I am slowly going crazy one two three four five six SWITCH!
Sunday
Couldn’t get up for church, too tired. Randy and Stu when, then home, then all of us out to Steak and Shake for lunch.
Dad suggested Randy grill brats for supper.
Dad said that he and Mom wanted to give us a bunch of bookcases, so he wanted us to go to Wal-Mart, Target, Meijer, Home Depot, and Staples, then to go home and measure, then go back and buy whatever I wanted.
Curt, LaVonne, and Becca Carlson showed up unexpectedly at Steak and Shake - they were in the area - were invited to shop along and did so.
Back at the house, measured, everybody went to go get the items.
Staples - bought 6 cases, one (pretty) for living room and 5 (more functional than pretty) for spare bedroom. Only had three of the functional ones in stock, so ordered the other two.
In the mist of this activity, Dad suggested Randy grilling brats for the Carlsons too and have a bit of a pininic around the tiny grill.
Home with the bookcases.
Curt started putting together the bookcases, with Becca and myself mostly watching, helping a bit where we could. Randy and LaVonne went to the store to pick up food. Dad took a nap.
Becca and I moved stuff around the second bedroom to be able to get the bookcases in
Curt got through two bookcases, the pretty one and one of the functional ones. The other two functional ones were broken, cracked on one of the side panels.
Dad was disappointed. He wanted everything set up and done because he wanted it just perfect for Randy and me. And by Randy and me, I mean me.
Randy and LaVonne came back with food. Randy decided to get zucchini and squash, so I prepped those, and started boiling the brats. LaVonne was very helpful and willing to help, but really not much for her to do.
Chaos in house: 5-6 boxes of Mom’s stuff for me to go though, in the dining area, on the table and under. The boxes for the bookcases are by the table. Stu brought up a recliner chair, so the living room is all caddy wompas. And the spare bedroom has stuff all over and moved around.
So, Randy’s getting surgery, Dad is being wonderful and stress causing, I had sudden Carlson’s, who are really awesome, but they are still people, my house is torn upside down, and I have had far too much people time this weekend.
And this was just the first full day of Dad here. He left this morning for one of his brother’s houses, because Dad is having eye surgery by his nephew (which is why Dad’s not having the surgery in Florida.) He’ll be back at our house Thursday night (but depends on how well the surgery goes on the left eye.)
Wow, I’m tired. LOTS that was going on for many hours on Sunday. And it’s just a week before Randy’s surgery.