Mom & Me Three Archive

...everything ahead of time for today so that I could have most of a day to myself, somehow I managed to space the fact that tomorrow is a travel day and there's lots to do to prepare for that, including:

• Doing The Full Meal Deal on Mom's hair;
• Coaxing her body into moving its bowels (which hasn't yet happened);
• Setting aside all our traveling supplies so they can be easily and quickly stowed in the car we're renting;
• Choosing Mom's outfits (a couple of changes, just in case) ahead of time, packing the alternates, laying out the initial set;
• Making sure all bills due at the beginning of November are paid so I'm not worrying about that;
• Compiling a short "study" of my week long experiment on Mom with lisinopril to present to the doctor for discussion about whether to up her dosage permanently;
• Seeing to it that her blood sugar record is up to date as of today (her PCP always asks);
• Making eggnog bread, a loaf of which I'll be presenting to MCF and her family because she, knowing how much I love eggnog, is the one who told me about eggnog quick breads;
• Compile and a list of things to do gather and do tomorrow for the trip.

    In addition, Mom's excitement about the trip tomorrow continues. She is not, I should mention, at all excited about the doctor's appointment. She's asked me once today if, since it's "merely routine" we could cancel it and spend the entire day at MCF's. I didn't think she was going to go down for a nap but spending an hour under the hair dryer relaxed her into a nap mood so I can take some deep breaths, now.
    As well, although the birthday meal I planned is in the Preparation-Lite category, still it requires some preparation. And, of course, there are all the daily chores to do as their optimum times approach.
    I'm in a good mood, though, and feel like The Proper Birthday Girl so the day is advancing well.
    I probably won't post again until Wednesday except for the rest of today's stats. So, here I go an my birthday way...
    Later.