my mom

[Drunk Monk]

The good news is my mom's health has improved significantly.  She's walking on her own without a cane, and seems fairly comfortable.  We've fallen into a decent copesetic rhythm with my telecommuting days. 

On Tuesday nights, after I arrive from work, we go out to dinner somewhere.  We've been frequenting restaurants that we used to go to, and everything is really good to her, but after a year of tv dinners, that's understandable.  She's always amazed by the little things on our trips - the flowers, new construction, the traffic - she's seeing the world again, with new eyes.

Wednesday I telecommute and tend to the various chores around the house, shopping, garbage, various odd errands.  She has a pattern of TV watching: morning news, sometimes game shows, Murder She Wrote, Emergency, Ellen, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, evening news, plus she's really into the Masked Singer.  The volume is at max so I listen along, sometimes solving Jessica's murder cases or answering Alex's questions. 

Emergency is a little triggering because all the Paramedic traffic reminds me of so many strung out shows.  Oddly, the episode on today is one that I totally remember.  I used to watch Emergency as a kid.  I'm kinda trippin about remembering an ep.  I mean, I forget my zip code sometimes and I've been living there for 7 years.

Never did find my vambraces.  I found some in the back of the TC warehouse and got it done.  One of these days, I should start excavating my stuff here better.  I've been looking for my D&D dice forever, in hopes of passing them on to Tara because some of her High School friends play.