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..

Life changes

So mom is home now - came home on Friday.  A lot of recouperating needed. Though her sitter Joan works wonders with her. She even got in the wheelchair and sat outside for a while.  Not walking yet. Just enough to transfer. And mentally she is here and then she is somewhere else in time and space.
We have had Theresa's family in town.  A rare treat.  They are a blessed diversion from the geriatric scene.
I started this blog trying to motivate myself on eating and exercise.  These last two weeks have been an eating disaster. Gotta get back to some kind of plan.  Hard to take self time with so much else happening.

Hospital

Well here we are again.  Sitting with mom in the hospital. She is having a bout of "sundowners" wanting to get her car and go home now!   I am staying the night.  Hope I get some sleep. Hope she gets some sleep.

On the bright side, even though she fell and broke her hip, the  surgery repair went well.  Now comes the hard part, getting her mobile enough and breathing enough O2 to go home.  Prayers are appreciated!

I haven't written in a week.  I tried to take a break from a few things to slow down just a bit.  Getting ready for Seder meal,this week, plus Theresa's family coming in town!  And Michael and Piper coming in town last minute. 

And because of mom, I'll see two of my brothers also this week.  Lots of comings and goings! 

I am trying to recommit to WW.  And was down 1 pound at weigh in. It's a restart.  Hospital sitting and eating probably won't help.  But gotta keep moving forward!

I'm tired now so I'll close.  Gotta stop grandma from unhooking her wires!

Sunday

It's been a busy weekend, (I need to find another word instead of "busy"). Had some yummy meals lately, crawfish salad, charbroiled oysters, lamb kabobs.   Not all at once of course.  But savoring the delicious food of New Orleans.  Not helping my diet at all!

However I did go weigh in on Friday and vowed to get a grip and work at reducing calorie intake.  Had a good walk today. Gotta plan.  

Stephen and I saw Jesuits production of Damn Yankees.  It was a very good show.  Stephen was very interested. The director said she tweaked a few of the lines and lyrics to make it more affirming of women.  That is so encouraging to hear that.  

Tonight mom is a bit confused.  Wants to go home and can't believe that "home" is here with me for the past 11 years!  The thing is she will forget this incident tomorrow.  I just hope that she doesn't get all worked up about it.  Funny because she had two really good days where I started to think that maybe her thinking was clearing up.  Then she starts packing to go home.   

Well she is quiet now and I hope she goes to bed soon.  

Another adventurous week lies ahead.  God good and in control.  

Thoughts for Thursday

It's good I went to the  eye dr. And I was right the contact lens did protect my eye, that's the good news. I was spared a serious cornea abrasion because I was wearing the contact lens.  The bad news is the contact lens was ruined, it got dented!  Thankfully my eye is healing and I am able to wear an old contact lens until I get a new one ordered. Craziness!

My women's group went out with me on a gondola ride in city Park last night. It was a belated celebration for my birthday. The weather was perfect and the boat ride was so much fun. I loved seeing city Park and the sculpture garden from the view of the lagoons.

Today was busy as well and ended with the trip across the lake to go help out Joanna. I picked up her three kids from school and got them supper at the " best place in the world to eat "which was raising canes!  It was a fun evening even though Joanna was under the weather.

Thought for the Thursday : God loves my children even more than I do!

Tuesday

As I write this I am recovering from being bopped in the eyeball by an
 Empty water bottle that Stephen tossed at me.  Feels a little strange. Hopefully it will be ok.  I think my contact lense actually protected my eye.  Goodness!

Anyway, the more I write here in my blog the more I am following other bloggers. Interesting reading the lives of people.

Mom has been sleeping most of the last two days.  Her O2 level seems ok so,I guess she is ok.

The Pentecost seminar we gave went very well. We were pretty exhausted  afterward.  Now it looks like there are six more Tulane students who want to come so we may do another seminar next week.
No grass growing under our feet!

Speaking of grass growing, I enlisted the help of grand kids Cy and Kerri to get my garden finished -planted and mulched.  It looks beautiful!  They earned some spending money and I saved my back and knees!  I like this arrangement!  What other projects do I need help with?

A few of us are continuing a bible study on Tuesday mornings.  Right now we are reviewing a Word Among Us lenten study from a few years ago.  It is short, but insightful and gives us something to think and share about.

Also on Tuesdays we have been having dinner around the corner with seem friends of ours. Kathleen does the cooking mostly. I am getting spoiled.  I don't cook much on Monday and Wednesday because that's when I bring Stephen to swimming right at supper time.  Now I am basically not cooking on Tuesday either.  Doesn't bother me!

I better sign off. My eye still doesn't feel right.  Lord, heal me.