Grovin on a Sunday Afternoon

Oh it was so nice to have my pillow last night.  I kept forgetting it at the office and the pillows in the hotels if they can be called that haven’t been that comfortable.  However I remembered yesterday and boy did I sleep sound last night. 

 

I enjoyed a nice visit with my Mom today which is bizarre since it is something I never thought I would say.  However it plays to my strengths which is doing.  I am enjoying decorating her room and then I took her for a walk to get some exercise.  It was one of those days that she forgot how to walk even though she was doing it.  What was really funny was another resident was showing my Mom how to walk and it was like a train around the room.

 

Still communicating with Christine and she will be back from Germany next weekend.  So we are still planning to go out when Eric goes back to NY.

 

Well I seem to found a motel that is nice and inexpensive so I will most likely stay here till I move into my new place.

 

It wasa nice relaxing night I met a friend for dinner and we relaxed and caught up since we haven’t talked in a few months since he has been busy with his business. 

Saturday Night

Well the heat wave finally broke and it was a beautiful day here.  For the most part I was indoors in a seminar.  It was helpful information even though it was dry stuff.  Sad that my friend Peggy couldn't make it.

So I went down to the beach afterwards to read and relax.  The beach umbrella I got on sale a few weeks ago worked out great to keep the sun off of me while I read.  There was some big waves there at the ocean front.  I parked myself far back since I could see that waves were coming pretty far up the beach.  Actually past the lifeguard stand. 

Well the Junior Olympics will end tomorrow and the motel situation will return to normal.  I will check this places prices for the week.  If it is too high I will go back to the other place.  This places Internet connection isn't great, but it is real nice and big, plus close to the office.   

Fun Friday

Just went to the Post Office around the corner and I saw that they are going to put in a Starbucks.  Woo hoo!.  I'm hoping it is separate from the Farm Fresh supermarket.  There isn't any in my local area.  Five minutes down the road the are plenty.

I was saddened to hear from my Mom's doctor this morning.  He isn't making it in private practice so he is going back to urgent care.  He's a great doctor so I am sad to see him go.  However I found another one through the place my Mom is.  The come right to the facility which is great.  It is so hard to treat this age population.  They have the most wrong with them, but have the worse coverage and the hardest to get paid.

My Mom is doing well in the new facility and I wish she had more money to last their a while because it is the care that she needs.  I stopped there and cut and did her nails for her.  The nurses joked about my job and I think I will let them do it each week unless my Mom still wants me to do it.  LOL.

Still trying to push the gratitude that I have the money to pay for all this lodging.  However it is all my money that I have worked hard these past few months to save. 

I have a seminar tomorrow and I think my friend Peggy is coming from the western part of the state.  I don't have to work tomorrow night so hopefully we can grab a bite to eat together.

Thursday

OMG is it hot. The breeze even burns.  Well I finally found out why all the motels are booked up.  This week is the junior Olympics in town.  Everyone leaves Sunday and things will get back to normal.  Trying my darnest to get the best deal in town, but vacancies where disappearing fast.  Some of these places are huge for the money.  The place I had last night and the place I have for the weekend I would take as an apartment.

Difficult getting use to my Mom.  Even before the stroke she wasn't this emotional.  So it is real different and rough for me.  However she likes the place and the staff is good.

Jeez TV sucks.  I almost never watch it now.  However having cable last night I was able to see everything and still nothing really on.

Summer Rental

Boy this is when you hate being in a resort city.  Motels rooms are high for the summer and pretty booked.  I found a nice place tonight although it is a smoking room which sucks.  Pain in the ass finding it though.  The guy never told me the changed to a Days Inn.  I'm driving back and forth looking for the Tides Inn. I might be bouncing around until I can get a reservation.  The thing that sucks is it going to be a lot of money till the 22nd to have shelter.  Other than that everything else is pretty okay.

My Mom is sad and misses her grandchildren.  She doesn't remember that she saw Eric 2 weeks ago.  So this move has brought up a lot of sad feelings for her.  Always painful watching other people sad.  Trying to be happy for her since this is appropriate behavior that I wasn't expecting to see.  I know it happens a lot, but it is still weird to experience.  The nurses pulled me aside today.  Boy did I stress with that.  Didn't need anything else on my plate today.  They just told me that Mom had been upset yesterday, but they calmed her down.  They just wanted to know if they could call me when this happened.  I was like sure.  They informed me that many family members instruct them not to call. 

I Got One Day of Rest

Well I finished my Mom's stuff Monday so I had yesterday to rest.  Today I was informed that I couldn't sleep in the office anymore.  So a new project to start.  I really wish it was next month so I wouldn't have to worry about Eric.  After some thought I called my old landlord who I left on good terms and he said he would have a place open by the 22nd.  It wasn't my old room, but a smaller one which was okay with me.  So I am not quite sure what I am doing with Eric yet.  I don't want to cancel like I had to do last year when I lost my last lease.  I was suppose to pick him up on the 13th, but now I need to see if  I need to push that back or not.  LOL.  I tell you there is always something in my life.  The one thing I will do is use the extra room for storage and get rid of my storage unit to save money that way.

Tuesday Morning

Wow I didn't realize how much a wieght I was carrying around trying to get my Mom into the new place.  Cause this morning I am nice and light and truly exhausted as my body relaxes.  I was almost knocked out like the other lady in yoga class this morning.  LOL.

Well so far zilch from my newspaper ad.  They never really work for me, but I tried a different tack this time to get people to think.  So hopefully it will do something with the second one.  God it is slow.