End of July

So the Fourth has come and gone.  Lovely has arrived with the gang.  Three weeks have gone by.  On July 2, I went rock climbing at the Y and my right middle finger has not been right since.  Can't believe what happened.  NOTHING but my middle joint of the finger is swollen, like arthritis.  I make nine jars of stewed tomatoes.  Can't remember where I got the tomatoes from, maybe Farmers Market.

Mom arrives with Lovely and gang on Thursday night.  In the middle of the night, she would not listen to Lovely and kept on getting up and walking around, and finally trips over Isaiah and had a great big fall.  I go over the morning as Lovely left for San Diego early, and CANNOT get mom up.  I cannot figure out what is happening and finally call Lovely and she tells me mom tripped.  Lovely was coming down with the flu so was not too clear as to what was happening, and was not communicating and I had no idea.  Took us over half an hour with new caregiver Marilou to get mom up, and she keeps complaining that everything hurts especially her back.

Guess I don't have to worry about her wondering about and getting away from us and getting lost.

Friday I take mom to x ray to make sure she didn't break her hip.  She didn't .  But still in a lot of pain.

Saturday morning July 7 and we don't know if we are going to McKenna and Andrew wedding.  Mom takes some pain pill, and we drive down.  Will and Kurt and mom and KR and me all together in KR's car, as we were bringing the wheel chair and golf clubs.  Yup, Alan forgot the clubs and is in need.  Did I mention the weekend of the 7/8 was the HOTTEST IN THE LAST 50 YEARS IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA????????

So we get there to the park, and it is hot.  The cement benches under the trees where the reception was were hot.  It was so hot that half of the icing on the cake slid off the cake.  The ants came and got to some of the cupcakes/cake.  The dinner was tacos from a taco cart, and plenty of cold drinks.  Alan officiated the wedding and does a great job.  Lovely is sill sick, and now not the flu but a cold.

We have reservation at the Super 8 in Escondido for Saturday night.  What a dump. 

Sunday morning we go and get gas and then go to Bea and Ethel house to visit.  KR swims with Alan and Will.  I go get In n Out burgers.  We drop KR off at camp, in Vista.  He then gets dropped off at home.  Guess he did not read his email right.  He is suppose to help with check in at Royal Family Camp Monday morning, so they needed him. 

Monday morning he goes to church, while I go to work, and Marilou goes to see mom.  I went to church to pick up the car as KR was going to ride his bike, but mom could not get out of bed so much pain, he went to help Marilou get her up.  Monday afternoon we go pay the grave stone for dad and mom goes with me to Wilmington. 

Tuesday is Free Chik Fil A day.  Mom and me and Marilou go have a sandwich.  Always such a nice visit.  Also it is Wienerschnitzel anniversary.  I go buy 10 hot dogs, 57 cents each.  Mom and Kurt have a great time eating.  He is helping me in the afternoon with mom after Marilou leaves. 

I forget free slurpee at 7/11 on July 11.

July 12 is Kurt birthday.  HE IS NOW 21 !!!!!!!!!!!!  We go to Denny's to eat lunch.

KR comes back on July 13 and we go to church for dinner welcoming the campers back.  He is tired but his foot held out all week.

July 14, I find Vulchi dead in the coop.  She is and was such a lovely bird.  I wonder why she just upped and died.  Maybe old.  RIP  5 May 4, 2011 - July 14, 2018

KR starts baiting the traps for rats and catches THREE the first time he puts traps out. 

Sunday night the 15th, we eat at Sushi Boy.

Wednesday July 18, Marilou finally take mom to Tillim for exercise.  First time.  Then to Barlett for lunch.  Mom is feeling better.

July 19, Thursday, Adele, Julie and I went to BJ for lunch celebrating our birthdays.  Adele, July 13, and Julie's is coming up September 17.

We have clinic Thursday night, and then clinic again Saturday all day.

Sunday we go to Curry House on Sepulveda.  Eat way too much.

Monday I work.

All week we work on the serenity garden on the other side of the gate at the YMCA lot.  It is looking so nice.  KR a few weeks ago put 10 bucks of wood chips down and keeping the weeds off and I planted a bunch of tomatoes and some volunteer peppers and vines came up, plus sunflowers, so the area will be looking pretty nice.

This morning, July 27, Friday, Lovely came up from San Diego, and stopped about 6 30 am and picked up cooler, etc and went on their family trip to Pleasanton to stay with Angel Lin, and then will be going up to Mendocino for R & R too.  Will be back next Sunday.  I wish she could have stayed here longer, not just down in San Diego for four weeks.  I think she needed a break from mom, so she didn't even call, maybe once or twice during that time she was down there.  And mom was not her usual self, in pain and all.

Mom is losing more of her memory.  She cannot remember what she did yesterday.  She cannot remember her kids' birthdays.  So strange that she ALWAYS remember Kurt's birthday.  We worked on that yesterday.  She cannot remember Eddie's kids names, and sometimes cannot remember who Alan is.  I wonder how fast her memory will go.  I am sad just thinking about that.  Time marches on and slows for no one.