"Busy, really busy since Monday", she says ..............
"Oh, come on you can do better than that", says she ..............
"No, really..... busy, very busy", she says ............
"Everybody's busy, but they do find time to blog", she says .............
"I know" she says, hanging head in embarassment.
A week ago today, daughter's FIL (I'll refer to him as B) whose hip was fractured in a fall at home was moved from hospital, after a six week recovery period to a retirement residence located 20 kilometers from the town where I live and where my DD's family live. The actual move was uneventful, and thank God for that as last Thursday was the beginning of the snowstorm covering two days. He does have a PSW with him 24/7 right now and will continue to have one until he is healed and able to walk more steadily with his walker. The individual in charge of decision making re his care continues to create drama and the challenge to remain outside the drama is still there but I am finding it much easier to deal with. When I talk to her, I state the facts as I see them.... only the facts! And that's working quite nicely.
Because she lives a distance away, she relies on my DD and her DS to provide assistance if he needs something, but DD is bogged down right now. She has picked up the flu that her daughter had last week and as all mom's know, you can't be sick. But she is exhausted from carrying on despite feeling unwell and I am now providing support with kids and also assisting with B as there are some ongoing issues re his early days in the residence. There were a lot of changes very quickly for him so time and patience for adjustment are definitely needed. Distance, time challenges, illness have all come together in an imperfect storm for a few days.
Tuesday afternoon I created some time to bake sugar cookies with a simple decoration of red sugar for the GK's for a Valentine treat.
mixing
rolling
baked
packaged and ready to go
Time to get a move on! The rest of the day is looking busy. Happy Valentine's Day!
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, or so the saying goes. Did you miss me? LOL
