I'm 37 years old. I'm not ready to have to take care of my Mom yet. [View All]

My Mom. I love her, she's my Mom. But shit, I'm not ready for this. I'm not prepared. We're barely taking care of ourselves and our four year old daughter.

The only sibling up here is my older brother (the other two siblings are useless, to be perfectly honest) and Dad died fifteen years ago. We're doing the best we can. Mom is not even 70 years old yet. She has some mental illness issues, physical health issues and even though perhaps it's on the mild end we also think she's a bit of a hoarder. Cats. She's down to 7. My brother has been cleaning her house this week. She let the cats take over, and has been living in her bedroom. I tried to help, but honestly the smell is intolerable for me. I left, reeking of cat piss.

We have been hunting for an apartment building, with three units. One for my family, one for my brother, and one for Mom so we can take care of her. We need to get her out of there, and we need to get rid of the damn cats. (not the cats fault, I know)

I'm not looking for advice, perhaps just a tiny rant....but shit. I'm not ready for this.