Day 54
Wednesday, May 22, 2014
This was a somewhat relaxing day of doing not
much of anything. We watched TV shows, I
listened to my book some. The only
evening plans were that DGD had her church meeting .. a friend picked her up
and DS went to get her after.
DIL and I chatted, watched TV, just relaxed.
It is very odd to have nothing to do, and do
even less! It just feels wrong somehow
to be completely lazy; but there’s very little I can do here. And yet I spend so many days at home doing
almost nothing. The difference is, I guess,
that I do my own dishes, do laundry, take care of the cats, and spend more time
on the computer (I’m facing the dining room window here .. it makes it hard to
see the computer, so I’ve not even been turning it on as much as I would at
home)
There is the banquet tonight, and then I head
home tomorrow. I really have the weekend
and part of Monday to get ready to head out again. I am very concerned about the next trip, but
I can’t do anything about it (I even asked TGF if she could help … but of
course, no way DSS could handle her boys).
I’m worried about DIL doing so much driving. Her health is precarious; when she’s feeling
OK, driving is fine. But if she’s not,
it could be risky. She has the 2 hour
drive to my house on Monday .. and she can take her time, stop if she needs
to. Then it’s another 3 hours on to our
destination. We’ve made plans to go the
long way around and take a break to visit my BFF (whom I haven’t seen in around
8 to 10 years). But it’s still a lot of
driving, and I can’t help. I hate
that! TGF can’t because DSS, as I said,
wouldn’t be able to deal with getting her boys home from school on Tuesday and
back and forth on Wednesday. Since they’re
in testing, they can’t just skip. And DS
cannot go because he has to deal with an audit at his job that no one else
seems able to handle. Plus their kids
also in finals. It’s all very
frustrating. DIL had to wait 3 months
for this appointment, and is not willing to postpone .. and I don’t blame
her! She’s been having health issues
long enough, she needs answers and solutions!
So, I guess we’re just going to have to do the best we can .. stop and
take breaks as often as needed. But then
she’ll have the entire drive home by herself.
She will likely make several stops, including possibly overnight at my
house if needed. It’s still an awful not
of driving alone.It’s too bad the appointment couldn’t have been just a few
weeks later; but we will just have to figure out how to deal with what is.
Today, at least, will be a bit lazy. DIL has errands to run; I will get showered
and dressed for tonight, and just continue on my book.
I know it’s not my fault .. I wish I could stop
feeling guilty for not being able to help!!
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