Arabrab - Ouch! Hope you are feeling better today!
Had an appt. at a bridal place next Friday with D. Well found out on Facebook yesterday that the place closed. So spent last night scrambling to get an appt. at a different place (after finding a different place that had good reviews) and then rescheduling at a different place our pedicures. Of course the timing didn’t all work out so I had to refactor the entire day. All set now. Person on the phone for the bridal place was very nice and the person on the phone at a spa we have not been to was also very nice so we are in at both. Didn’t need that but better to find out then get there after we both took the day off and find out they are closed!
Take care, arabrab. I hope the knee feels better soon.
Bridal store and pedi’s sounds like a fun day, RM. Enjoy!
D is coming home for the weekend. We are hosting euchre group and have already recruited her as a sub (she likes to play). I keep forgetting about the Super Bowl, too. H and D will watch and I will go to yoga, read and watch Downton.
I’m waiting at the gate, traveling up north to see my mom for her birthday. Not the time of year I want to travel north. I feel terrible that I am so dreading the visit. And once again thinking what if it was my kids who were dreading visiting me.
D headed off to Boston yesterday am to continue on today to India for a wedding.
Got to the airport and had left her passport in the computer! Rebooked for later in the evening.
Met up with her BF at 5 a.m. this morning. Leave for India at 5 this evening…and all of this with the threat of the latest snow storm there. I figure it is my fault as I did not worry enough and therefore did not ask her about her passport. This trying to treat them like adults!
arabrab, take care!
mp, groan. Hope you bought some of those little single servings at the liquor store. And breathe mints.
I know, I was just talking with D yesterday about how hard I fought not to have my mother come when D was born and she did not. D said she would want me there for her baby someday but joked, “depending on how you act”. But that is it right there. If mine had acted nicer and less self centered and complaining all would have been different.
Hang in there, it is not you, and you continue to show her respect.
RM, good catch. Have fun!
kcm, you can watch just the commercials somehow on line…saw some ads for it.
busy day with the electrician finally coming to put the 240 in for the kiln, the neighbor coming over to see my studio that is still in progress, and a work issue that is pressing.
Well, I can sort of hobble today, so that’s an improvement. Sigh. Great news was that I was able to use pillows and prop the leg in such a way that I got a good sleep last night – major improvement over the night before.
This too shall pass.
MP – hope the travels go ok. I really didn’t enjoy visiting MIL in her later years; somehow that house seemed to suck all the energy out of life. (And, it was in a back-to-the-50’s zone where technology – like cell phones – mostly didn’t work despite being located 2 blocks from a major freeway.)
I didn’t really " enjoy " visiting my mother or MIL in the last years. But I was glad I had . It was very painful in particular with my MIL, a very vibrant person who ended up in a memory care unit before she died at 91. I spent lots of time helping my sister with my mother in her last years, spending lots of time visiting her out of state. It is so difficult. Hope you have a nice visit with your mom, missypie (I hope it is at least tolerable). My mom’s birthday was also in February. I remember having to come up from Virginia with no snow at the time to be there for her 80th in snow country!
Hope your weekend is going as well as possible, mp.
We’re in between snowstorms – 6" Friday and more predicted Monday/Tuesday. After last winter this is almost a non-event, especially since all the snow from the first 2 storms has melted.
Today is a very good, excellent, outstanding day – S FINALLY responded to a series of texts and emails I had been sending. Worried mother that I am, his ongoing silence was starting to make me imagine all sorts of horrible things – especially with all the shenanigans from the North Koreans at the moment. I had also imagined a variety of other not-so-good scenarios … H’s reaction to S’s radio silence was to suggest we cancel our planned trip to see him in April since he “obviously didn’t care about his family.” I usually don’t say anything when H gets in one of these moods – I get that he’s probably just as worried as I am, but don’t enjoy that he takes it out on me. Anyway, I feel MUCH better. Now I can go back to worrying about what shoes to pack …
Turned 55 over the weekend. I have now officially lived longer than my mother. Both kids called but we are planning a get together next weekend as that is also D’s birthday. I managed to get some time in the sewing room and H and I went out to dinner and see a play on the actual day.
