1. Last weekend was the Fall Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference. It was Friday evening, all day and night Saturday and most of Sunday. The presenter was good. But, he was too long winded. Every presentation started late and then went longer than it was supposed to. Even when there is good stuff, the getting off-topic and not respecting time gets old. I am trying to remember that there were really good things I got out of the conference and not how tired I was at the seemingly endless chatter that didn't matter. Hubs and I made the executive decision to leave an hour early rather than stay until the announced closing time and having that extended by an hour or so. Perhaps when I get my thoughts together I will blog about the good stuff I got from the conference at some future point. Now I just want to rest.
2. Monday when the rest of the world, or at least my Hubs and the postman, were off of work, I had school. My district doesn't take the fall holidays, Columbus and Veterans Days. After the conference all weekend, it was hard to go back to work. I had to get groceries and call my mom. When I talked to her Sunday she told me that she was set to go to the doctor to do the final carpal tunnel check up on Tuesday. The problem is, the appointment is Thursday. That would be a long wait in the office....
Mom is 93. She still drives. She lives in an apartment, shops and cooks for herself. She walks across the street to church on most Sundays if the weather is fine. She is remarkable. But, she is getting more forgetful. She is less able to think things through and figure them out. She repeats herself. A lot. The doctor says it is not Alzheimers yet. Not yet. But, my brother moved up to the Chicago area this week. Now I have no family in the town 2 and a half hours north where my mom is. It would make so much sense for her to move closer to my sister or me. But, Mom doesn't want to, not yet, not ever if she has her say. We shall see. I get a little desperate sometimes and with my brother gone, I suspect that it is only getting worse.
Mom had figured out by the time I called that the appointment was on Thursday. So, there is that. I called Mom on Thursday night. She made it to the doctor fine. She said that she saw him for five minutes. I am glad I didn't drive up there for that.
3. Tuesday I planned to order a pizza and wings for dinner. Hubs requested that I do something easy--frozen pizza and homemade chicken noodle soup instead. That sounded good to me, so I stopped by the store for some ingredients. Whilst eating the soup, Hubs asked--is that Campbells or Progresso? (Next time it will be, next time it will.....)
4. We have had endless days of rain starting last weekend and through Wednesday. I was getting seasonly depressed. I am trying to remember that the sad feeling I have is more relative to the weather than to anything that is actually happening in my life.
Then on Thursday we had a glorious sunny day. I mowed the front yard. I hope it was the last time of the year for that. A girl can dream, right?
5. I have a few kids I am not checking out books to anymore until they find and return the books they checked out in August. Sometimes they tell me that they just keep forgetting. Then, poor children, I tell them this--In your young teenage years your memory is the best it will ever be. That is why we teach children so much at this age. If you can't remember a simple thing like a library book for several months, then by the time you are my age, you will be drooling in your pudding.
6. I haven't been on the radio, or quoted in book, or been on television, but I got up every morning and went to work. Just to clarify.
7. My brother closed on his house in Quincy on Tuesday and purchased a townhouse in Cary on Thursday. I will miss him. I will be up to see him. I wonder what he is doing for Thanksgiving....lol