Arrived back from a week east

Visited with Mom, got a break from Sully

I had some great plans, all started well, till Snowmaggetten forecasts ruled the conversations….canceled almost everything

Wednesday was fun, I got to see family briefly in Richmond, peeps from the office, join into the 757 Angels 10th year anniversary party

All that made me feel a bit normal again

We were going to go see my cousin get sworn into the VA Assembly, that got rescheduled to the next weekend, so I will miss that

I was going to hang with Mary at a uber cool hotel in VA Beach….. but we canceled that because she wasn’t going to be able to join me

I was looking forward to a gal pal happy hour there Monday nite….but one was anticipating being stuck in DC because of the storm

What I did end up doing was making a big pot of soup at my mom’s, demonstrating the benefits of Uber Eats grocery shopping

I have to believe slowing down, not running here, there, was what was meant to be

It had been awhile since I took inventory of my mom’s situation, spent long stretches of time with her

We did 2 puzzles, puzzles are a thing, a real thing, good for being weather bound

She reads my blog, so I don’t want to get too much into things, but there are concerns

In someways, she is challenged by similar issues as me

Her companion exhibits behaviors that cause her coming and going to be less than it might otherwise be

They are just friends, so the obligations are not marital obligations, that said, I can see where boundries could become very confused

He can be stubborn as all get out which is annoying. I do the best I can to simply tolerate him

I feel the need to increase my trips back, put pressure on my brother to do the same

Right now I am sitting on this, unclear how it’s all going to work out

And then there is home, with my Sully

While I was away, Corny and Jim installed a bed rail they had to see if that helped prevent Matt falling out of bed

It’s interesting….. he literally leans hard against it now

It changes the dynamics of him getting into bed

So much so……I am leaving the pull out bed in the sunroom pulled out into a bed for my escape

The OT Robin comes today and we are going to brainiac this, see how we can improve things

There is so much to consider: how will he get in, get out, stay in, not fall out……and then figure out some highly convoluted configuration of complexity we then have to solve

I am back fro a week of supposed rest….and already tired