Trying To Remember...

Today is my mom's birthday - she is 3/4 of a century old.  She spent the night last night since I had to take her in to the lab early this morning to get bloodwork done.  There is a Ruby's across the street from the lab so I took her to breakfast also.  And we had a good time.  I kept having to remind her that she is 75 - she wanted to remember so she could tell her friends if they asked.  So we are sitting there and I'm just staring out the window watching the trees blow around in the wind (can you believe the wind?!) and my mom all of a sudden asks me what I'm thinking about.  Not much - just watching the trees in the wind.  So I ask her the same thing about what she is thinking about and she says she is trying to remember that she is 75 years old today!  I just thought that was hilarious!  We had a really good laugh about it!  And I think she is losing her taste - every time I ask her how her food tastes - she always says not very good.  And with the amount of milk and sugar she puts in her coffee nowadays (she never put sugar in her coffee when I was younger) - she might as well just order sweetened milk!

When we got back to her place - she told me that she needed a new TV remote because hers was missing.  So as I rummaged her drawers for laundry - I looked for the remote also.  Didn't find it in her dresser or the nightstand - so I started poking around in the closet - I knew it would be around somewhere.  I eventually found it wrapped in a sock, stuffed in one of her slippers in the bottom of the closet!  No wonder it's missing!  God Bless Her!

So I'm working on a new class at work - we have been creating some specialized classes on destinations in the USA and Canada and I'm working on Vancouver and Victoria.  To do some of the research, I've checked out some books from the library.  I found a few more books today and left work early to go pick them up since they were from a library closer to my home.  So I drive up to the library - and the parking lot seems a bit empty - and then it hits me - I should have known - but I walk up to the door anyway - yep - they are closed for Columbus Day!  You would think I'd remember - we have been getting reminders all week that our offices may be busier today since the DMV is closed - oh well!

And finally - I was able to replace the shoes that stank of the North Sea (oh - that's right - I haven't gotten to that day yet in my chronicles of England!) - the shoes that I kept and dragged around England and then eventually threw out when I got home.  I was able to get the same pair and they were even on clearance!  Most excellent.

Must go for now and make a few decisions about what I'll take up North with me.  Looked at the weather and it should be in the 70's - what to wear, what to wear!  Hope to be able to get some internet access while I'm up there so maybe I can post a few more England entries!  Ok - must go...