile. Why not? As soon as the voucher was paid for, I began to slowly prepare my mother for the trip. Every day I asked the same question "Mom, shall we go to the sea, to Turkey?" Mom happily answered that she had already been there and would be happy to go again. But after one evening, to the same question, my mother categorically answered that she would not go anywhere, but would stay at home, and my arguments that tickets had already been bought for her did not work, I stopped asking her questions, and even her I gathered things secretly, although before my mother always took an active part in the choice of outfits.

We had a night flight, so I just came at night, woke my mom up, helped her get dressed and said that we were all going on vacation. Everything went peacefully. My mother tolerates the flight well, but just in case I took with me various sedative medications. Mom just doesn't understand that we are flying, we just drive a car and get stuck in a traffic jam (these are her thoughts). We flew in a Turkish low-cost airline, and all announcements there were made only in Turkish and English. I don't know what was funny to my mother, but only when the Turkish speech sounded, my mother always laughed and said that nothing was clear (as if she understood something in English). On the plane, mom looked at pictures from magazines with pleasure, when they bring food, for mom this is also entertainment. I went to the toilet with my mother alone, one to one as with a small child. We must open the door, show where to sit, where the paper is. I did not close the door, but stood in the corridor, in the aisle and supervised the process.

We flew fine. After the night flight, everyone was sitting a little tired on the bus that delivers tourists. Everyone, but not my mom. In my opinion, she was just happy that she was among people and there was a little increased attention to her. The meeting guide asked standard questions, the people kept silent and only the joyful voice of my mother always sounded when answering.

Finally we got to the hotel. Since we arrived this year at the very height of the season, the check-in was not immediate (and even the venerable age of the mother did not speed up this process), we had to hang out for several hours in the hotel lobby. Fortunately, we were not there for the first time and knew where to eat and where to go.

I was calm that everything went well, but after a sleepless night, my mother was apparently already tired, and she began to psychosis. She dreamed that her late mother was here with us, and she went to "eat soup" and did not return for a long time. Mom became all nervous and asked my son and me to go look for her mom, as something happened to her. Even when they gave us the keys to the room, she didn't want to leave without her mother. With difficulty, with various conversations, we managed to calm my mother down and turn her attention to another topic. On the same day, we also had a bad mood in mom and her conversation with mirrors, which we never have at home. At night there was another episode that frightened me very much. I woke up to hear my mother's loud moans. Turning on the light, I began to ask what happened? Mom could not clearly say anything and only pointed to her leg and moaned. She was shaking all over. As it turned out later, my mother simply had a very tight leg. And I was already thinking about the worst.

There were no more unpleasant adventures before departure. Mom with pleasure and for a long time for her swam in the pool, even at depth. The truth entered the sea with apprehension, as she was afraid of the waves, although the sea was warm and the waves were not strong, but with illness she developed a fear of the sea. Mom pestered all the children who found themselves in the field of our location, she asked each of them what his or her name was and told the children different compliments, depending on who it was a girl or a boy. Children are very spontaneous, and they willingly answered their mother's questions. In the morning, my mother, accustomed to neatness, always made our bed. When we went to eat, my mother greeted many people.

Every day I measured my mother's pressure, and that's what is amazing, it would seem, the heat, the change in climate, but no. The hot sun seemed to be good for my mother, the pressure was almost always normal. Many compatriots, seeing my mother, asked me about how my mother carries the plane, how I decide to travel with her. She answered that everything is individual. She did not even hide the diagnosis from some of them. Looking at my mother and me, several women said that they probably would also decide and bring their mothers next year. I really understand their feeling that our mothers, born before or immediately after the war, did not manage to see anything good, and if there is such a financial opportunity and mothers are mobile, then why not?

I started to travel to Turkey when my son did not go to school yet, we left him at the table and brought food with my mother, and now we take a table, leave my mother, like a little son once, punish her so that she does not go anywhere and queue bringing food for all of us.

Mom quickly got used to the room. I remembered where the toilet was without any problems. I got up at night. I remembered where the door to the balcony was, but what is amazing is that during the whole time of my stay, my mother could not remember where the door was to the exit, and all the time she was pounding at the door, where the toilet was, or at the door to the balcony.

Every evening we went to evening shows (first for children, then for adults). Mom both sang along and danced. But it was quite a shock for me: when one of the evenings, three popular youth groups arrived at the hotel and performed and an open-air disco concert was organized, how did my mother LIGHT UP !!! I am very sorry that my video did not turn out well. Two elderly respectable foreigners simply did not take their eyes off my mother.

But now, the rest is over. Time to go home. We are already at the airport, but then something unexpected happens and our regular flight is delayed indefinitely. Considering that we are already brought to the airport in a few hours, and then 4 hours have passed and there is no information: what, when, complete uncertainty. I do not know what influenced my mother, but she began to have a real psychosis. Mom began to rush home, my explanations that the plane broke down, she does not perceive the flight is delayed. She tells me that if we need to, then you fly, and she will not fly anywhere, but will go home. The pressure goes off scale, my mother refuses to take pills, she swears at me, tries to push me away from herself and even starts to fight with me. I am very ashamed, but fortunately that this is a night flight, many are tired and sleep or walk around the hall. There are not so many people. Mom doesn't want to sit or lie down. She walks around the hall with furious screams and tries to approach the doors, which usually lead to the field where the planes are stationed. These exits are fenced off with red tape, but mom doesn't care. She climbs under the tape and starts knocking on the window door. I can picture in paints how we are taken to the police for violating the rules of conduct at the airport. Fun !!! More than 4 hours have passed, we are invited to have a snack in a cafe. I manage to give my mom some pills. After a while, my mother calmed down a bit. Several more hours passed. A small riot begins among people to finally find out when our plane will be served, since until this moment, no one cares about us. The people are shouting, they revive this mother. She happily joins the screaming. I'm calmer, my mother has a place to throw out her energy. We are told that the plane has already been served. The journey came to an end, with little or no casualties.

The sun and water had a very good effect on my mother. For almost a month she was calmer, did not jump up very early. I easily tolerated trips to the dacha for one or two days. Was adequate enough.

But then autumn came, psychosis began again, swotting at the door and other joys. I will write about my mother's condition a little later.