Small successes

1. That we discovered Mom before she was in too much trouble with this thing on her neck and got her some immediate medical attention. When I went to visit her yesterday she gave me a big hug and even … Read the rest

1. In the last waning weeks of my 40s, I am still having regular cycles. This amazes me and befuddles Mr. Pete who still (after almost 30 years) can be counted on to pick up feminine hygiene products as needed. … Read the rest

1. Did get mom transferred from the hospital to a nursing/rehab facility. That was interesting. I also managed to e-mail all of her extended family, goddaughter, the people in the choir and set up her Caringbridge Page! Have only missed … Read the rest

1. Mom moved out of PICU into a regular room, back to PICU and is now back in a regular room. We also got all of her stuff out of her apartment, did the walk through and have everything nicely … Read the rest

1. Yesterday I visited my mother and talked to three of her doctors from three different specialties and actually held my own!! LOL!! Then I took Gabe and dropped him off at Mr. Pete’s so that Mr. Pete could take … Read the rest

1. Last week I had Sam take a practice CLEP test and he totally bombed on it. I don’t think the kid is a good test taker. But we worked on the ones he got wrong and he took it … Read the rest

This is one of those weeks when it’s kind of tough to find any small successes but here we go.

1. I didn’t freak when my mother called me in the wee hours of Sunday morning to tell me she … Read the rest