Happy 55th, RM. And great that CBBSon checked in. They just don’t get how we worry. Older D met her BF’s parents and then didn’t respond to texts the rest of the weekend. In my mind, things had gone horribly and she and BF had broken up…but late yesterday D finally texted “thumbs up. Been busy.” They just don’t get how we worry.
My sister’s D had her first child on my mom’s birthday. Very nice. But (of course) my mom hates the name they chose. My niece was planning to call my mom, but my sister is afraid Mom will tell her how much she hates the name.
Visit with Mom was what has unfortunately become typical…“good” first day (health wise), sick the rest of the time. Extremely dizzy and nauseated, could only walk with help. Got better after I left. I just don’t think the severe illness only when I’m around is a coincidence (three visits in a row) but I don’t think she’s faking the illness. I ordered Mom a walker from Amazon…should arrive today. I also ordered Mom and iPhone, which the blind services folks said is the best for the visually impaired. Should arrive on Wednesday.
Oh yeah, on the MIL front, the dog bite got so infected that MIL had to be admitted to the hospital for 2 days of IV antibiotics. The one time FIL left just to go home and shower and change clothes, the hospital called and he had to go right back…MIL was so agitated that she had to be put in restraints…calmed down when FIL returned. (Isn’t Alzheimers terrible?) Now she’s home and contentedly working her puzzles. Not clear if she even remembers the hospital stay. FIL finally feels guilty about getting the dog.
MP, if you need any other equipment for your mom down the line, you might want to check with her doctor first. Often, insurance will cover medical equipment, including walkers, with a doctor’s orders.
Sevmom, good reminder. Between my mother being so resistant and my sister being basically unable to get anything done ever, I just wanted a good walker in the house as soon as possible. Those two are quite the pair. Weeks pass before doctors appointments are even made because both have excuses for not getting around to it. I worked through a pile of mail in an hour (paying bills, deciding what to pitch or shred, etc.) that had been sitting for about a month, that my sister/mom had not dealt with. Mom can’t see to do it and my sister doesn’t do it when she’s over and then my mom makes excuses for her.
Must be frustrating, Missy. As I’ve said before, there’s a special place for you in heaven
Belated Happy Birthday, RM!
Sweatlodge was nice on Sun and we still wrapped up in time for me to catch the game, or at least, much of it.
Mcson and gf took the “no Sunday dinner” opportunity to go hiking at a beautiful park out on the lake. Made me realize with their schedules that the Sunday dinner habit we fell into likely prevents more active pursuits, so I’ll have to make a mental note to liberate them from same and just schedule a few instead of assuming
Trying to clear some project hurdles this week before heading off on the blues cruise next week. Have almost all the extra “cruise weight” off from the last one. Perhaps that will motivate me to behave
Happy Bday RM and well done for making deposits into the good karma pile MP.
Just added one new engagement from an existing London client (to fill my London trips with more work) and likely one in Western Canada. Still working on adding work in California.
Belated birthday wishes, RM. Those views look great, shaw. And mp – I bet you’re glad to be home.
Last night, totally out of the blue, the “Inbox” on my Gmail account went from full to empty in the blink of an eye. I have NO idea what happened. I’m not a techie in any sense of the word, so I was totally baffled. Then H “found” all the emails in the “Archive” folder – along with every other email from every other folder, back to the day I opened my account. I’ve tried to sort things out, but it’s just way too much. I know I’ve lost some emails for good – I can only hope there’s nothing I can’t live without. And then, since Google/Gmail has been after me to sign up for their “2 Step Verification,” which is supposed to offer added protection, I did. Which caused Gmail not to work on my laptop without them sending me an authorization code or some such – along with the message that if my iOS were current, I wouldn’t need this. BUT, I can’t update to the most recent operating system since there isn’t enough room on my hard drive. Sooooooo … I need to move about a million photos off my computer to an external hard drive to make room. Any suggestions? I am SO confused and frustrated.
Another snow day yesterday – although we didn’t get the 12" predicted. All the schools were closed, snow emergency parking bans were in effect, etc. We only got about 5 - 6" which is fine.
