Catching Up

Time does fly!  I will try to get you caught up, though.  I had written a post on May 5 only to have it disappear when I went somewhere else on the web to look something up.  So discouraging.  bleh.

    5/5.  Anyway, on May 5 Mom wanted to go to Arturo's for lunch, after meeting.  Not being Mexican we totally forgot about Cinco de Mayo. The first clue should have been the full parking lot...then the crowded lobby.  When I asked about the wait, they said 30 minutes.  I was ready to go elsewhere, but...they had hired the Ramona Pageant Mariachi Band to serenade the customers that day before they went up to the play!  Mom was so interested, and the look on her face made the decision.  She cheered, and clapped, and hooted with the rest of the folks.  It made the wait much easier to bear.  Thankfully, the band took short breaks or else the people who were already seated (and finished eating) were not interested in leaving!  (even if I gave them the stink-eye)

    5/8.  I called Dan to see what his immediate future looked like regarding coming down to see Mom.  He likes me to do this, it gives him a chance to plan a trip if he has the idea right in front of him.  He didn't call me back, but when I got home from work on Thursday, there they were!  It was a really nice surprise for Mom for Mother's day.  They stayed until after lunch at meeting ( ADM 5/12 ) Sunday afternoon.  They will be back at the beginning of June because....  I had asked Dan to help me with my patio tarp since the weather is getting too hot for my outdoor potted plants.  The wind always wreaks havoc on the tarps, so they tear and I need to take them down.   He and Marge went to Home Depot thinking just to buy another large umbrella, and saw the wood pergola that was built to shelter their outdoor area, and he decided to build one of those for Mom, instead.  He will probably fly down and rent a U-Haul to go home because.... he has decided to rescue me from having to have a garage sale.  When he asked why we were using only two dining chairs, Mom told him we were going to sell the country-style dining room furniture to replace it with a smaller set that would be easier for her to navigate with her walker.  As it is now, four of the six chairs abide in the garage with the two leaves, such a waste of good table top!  That furniture was to be the major piece at my now-defunct garage sale.  I have been clearing out shelves and hidey-holes in the garage for weeks trying to find things to sell to raise money for new dining room furniture, so there is quite a pile of useless-to-me but wonderful-to-somebody stuff.  He asked me how much I wanted for all of it!    He knows how much his wife loves a treasure hunt at a thrift store, so he decided to bring the whole thrift store home.  What a relief!  Marge even went so far as to wash and polish the beautiful twin bedroom set of GG's that has been in the garage for 27 years, and set it up in Mom's room.  Too wonderful for two reasons...I had needed to sleep in the living room while they were here, and I was too far away from Mom so it will be nice to have a second bed in there for any eventuality, and Mom has given them her old queen bedroom suite since her hospital bed is a twin and so the set was now irrelevant.  Marge is happy as a clam as she says she has never had a complete set.  All Marge did, and all that Dan is taking home has set me forward for months & months in Monday chores!!! 

I expected Mom to CRASH right afterwards, but she held onto the 'high' until later in the week.  This is why I try to be so conservative with her activities, so we can weather a change of plan like this without too much trauma.

5/19. This was a sweet, quiet day. Brenda was here with Helena and we had Fondue!  Mom enjoys them ( and the dipping, she is such a dipping maniac ) so much.  Brenda got a picture of Helena with your flowers. 
Last night 5/21, was not quiet.  We had major issues with pain in her bowels, she spent alot of time on the toilet, and I needed to call the nurse @ 11:00pm to get some guidance.  They told me to administer morphine for the anxiety and pain.  She is better this morning, still sleeping.  Speaking of that, it is now 9:00 and I'd better get her up and fix her breakfast!