Thoughts for Thursday

So it's been pretty busy. Stephen had graduation today.  It was very nice.  He will
Not go to the last half day of school tomorrow. That's his birthday anyway.
.  Phils co worker came fir dinner - BBQ burgers to celebrate Stephen.  It was a nice evening.  He is 33!  Glad to get to know someone from work.
Good news is that we did have a visit with Bobby and Sloan on Sunday.  And the dr did ok the PT to
Come reevaluate mom.  he agreed we could use a few more weeks to get her up and down steps and in and out of bed.  So I'm grateful For that.
Health wise, this low carb plan has been working. Down 8 lbs in two weeks.  Need to Keep sticking to it!
I think there is a vertigo virus going around. I keep getting an off balance sensation. A few of my friends had some really bad dizziness just last week.  Craziness!
Might get to bed early tonight.
Planning a birthday swim party for Stephen on Sunday.
Thoughts for today- if you are caring for someone, you child or parent, you have to be an advocate for them. Don't be afraid to ask questions and talk to doctors.  Your loved ones depend on you!
Thanks for reading!

Sleeping Saturday

Mom us having a sleep day.  A predictable one since she was very awake and active yesterday.  And after two days of normal relating, she began to not make sense. It a her pattern of life now.
The physical therapists have completed their twelve visits.  She still needs help so I guess I'll have to
Petition the dr for more. Unsure of the outcome. Although the sitter and I have learned the routine, she definitely responds better to the therapist!

Have been enjoying yet another cool spell in the
Mid of May!
Sitter is here now so we can go to
My nieces (Chelsea) graduation party
Hope to see my brother Bobby and son Sloan passing thru tomorrow.

The new "normal" and thought for Thursday

I love my iphone.  I feel like I won't waste a minute of time waiting as long as I am connected.  Yesterday I brought my van toToyota for service.  While I waited I updated my budget and sent out emails.  Today I am Bringing Phils car in for service and decided to do a blog entry.  I am sitting outside enjoying the morning breeze ignoring (sort of) the interstate car sounds just 100 yards away.

So the new norm is  that I have a sitter everyday because mom can't get up by herself and walks very slowly with her walker. But it's only been three weeks since she broke her hip so I think she is doing really well considering.  Thankfully the home hospital bed has a side rail that keeps her safe overnight. So we all sleep well. The goal is to get her stronger and back to a regular bed that she can get in and out of herself.  Good to have goals.
In the meantime my life continues.
Stephen will make his confirmation next week and graduate elementary school the next.  Then school is out and we are planning summer trips.
Phil goes out of town on business trips and with the help of our sitter(Joan - who
Mom likes) I hold down the fort.  This prolonged spring has been glorious!

In the health column, a sure sign of my stress is that my weight was going up!   But now that I have come up for air, I decided to get serious and do atkins for awhile.  Down5 lbs so far.  Nothing breeds success line success.
So that's life in a nutshell for now.
Thoughts for Thursday - whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do to me..