I was kind of wishing that I had my original Italian teacher because we talked politics a lot. He was fascinated by US politics and knew a lot about it. I was pleased with myself when he talked about the far right taking control in Italy, and I knew about it. Hey, I read the BBC and the Guardian, both of which cover European politics well. Our ( Read more... )

I remembered that I had a photo of Mom on Facebook. I tried to print it on Walgreens Photo site, but it said that it was too low resolution. I found software that used AI to increase the resolution of photos. It changed the colors slightly, but it looked pretty good. So I ordered a matted and framed print of it to pick up same-day.

Apparently ( Read more... )

I did fall asleep and woke up with my alarm at 7 AM.

Mom's priest friend emailed me back. He's in Europe until the end of the month. He said that he's willing to do the funeral service, although he'll need to send a letter to the Archdiocese of Detroit introducing himself. He's retired, but his last parish was in the Chicago area. So I need to ( Read more... )

I did sleep, which is good. I think that I'll need it. No news on whether they admitted Mom to the hospital.

I finally called the rehab place, and they said that she didn't come back. I called the hospital, and they're going to admit her but are keeping her in the emergency room until they have a bed open up. She's on oxygen but no additional help ( Read more... )

My Italian teacher had to cancel. Oh well. So I went to see Mom. She slept most of the afternoon, which is good because she didn't sleep well last night. Some nurse was having her save her poop though, and the room reeked. I finally got someone to get a nurse to deal with it.

Then I had dinner with Mom's "friends" Ken and Deanna. They said that ( Read more... )

I talked to my advisor, and she thinks that I should continue in the program but keep my professors informed on what's going on and go to their office hours regularly. She said that I would only have a little over a month left when I go to my mom's house. She said that it was good that I'm not taking a 400-level course in the summer but just ( Read more... )

Snow flurries this morning. I want to go back to sleep, but I can't. Also, I have no clean clothes, so I'm doing emergency laundry.

I got a lot of questions answered about the independent study that we're doing in the summer. I also now have an appointment with my advisor.

Mom is being transferred to rehab tomorrow. I exchanged texts with my mom' ( Read more... )

I ordered a better postage scale to come on Wednesday. I'll give the old one to Goodwill.

I don't know when the heck I'll be able to unpack if I keep going to Mom's house.

Tried to nap over lunch but my brain wouldn't stop whirring. Too much going on. I'm going to skip yoga tomorrow to go get keys cut for the house cleaner and pet sitter. I don't ( Read more... )

I got my Hong Kong books and are flipping through them. There's a lot of cool sights in Hong Kong! I hope that I can take the trip sometime!

I made an appointment to board the cats at the vet. I want to try Soft Claws on Zara to see if she will tolerate them, and they said that they'd put them on if I buy them. So I will.

I also made an ( Read more... )

There's been a change of plans. Mom wants me to come back sooner, but the cats need their dental appointments. The vet called with the results of their blood tests. They both are doing well except for a liver enzyme reading of Zara's that they want to monitor. I asked him if I boarded the cats there while I was at Mom's house, could they do the ( Read more... )