day 24

well.. it's already friday, and that means I'll be going home today.. dad just called and is already on his way!  yikes, I better get moving.  I wondered how I would get time to pass when I first started coming out here, but let me tell you the days fly by. 

Mom is doing fantastic.. she had a little scare last night, where she thought her heart was beating harder, so the nurse did an ekg, but everything was totally fine.. she then took a different pain med and a little bit stronger of a dose and she slept from 12:30-8 am without any interruption!!  That's amazing.  And, her back pain was gone.  Sheila and I wish we could have convinced her of this weeks ago!!  Anyways.  She is resting well and feels fine.  She's excited for dad to come.. they're going to work on her thank you notes, she said.. I have a feeling on Monday, i'll be writing the same thing... haha.  I addressed all the envelopes for her yesterday, the stamps are ready to go.. now she just has to fill out the middle... baby steps, she says. 

Dad bought a new mattress for the downstairs den at home, we're turning it into a bedroom for mom for when she comes home.. so we'll tackle that project this weekend.. it should only take us an hour to clean out the room and set up a bed frame.. shes been worrying about that room since we arrived here... hopefully this will put her mind at ease! 

Dad had a great visit with Matt, Amanda, Paul and sanchnloo last night, i heard there were some funny stories and a lot of laughing.. thanks guys!  mom's glad dad had company and some laughs!!  she's so worried about everyone else.. just like usual. 

we explained all of mom's projects to sheila this morning.. now sheila thinks she's got martha stewart in here.. you know.. the christmas cookies, building supervision, slipcovering, quilting, the advice.. she kept rattling things off and sheila was cracking up.. mom said.. "I don't know how they're doing it at home without me"  I know we're all wondering the same.. so hurry up and get better all ready!!  right?  that's what I want to say, but I don't want it to seem like i'm yelling..    :) 

we watched Moulin Rouge last night.. my first time seeing it.. it was sad. could have done without that.. i cried for like a half hour.. mom just loves the music. 

it's a beautiful day here, we can't believe it's been so nice.. she's happy for anyone who is going to Boukville.. sorry for aunt sue that she can't go this year.. mom's looking forward to going next year with her..

dad will update later.. make it a good day, people!! 

love.

oh.. some of you have been having trouble posting comments.. I think you need to create a google account to post comments?  I can look into changing it, but I've been keeping it to registered users only because i don't want random postings.. email me if you have problems.. i can always copy and paste a coment for you! 

k, bye for real.