Timelies all!

Playdate went reasonably well, aside from Mr. S wanting to hold the door for his friend when he was leaving, and the friend wanting to do it himself(which led to tears).

Today was my mom's birthday, so we made a day out of it. I drove us to Memphis, treated her to birthday lunch at Queen of Sheba (a Yemeni restaurant), and took in a planetarium show at the Pink Palace Museum.

I was able to bring stuff to Rosemary at the rehab place, which while it has definite hospital-y aspects, still offers mobile residents a day room, an atrium, a patio and a library. I brought her a phone, slippers, a bathrobe, some street clothing and extra books to hold her over.

She was excited to tell me that she's now allowed to wear underwear. And forbid me to mention it on Facebook, but I can say it here. :-)

I'm glad you had a good day with her, Matt. How is she doing overall?

Woot, underwear!

One of DH's aunts died this morning. They were really close including him living with her and his uncle for a time when he was in his teens. She was quite ready to go, so mostly I feel relief for her. Also still a bit mad at her because she took care of everyone, her mother until she was 99, her husband, their child, his wife and their 4 children, extended family. She was the caretaker, but she took terrible care of herself. She had severe diabetes but ate crap all the time and just really neglected her own health. The last 25 years she spent much of her time sick and in pain and she deserved better. She and our uncle were married 51 years. RIP Aunt Nancy.

I woke up this morning, fed the cats, ate some breakfast, decided to go back to bed for a bit and slept until 3 pm. Oops.

Laura, that could have described my mother. She took care of everyone else, but not of her own health, and she paid the price the last 15 to 20 years of her life.

My heart goes out to you and Brandon.

I love my Instant Pot. That we can make amazing ribs in a total of about 45 minutes (and all the yogurt) would sell me on it alone.

Gronk. Going on vacation tomorrow. Not ready. Mostly packed, but not ready.

Cereal: so sorry about Aunt Nancy, Laura. It's rough when a person deserved a better life than they got.

Thanks, it is a hard loss for us, but she chose to not continue treatment because she was ready, and we understood her choice. She never complained about anything so the family respected her wishes.

{{{Laura & family}}}