All day!

Yeah, that sounds terrible.

I'm a little jacked up from coffee and treats at a going-away party this morning.

Well, all-day for the folks there in person. I'll be signing off at 2:30 to go coach my daughter's Destination Imagination team.

I have already had about enough of today.

It's just usual Monday stuff, really, but do not want

I dented a bumper trying to back up the biiiiig van. Nobody seems too upset but me. Turns out previous drivers have torn off the mirrors, or the rear bumper and sideswiped a line of cars, so this is maybe smallish. Still upset...

Unfortunately there is no shortcut to experience on the big van driving. Is there an option for practicing with cones or something when not working?

And we've broken for lunch!

That sounds upsetting, Theo, and I'm glad no one else is making a big deal of it! It probably helps that they see that you care about this, but don't spend too much time beating yourself up and/or get psyched out about driving the Big Van.

The first rain of the season is pattering down and washing away the dreary dust of summer. The air smells good but drying the laundry in the sun isn't going to happen to today. Instead I will keep digging through boxes of old photos to find pictures of my Dad for the memorial next week. All my cousins will be flying in and staying at his home in Half Moon Bay.

I am looking forward to seeing them and dreading the drama my sister will bring. There is no such thing as a family gathering without her having a big emotional meltdown. In July she bawled for an hour because Dad forgot to specifically give her a photo credit in his slide show. He had to publicly apologize. Lord help me if I accidentally choose one of her shots in my collection of pictures. Ladies and gentlemen, my sister is over 55 years old and acts like a bratty child. It's exhausting.

I had another round of "No Mom you can't drive yet" . A physical therapist came today and the PT asked if she had a follow up with a neurologist. No one suggested that. But she also pointed out some impuslivity and concentration issues mom is having and said mom shouldn't be driving yet.

Plus we both pointed out if she is driving and back to her normal routine she loses in home therapies. She is not super thrilled with this but she did get in contact with her GP about a referral to a neurologist. She also either didn't get or was resistant to the fact she may not be aware her judgment about her abilities is off and that is from the stroke.

She wants me to go home. At this point I want to go home and go back to work. If I lived in town I would just come by and check on mom during the day but I can't do that so I'm here.

In other news I've read most of the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews and have started Three Muskateers. So reading yay.