Friday notes

First, mom:    she is in the hospital and on morphine, so no pain.  This is such a relief, as she has been suffering terribly.  The doctors have not yet figured out what is wrong with her, so testing continues.   Mom, understandably, is very very tired.  Because of the morphine (or perhaps because of whatever is wrong with her) mom’s mind is not as sharp as usual.   This seems like a good thing right now, as why have her worrying on top of everything else? 

We out-of-town sibs are in constant discussion about when to go up there.   Right now she is peaceful and pain free…not to mention in a place where care abounds.   So do we go to the hospital?  Or do we wait until she is home when she might have more need of us?   At present we are in "wait and see" mode.  And we all call her a couple of times a day which she is very much enjoying.

 

In the meantime, my weekend houseguest has arrived.  I drove to Chicago yesterday to pick her up at Midway.  Ran into a nasty traffic jam on I-94 in Indiana, but that only lasted about 20 minutes, so soon I was chugging along.   And then the cell phone rang.  It was Ticia saying she had missed her plane and the next one wasn’t for four hours.  Hmmmmmmmm.    Go back or continue on?   I thought about that rough patch of traffic.   Well, I’m not going back and have to do that again, so onward;  up the Skyway and into Chicago…right to the University of Chicago for a couple of delightful hours walking around their lovely campus; lunch at the Olympus (Athenian omelet, yummy);  and to the campus bookstore where I purchased a size 18 months UC sweatshirt.  With both of her parents being alumni,  it seems like Lia should be advertising a little, don’t you think?

 

Ticia hadn’t been sure what time the new flight arrived at Midway, so I headed over there, thinking an hour’s wait wouldn’t be so bad. As always,  I had a book in my purse.  (One of my biggest fears in life is that I will be stuck someplace with nothing to read.)   I checked the airport monitor and saw those dreaded words…delayed.   And then delayed some more.  AND, delayed again.   Eventually, this flight that was due at 3:15 arrived…at 5:30.    That’s 6:30 our time back in Michigan, so by the time we arrived home, it was 8:30 and we were starving.  Fixed a quick dinner;  drank an entire bottle of wine and talked until 11:00 pm; then off to bed. 

 

Today we are picking up Noel and heading to Saugatuck, MI for some beachtown shopping.   It’s lovely to have Ticia here.  Girlfriend time is invaluable.