Could Be Worse

Let's see.....not much has been going on, but there have been moments of interest.

Who to start with?  Let's start with Zoe.  We text and last night she was working on her last paper "two more pages and I'm done!!"  I told her that it was hard to believe that she is now a sophomore and she said: "apparently I had enough credits that I technically already was!  I have one more class to take after next semester and I'll be done with a minor."  I neglected to ask what the minor was in, I never had a minor (I don't think having two much fun counts).  So good job Zoe! 

I decided to finish planting our tomatoes and thus was going down the back steps with a box of tomatoes and hydrangia and boom, boom, boom I somehow tripped and fell down the stairs.  No one was there so I picked my self  up and tested my fingers ~~ everything moved, no blood, some stiffness...so I planted the tomatoes and mulched.  Decided to save the hydrangia for another day.  Six days later all is well.  I do have a pretty big bruise on my left elbow.  Moral of the story, I need to be more careful on the stairs.

Mom is having a weak spell.  She seemed to be much better last night.  Yesterday morning Melanie got me up about 5 am to go outside so as I was coming down the stairs I noticed a strobe like light from Mom's room.  I figured it was her flashlight signaling she needed help. So I let Melanie out and went to Mom.

She needed help.  She was half in and half out of her LazyBoy chair that was in the reclining position.  The flashlight was plugged into the outlet by the door and making me crazy with the flashing.  I tried to unrecline her chair.  Nothing.  I turned on the light by her chair. Nothing.  I went to turn on the overhead light.  Nothing.  I go and get Amy.

Amy comes and helps me get mom up and safe and then goes and checks the fuse. Lights!!!  So now I am poking around and find that Mom had dropped, poured her ginger ale into the surge protector next to her chair and it shorted everything out.  Joy joy joy.

So Amy got me a temporary surge protector so I could work the chair.  Got mom up and in the bathroom and back in bed.  Then on to Amazon for a new surge protector and I got an acrylic tray to put over the surge protector and try and prevent this from happening.  

I do have all the good tops for the cups ~ I really don't want to go to sippy cups that they use for children.  

We are also only using Cetaphil products on Mom.  I believe I have gotten all the fancy soaps, lotions, etc but I am sure something will show up.  Why are we doing this? Something is making her itch and Amy and I are determined to stop this.

On a happier note, I hope all my sisters who are Moms have a Happy Mother's Day!  You deserve it.

Love, Leslie