Cruising 7th with Mom

Today was a good day. It's been a long day; but a good day.

Mom was nowhere to be found when we got into town; but appeared to be out with friends. I did not fret too much.  Hubby and I ran to storage to grab a few boxes for him to take back to our house. Then since I could not find mom; we spent a few hours gabbing with my cousins and we  learned a lot about my family. We should really get together more, that was fun.

When we finally located mom she had been out having a good time. I'm glad she was enjoying herself and I am thankful for her friends.  I am certain they are the reason she has made it this far unassisted.

She was of course upset with me for not telling her I was coming. We had changed our minds so many times; I knew she would be confused. Of course that makes me the bad; but she just forgot, and that's OK.

I put my husband to the task of my short punch list and had my him check her internet. As expected it was not working but she did not care and told us to take her computer back home. That's one less bill for me to worry over, so I'm OK with that. The hubby checked the doorbell and discovered the need for a battery and I added it to my to-do list.

After my husband headed home, mom and I after much coaxing from me headed to storage.  I wanted to just take two boxes so not to overwhelm her but she insisted we take more, eight boxes. but it might rain, so it will give us something to do and we wont have to get out in the rain. There are at least ten more to get through, so 8 was a good start.

We ran to Walmart for the battery  and I decided I should see about dinner. She suggested we drive up and down 7th to find something to eat. I giggled and asked if she was going to cruise 7th with me.  She smiled and answered; "I guess I am".  Considering I was forbidden to ever do that, it made me laugh. I love mom when she gets cheeky.

Back at home we watched reruns of The Voice and fixed the doorbell.  She thought it was too loud then asked me to unplug it.  While I was reattaching the outside buzzer, which only took 30 sec., she had forgotten she did not like the sound and asked me to plug it back in. Which I did, but somewhere it is a bit more muffled. I am hoping the sound does not cause a panic because it really startled her.

Later I asked a number of times about bringing in a box from the car to go through. She of course would not let me go get one. I'll save that for after church tomorrow.

I could go into every memory slip or every moment of panic about keys she thought she had misplaced when they were in the ignition, or how many times she became concerned about getting into the storage when I had the key and the code, or every time she did not know what we were getting at the store. But it would be tedious and take away from a beautiful day with my mom.

Overall it was a good day; and these days I take every good one I can collect. 

Her qwerkieness makes me laugh though. She got concerned about a light behind her recliner and once again unplugged her chair and lamp. I asked what she was doing and she said I don't know, saving electric. But tomorrow she will not know why her lamp and chair don't work. Been there, done that and have the retro tee-shirt.

I wonder if it is exhausting to go through what she is. She jumps at the slightest sound and is unsettled easily. I watched her repeatably walk around checking doors and wonder if this is what happens all the time.  I expect I'll need to sleep for a month when this week is over. I know I was ready for bed by 8:00pm, but have too much in my mind.

Thankful to have today with my mom.