Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Process at least ten grocery and other store receipts. IN PROGRESS.
Log
08:00 AM: I’m up because I must schedule some appointments and rides for Mom first thing this morning.
09:00 AM: Got Mom up and into her easy chair, and dispensed her Morning meds.
09:30 AM: All appointments and rides for Mom scheduled / rescheduled.
10:00 AM: Facebooked a little bit. Friend count: 338. Fan count on Facebook page: 81.
10:15 AM: Worked the Christmas Lighting: 2010 project. Added more lights to the indoor Christmas tree.
11:00 AM: A reported called from Altoona Mirror, wanting to do a story on our blue Christmas lights here. Cool!
11:45 AM: Mom’s nurse visited to get some blood.
01:00 PM: Dispensed Mom’s lunch meds.
04:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
04:15 PM: Sister Christine stopped for a visit and we chatted about the cats and their fleas for a bit. She also said that the family is planning another progressive Christmas dinner this year; our third year in a row doing this. Unfortunately we won’t be able to get Mom around to the various places this year given the weakened condition of her legs. But the last stop will be here at Mom’s place. So she won’t miss out on the entire event.
05:00 PM: I set up a little work bench in the kitchen for the photographer, like the one that I repair our Christmas lights on in the basement. But this one is minus the mess, clutter, and irrelevant tools. 
06:45 PM: We experienced a couple power outages during the past twenty minutes or so. Fortunately, they only lasted a few minutes in total, and I was comforted, as I walked down into our basement after the lights went out, to see the warm, orange-blue glow of our natural gas heaters. They still churned out the heat, even without electricity. This is good because they’ll keep the house pretty warm without the primary furnace.
07:30 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds. She’s a bit cold but sleeping nonetheless.
08:00 PM: Upgraded my iPod Touch to iOS 4.2. No problems discovered so far.
09:15 PM: Facebooked for an hour tonight. Friend count: 339.
09:20 PM: Today’s repeater song: Silent Night Medley by Hanson. Excellent, excellent Christmas slow dance tune.
09:30 PM: Sometimes, I feel like I’m mourning Mom even though she’s still with us; like I know I’ll feel once she’s gone. I’ve watched her health decline over the years, and am quite saddened that there can be only one ultimate outcome from it all — that we’ll eventually lose her. On that day and during that week, in that month and in at least a years worth of days that follow her departure, I will hurt. I so want her to enjoy her Christmas, and am thrilled that she’s residing here at home and not in some strange place where I can’t visit her but several times a week. Thinking of her situation while listening to Christmas music on the radio gives all those old songs a new and highly special meaning. That music makes feeling happy a little easier though the threat of Mom’s final departure looms larger and larger with each passing year. Merry Christmas Mom.
11:00 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of Hawaii Five-0 with [Emmy] over the phone.
12:45 AM: Visited with Mom in her sitting room for an hour plus. We both felt the need to talk and lean on each other; her with her health situation, and me with my romance-related monsters.
01:10 AM: Helped Mom to bed and dispensed her night meds.
01:30 AM: Well, time for bed again. Man, the days just seem to fly by so fast these days. So good night and I hope you’ll come back for more prosaic drivel tomorrow. Take care.
Tom Hesley
Received Mail and Shipments
- Christmas cards for Mom (3).
- Promo Only’s Urban Radio series; the 2011-01 edition.
- Birthday card for me from my financial planner.
- Misc. bank papers.
- AAA World Points credit card offer. Not at this time, thanks.
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