Bedtime stories
It turns out we weren't the only family members with tales of bedding to share.
Sundays are our days to talk with grandma, and I gave her a call in the early afternoon. After relating everything that's gone on around here this weekend, she let us know about her situation. It was precipitated by my male cousins moving out of their parents' home and into a house with some friends. Naturally, they took their beds. This meant my aunt and uncle, in their four-bedroom house, only had one bed--theirs. Grandma, in her bedroom, had both a regular bed and a daybed, and she was looking to get rid of the daybed, so there you go! My cousins could take it to their parents' house! Problem solved! Except, as grandma tends to do, she made plans for people without actually talking to the people directly involved. My aunt recently had foot surgery, and grandma went out to visit shortly after, and she brought up in conversation to the boys about them coming to move the bed. They were all, we're moving the what now? But they came out last week, maybe Wednesday, and picked up the daybed and took it to their parents' home and it's all taken care of. Now, grandma is in the process of rearranging her room, but she can only do so much before she gets tired, so it's taking a while.
Mom made sure to ask her about something else--the oldest cousin is having her second baby, and mom got a text invite to her shower in two weeks. Grandma has gotten nothing, though she says she usually gets invitations later than we do for whatever reason. Well, considering we didn't get a paper invitation, but a text, we're not sure anything's getting mailed. Grandma was all, oh, I'm sure I'm invited! It's at somebody's house, and mom is concerned about her getting there, and brought up possibly having grandma come here first and then we all drive together. Dad and I think that's not a great idea since it's about the same distance for grandma either to go to our house or where the party is, and she'd have to spent more time in the car if she rode with us since it's still an hour from our house. Perhaps we could meet grandma partway. Who knows. Mom also brought up possibly picking her up after work on a Friday and bringing her home, and then we could all ride up together. Sure, but then what? Is she going to get up really early so you can take her home Monday morning before you have to work, or are you going to make me or dad drive her home on Sunday? We have a little time to think about it. Mom also wants to talk to my aunt--or have grandma talk to her--to figure out if gifts are expected and if so, what. It is a second baby. She may still have some stuff from the first.
Sundays are our days to talk with grandma, and I gave her a call in the early afternoon. After relating everything that's gone on around here this weekend, she let us know about her situation. It was precipitated by my male cousins moving out of their parents' home and into a house with some friends. Naturally, they took their beds. This meant my aunt and uncle, in their four-bedroom house, only had one bed--theirs. Grandma, in her bedroom, had both a regular bed and a daybed, and she was looking to get rid of the daybed, so there you go! My cousins could take it to their parents' house! Problem solved! Except, as grandma tends to do, she made plans for people without actually talking to the people directly involved. My aunt recently had foot surgery, and grandma went out to visit shortly after, and she brought up in conversation to the boys about them coming to move the bed. They were all, we're moving the what now? But they came out last week, maybe Wednesday, and picked up the daybed and took it to their parents' home and it's all taken care of. Now, grandma is in the process of rearranging her room, but she can only do so much before she gets tired, so it's taking a while.
Mom made sure to ask her about something else--the oldest cousin is having her second baby, and mom got a text invite to her shower in two weeks. Grandma has gotten nothing, though she says she usually gets invitations later than we do for whatever reason. Well, considering we didn't get a paper invitation, but a text, we're not sure anything's getting mailed. Grandma was all, oh, I'm sure I'm invited! It's at somebody's house, and mom is concerned about her getting there, and brought up possibly having grandma come here first and then we all drive together. Dad and I think that's not a great idea since it's about the same distance for grandma either to go to our house or where the party is, and she'd have to spent more time in the car if she rode with us since it's still an hour from our house. Perhaps we could meet grandma partway. Who knows. Mom also brought up possibly picking her up after work on a Friday and bringing her home, and then we could all ride up together. Sure, but then what? Is she going to get up really early so you can take her home Monday morning before you have to work, or are you going to make me or dad drive her home on Sunday? We have a little time to think about it. Mom also wants to talk to my aunt--or have grandma talk to her--to figure out if gifts are expected and if so, what. It is a second baby. She may still have some stuff from the first.