Last week was such a crazy... interesting... eventful (?) week with my mom visiting.
Here are the various facts in and out of chronological order.
1. Overall my mom had a pleasant stay in Raleigh. We accomplished A LOT and had time to enjoy each other.
2. Found her a brand new 3 bedroom luxury apt. 9 minutes away. More importantly, the Target, Starbucks and Kohl's is only 1 minute away. Ground floor, access to pool, club house, gym and an indoor basketball court. She is quite excited about her new digs, especially since she will get to bring her two rat dogs with her.
3. Danny got a 24 hour stomach bug. Let's just say it was a similar to the experience you'd have if you were preppin' for a colonoscopy.
4. My mother fell 3 out of the 5 days she stayed with us. The last night at 3 AM, she confused the basement door for the 1/2 bath and fell all the way DOWN THE STAIRS in the dark into Michael's bedroom. You can imagine it scared the crap out of him. Thankfully, she was not "hurt" -- I KID YOU NOT!! That woman is like a bouncing Gumby, its amazing --- God must just be protecting her. She had no major injuries but it shook her up quite a bit.
5. That same night, literally as we are helping my mom recover, I come down with the 24 hour stomach flu only I get it coming out of both ends and I have a fever. I was so sick I could not take my mom to her Dr's appt.
6. My mom loves her new Dr. WHAT A HUGE blessing! In addition, she seems to listen to Danny and trust him in helping her in a way she and I butt heads. Also, the Dr. prescribed some pain medication that is helping tremendously. She felt immediate relief.
7. Because I was so sick Friday morning, my road trip with Zoe and Sue taking my mom back to H'burg was canceled. I started to feel significantly better Friday evening. Saturday Danny, my mom and I got up at 6 am, headed to the Dunkin' Doughnuts and then to H'burg. My mom slept most of the way and quite comfortably. This is a good sign. Another good sign is my mom gained 3 lbs while visiting us.
8. We get to the 'Burg and go to pick up her dogs at the kennel. Their carrier doesn't have the gate/door so we toss the dogs in the trunk. We get to my mom's house and there is a major power outage so we can't get into the garage because it has an electric door.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!! The obvious solution would be to use the front door, except that EVERY door entering the house has a chain link on it EXCEPT the one in the garage!!!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant, retired Army Captain hubby of mine finds a way in and all is good.
9. After settling my mom, measuring various furniture and other stuff, Danny and I head back to Raleigh and get home at 8:30 at night. Whew...........
And this week was actually "normal." Tomorrow Zoe, Sue and I head to H'burg to help my mom like planned. What fun to have such friends! We will be stopping in Richmond at the 1/2 point to have lunch with our buddy Beth.
Oh, and I have ringworm on my right leg.
Have a great weekend all.
