my mom

[thatguy]

Skipping over the last few months, you all are not up to date, but in today's installment, I call my mom on the way to work this morning. Everything is copacetic. She's still reading the paper. I tell her I have a lot to do at work and won't come over until the afternoon. She's bent on cooking projects for some reason and wants me to take her to the grocery store so she can get ingredients. 

I manage to leave early and get there ~4pm. She's in the driveway, building up the momentum she needs to get to the mailbox across the street. It's in the '80's outside...hotter while standing on the pavement. I start to unload, and she's still trying to charge that battery. I leave her to her devices. She manages to get the mail and come back inside. 

We chat for a bit, but she has absolutely no energy. Turns out she didn't take any of her meds this morning. Her blood pressure and blood sugar are probably out of whack and she's just dragging...
As she sits in her chair, with her sunglasses on, I am reminded on this poster:



She mentions that while she was resting in bed earlier in the day, the phone woke her up and she answered it. She wasn't sure who it was, but they offered to replace her roof and do landscaping and it's often covered up to 90%. They just need to come by and do an assessment which she scheduled for Thursday. She didn't get a company name, or a phone number...so now, instead of going to work, I have to camp out on Thursday and scare these folks away.

It's always something new...

--tg