all you can do is shake your head (or else you'll go nuts)

ernestine was today being ernestine. she came for lunch a half hour early, so i asked her if she wanted to go back upstairs. she said no, she would go into the other room (the one where she goes to watch the clock so she can be sure we open the door to the dining room on time). we had someone in there cleaning the blinds, though (with a big cleaning thing with a big hose), so i asked her if she wanted to go into a different room. she said no, and that she would go the rest of the way by herself. she couldn't, because of the hose, so the cleaning guy had to stop to let her by. within 5 minutes, however, she started yelling 'help!' at the top of her lungs like she often does (and we all ignore her cuz 99% of the time she's crying wolf). i went back into that room to get her so the guy wouldn't have to stop again, and apparently, she wanted to go upstairs but couldn't because the hose was in the way.