Meds usually take a little while to work; ask your pharmacist what to expect if the doctor doesn't know. Good luck with them, Sheryl!

It is a beautiful morning here, too. I walked into town, stopped at both bakeries (oops), the farmer's market, and the library, where I had three books to pick up. And now I'm heading out to find pots to replant my succulents in, since they have overgrown the original container, and actually seem to be thriving.

All of these sound like great plans. Even the boring, get the onerous tasks .

Sheryl I know some people have seen improvement when they have change their diets.

I failed at getting mom a shower but some I that was her fault. Someone came by and offered her a sponge bath but she said no because she was getting a room off ICU. That was around 1. She still hasn't gotten the room. I told her next time they offer any help getting clean take it. She can always take a shower as well.

I'm struggling because I don't do well with abrupt changes in plans and things keep changing. I can't try and anticipate what will happen because who knows.

I'll be at work most of the day and a good portion of the night getting Universal Studios ready to scare the crap out of people.

I'm struggling because I don't do well with abrupt changes in plans and things keep changing. I can't try and anticipate what will happen because who knows.

Hospitals are the worst for that. The utter and absolute worst.

Mom finally has a room and a shower. I am back at her house because she is fine and napping a lot and bored. She sent me home to watch football. And I need to do laundry.

Mom is improving much faster than expected so that is one problem I don't really mind. She has been working on the movements they have been testing and doing everything she can herself.

People getting things done! You're all making me tired. I must nap. On my fainting couch, while being fanned by pretty young people. In my dreams.

As for humor, there's always I Haz a Sweet Potato. I could try to find the alien in the Torchwood tower, but that ship has probably sailed.

As for humor, there's always I Haz a Sweet Potato

I love that one so much. Dogs, man.

Rosemary has a handyman coming over to do a couple tasks, one of which is to put up a fence/gate combo in the corner of the backyard so that it will be dog-impermeable when she gets a dog. That involves cutting down some small trees and digging up roots and all that. So I helped the handyman, along with his tween daughter (who is damn handy by herself) and did rather a lot of lugging and cutting and priming the wood for the fence.

While in theory I could dig up roots myself, I've never mixed cement or put in a fence post or any number of other medium difficulty tasks, so I get to learn a little and help things move along.

But boy, am I tired after just three hours or so this afternoon.

I've been home for a couple of hours doing little more than sit on the couch giving the dogs time to decompress and as I look around I see more than my new house can hold. Lots more to get rid of.

The main nurse that has been there with us has been absolutely wonderful. He is off for the next few days so I won't see him gain. Before he left he pushed through mom's remove transfer by just moving her into the room so it would get done AND got her to the shower. And found her shoes that got left in the old room.

Sometimes it took him a bit to get to mom it he waa giving the same attention to the other patients.

Mom really wants to do something to thank him but I am not sure of you can give something to a nurse. I don't know who to ask either.

So I thought I'd ask the hivemind