Happiness is...

...when the Cocoa & Creme TUMS Smoothies are on clearance. Got four packages for half price today. Woo hoo!

 

 

We spent Mother's Day weekend with my mother. She probably doesn't remember. And and I know she neither understood nor cared that it was Mother's Day. She just wanted to leave the care center: "I need my clothes. Let's go!" That's the most sense she ever made. "We have to go outside. They're out there!" "Who's out there, Grandma?" "The flowers!"

 

 

Mostly we just had very random conversations:

 

 

"I can read!"

 

"Yes, you can read, Mommy."

 

"I read a story. A children's story."

 

"You did?"

 

"There are two more pages. I don't know how it ends. Jeannette read a story."

 

 

"I had a nightmare."

 

"You had a nightmare?"

 

"It was a good one."

 

"That's good!"

 

 

"Did you see the mouse? It was growing! Do you see it?!"

 

I put my face really close to hers and said, "I won't let it get you. I promise."

 

"I'm okay."

 

"Yes, you're okay. You're going to be okay."

 

"You're okay."

 

"Yes, I'm okay."

 

"She's okay. She's okay."

 

"Yes, she's okay."

 

"I'm okay. I'm okay. This is getting ridiculous!" (then she smiled and fell asleep)

 

 

 

I'm almost completely packed for my Honduras trip - our flight is 6 a.m. this Friday. I did a little bit of last-minute shopping during my lunch hour today. That's when I found TUMS on clearance. Oh, happy day!

 

Cat's singing in a choir concert this evening, and she's got a solo! Guess who will be busting her buttons with pride!