"30 Years on the Wrong Side of the Bed" would be a great title.

Today is my mom's 65th birthday. We had a whole thing planned with my aunt and the kids and so on. But we got a call yesterday that my dad's mom is dying-kidney failure with maybe 48 hours left. She has been suffering dementia and other health issues for a while so its not a shock. But still, my mon is spending today driving from CO to MN and my dad is driving with her and not doing great. An I'm home alone with the kids because I had no chance to make other plans.

Still, Im grateful for my mom and all three of my children who made the day with a homemade vase (Ellie), a paper airplane he left at daddy's (Frisco), and Sammy (who has thrush which I just treated with the extremely intensely colored gentian violet).

I have a lot to do today, including work work. But I made breakfast, ate it, did those dishes, called my mom, put away clothes... and then I was hungry again. So I made cous cous with sauteed zucchini and canned black beans... and now I'm sleepy.

I think I'm going to take a nap. Somone call me in half an hour, make sure I'm up and functioning?

Xpost with Stephanie... that's one heck of a Sunday, let alone a Mother's Day. ~ma for your family, and I hope Sammy's better soon.

Happy Mother's day to all the other Buffista moms & their moms.

Peace and comfort to those Buffistas who have lost their mothers or their children.

Is this fourths? No better way to say it.

Thanks, smonster. I'm being optimistic and taking the kids to see Avengers. I think they will handle it okay. If not, I already saw it so I won't be mad if we leave.

Oh dear, Stephanie. What a rough mother's day for your parents. I hope the kids do well at the movie with you.

I'm going to bitch and get it out of my system, then try and enjoy the day. This year I made a plan and it has been a big fat disaster so far. Initial plan was pool brunch with MIL and friend then movie for the 6 of us. MIL bailed yesterday. Friend got a late start and is meeting us at movie, which means she will likely be late and I will have to wait outside for her with her ticket. Son did not get a ride so DH has been pressed into service to go pick him up. Which means that they have to meet me at the theater too. To make it that much more pleasant, now DH will not have time to shower after mowing the lawn in Florida heat, and son won't be able to shower after being in the same clothes at his smoking friends' house for the last couple days. And since it is assigned seats we get to sit together.

Ok, I am over it. Next year I don't count on anyone, as usual. Except DH and Bobby, because they rock as always.

Ok, I wasn't finished bitching. And I have been working all day and never got my mimosas and don't intend to open a bottle of champagne be myself. Particularly when the celebratory mood has long passed.

Ugh, sorry Laura. Maybe DH or son can wait for the friend? it' s Mother's Day after all.

My mom loved her flowers (delivered today!), and she got the best mother's day present -- the waiter thought that she was my brother's sister.

eta: Laura, if you don't feel like celebrating, then don't, but don't let anything else stop you from opening the champagne. You deserve it, dammit!

Oh yeah, Bobby will wait for all of them since I can't stand anyway and it will take me a bit to walk to the destination.

Poopyheads!