How do people handle it?

Finding an Assisted Living Facility that will take care of MIL is becoming quite a chore. Most of it is waiting by the phone for case workers to call or looking in the mailbox for applications. What a daunting process. Surely there is an easier way. And how do seniors afford it? Who has four thousand dollars a month to spend on that?

Dad is back in the hospital with a major bowel obstruction. Probably due to adhesions from his bladder removal, although I'm guessing it's his hernia acting up again. Hopefully he will only be in for a day or so.

Honestly, I have no clue how I'm not a quivering mass of geletin right now. This has been a LONG year.

July already?!

Wow...Time flies when you are going on trips every two weeks. (Tee hee hee) Two down, one to go.

I'm excited about going to Michigan. I think we will enjoy the break from the heat and humidity here. Plus I get to see my folks. It's been too long since I've seen them.

No big plans for the 4th. Maybe someone will invite us out or something fun..who knows. *shrug*

In other news, Jerry's mom is ready to move to a place that she can "live" a little. Hopefully we can find a place soon so she can get settled. This is going to be a pain in the neck but hopefully it will be worth it. Keep your fingers crossed!

Silent Weekend

It's that time of year where I travel to Orlando to attend Silent Weekend. It's a great opportunity for me to hone my skills and see my buddies. From around 9pm on Thursday until 5pm on Saturday there is no voices allowed. You can sign, gesture, notes..whatever it takes to communicate with fellow attendees and the staff at the hotel.

I love it! It wonderful practice and I learn bunches. I'm taking a break (for breakfast, that I dropped so I had to have yogurt...gah) because I just got back from a juggling class. Yes, I said Juggling. It is supposed to help with visual processing and hey....that's just what I do

I'm off to learn more!

Back to life...

...back to reality!

Jerry and I are back from Vegas! Had a great time doing a lot of nothing. Jerry had to work a lot. I think he had three 14 hour days in a row. What did I do during that? Hmm...well...shopped, drank, gambled, drank, watched TV, sat by the pool, read, let towels on the floor, shopped. It was great to get away from Jacksonville and all the stress that is here.

So reality is settling back in. Jerry's mom had an appointment to get her prosethetic but because the nursing home hasn't been following directions her leg was too swollen and they had to postpone it until this Thursday. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for that!

Vegas Pool Fun?!

I knew I was going to be on my own most of the day so I decided to just grab my Kindle, and iPod and head down to a shady spot at the pool. I was tucked away in my little corner, ordered a bloody mary and started to read. Apparently I wasn't the only on avoiding the sun. Two woman moved toward my table and we nodded politely like a good citizen should and giggled about how it was nice to be in the shade. Well...that turned into two hours of me gabbing with these 3 woman who could be my mother. It was incredible. Dorthea, Vicki and Sue touched me. They were all wonderful souls and it was a pleasure spending the afternoon with them at the pool. Dorthea was a supreme court, court reporter. WOW...that's cool! Vicki had been a Vice President of a bank but felt she was doing immoral things years ago and retired, Now she volunteers. Sue works for a Horse Vet so she and Dorthea who loves horses talked about that. Usually spending the afternoon with a bunch of woman who could be my mother wouldn't thrill me but today it was fun. We laughed about our husbands, the size 2 girls who felt they were entitled to things and what woman have gone through during the birth of this wonderful nation. After about 2 1/2 hours we all hugged each other and wished each other well. It was neat!!

Vegas Baby! (Day 2)

Woke up at the crack of dawn. Jerry had a golf outing and had to be out the door at 6am. I got up, leisurely got dressed and headed down for breakfast. Hit the slots for a few and then headed back to the room for a nap. So far..vacation rocks! Woke up and hit the Forum Shops. My taste in shopping does NOT fit my budget. I love shiny sparkly things. I didn't buy anything but a $2.95 20oz Diet Mt. Dew. I know...I can live it up...heh. Decided to gamble a little more....yeah..I'm not very good at that too. Thankfully my friend from college called and we decided to meet. So around 2pm we headed out to the pool bar and chat. 4 hours later....Our stomachs hurt so much from laughing that we decided we needed some food. Jerry had a reception that he had to go to so we headed to the Mesa Grill for some apps and more drinks. Queso Funditos and Coffee Patrone..nuf said! Jerry finished and the three of us headed to the Peppermill for some dinner. Very pink...very neon and pretty yummy. Of course it was nice to not pay an arm and a leg for a drink or food. Still a little sticker shocked from todays bar tabs. Can't put a price on the fun we had though. I sound like a Master Card commercial...haha. Ok...Please excuse any grammar, spelling or rambling this post may have. I can't even capture how much fun today was.

Vegas Baby! (Day 1)

We landed about 3:40 local time. Feeling a little jet laggy. We got into our room around 5:30pm, then a quick dinner and penny slots. It's 8pm local time (11pm home time) and I'm pooped. Jerry has to be up and downstairs at 6am. Oof...glad I'm on Vay-cay! I think tomorrow I'll hit the Forum Shops. (Already went into the Coach shop...love their little wristlets.)

Ok...being lame and getting some rest.