Things were inauspicious on my way to band on Saturday, which first is really weird to say. There was an accident on Fabyan at the curve, meaning the road was blocked at Louis Bork Drive, just west of the county line. Like, ideally, it would be blocked at Kirk. It was annoying to get all the way to that point and have to turn around. There's only ( Read more... )

Mom went out with the Red Hats tonight, and one of the gals picked her up. She let me know this was happening before I left this morning, in part because she was likely to be gone by the time I got home. This was true. When I walked in the door, dad reminded me she was out. Okay, cool ( Read more... )

I finally did it; I ordered a new phone. You know your phone is old when it literally tells you, this phone is obsolete and you need to replace it. I'd seen something a few months ago about phones over a certain age no longer being compatible with something or other, and my phone was over that age. And long before that, it was running out of space ( Read more... )

I haven't mentioned mom's trips, in part because she's been so busy that I knew I wouldn't get a chance to hear anything about them before yesterday ( Read more... )

Last week Tuesday, mom got the stunning news that one of the Red Hatters had passed away. It was sudden; the woman had just gone on a trip the week before, and on Sunday/Monday had talked or posted about the severe weather. To find out basically the next day that she was gone was really shocking for her. It appears she passed in her sleep. Mom was ( Read more... )

Initially, I was going to have the house to myself this morning. Dad had his friend's memorial service; mom was supposed to have a chiropractor appointment. Alas, her appointment was canceled. Oh well. What that meant for her was that she got to join her friend's online Zumba class. She had met up with several of the Red Hats last week Friday ( Read more... )

My mother is going to an Oscar party on Sunday with some of the Red Hats. She loves award shows but has never gone to a party because she usually works the next day. However, she took next week off, so she is free to stay out as late as she wants, so yeah, time to go party! Woo ( Read more... )

Sunday was mom's birthday; she's officially old enough to retire, should she want to do that. However, my mother, who is incapable of making up her mind on things, cannot decide if she should retire yet or not. This is despite having wanted to retire for, oh, about a decade. So, she's still working, which is good, because it gets her out of the ( Read more... )

Thank goodness Easter was last Sunday. The Sunday before? Snow. The Saturday after? Snow. Sigh ( Read more... )

My mom was supposed to go out to Morton Arboretum today with the Red Hats. However, the weather forecast was not accommodating, and they instead went to the casino, I believe in Elgin. I realized a few days ago that things would not be conducive to their original outing, and at about 4 this morning, that clearly was the case. (I'm guessing it ( Read more... )