Soooooooo……the visit with my mom went very well. The dinner was a success despite the fact that there were 3 of us in a 1950’s style kitchen trying to cook. The dogs were being shooed out and then called back in minutes later to clean up what was spilled on the floor due to someones over-zealous arm gestures. I’m not sure if it was the presence of mom’s “special friend” or the fact that I had gone through alot of trouble to bring everyone together for her sake, but my mom was actually very pleasant and thus made the night a smooth one. I hope that after 16yrs, she is finally leaving the past in the past and moving on with her life. It seems as though she may finally be on her way to happy.
On a different and sickly note, I have been on the couch buried under piles of snotty tissues for 4 days. Today is the first day that I am able to sit up and walk without feeling faint. I don’t know where this cold/flu came from, but it’s a doozy. I cannot imagine being a mother, as taking care of 2 dogs and a man when I was ill was almost more than I could bare. To make things worse, in my NyQuil and snot induced stupor, I fell down the stairs (I curse the builder of the house who decided to give it only 1 bathroom and put that bathroom up some slippery stairs). I managed to bruise a rib, my hand (i find that oddly amusing since I have never had a big black bruise on the palm of my hand before), my arm, and my ass (not even my ass was enough to cushion that fall). So I lay there on the floor crying and blowing snot bubbles which apparently was an invitation for the dogs to come over and step all over me in their haste to kiss me and make sure that I knew that even though I had fallen down the stairs, they were ok and still had to go outside……into the 16 degree weather. You would think that my wonderful bf would be falling all over himself to take care of me in my time of need, but…..such was not the case. Instead of feeding the dogs, taking them outside, making me toast and soup for dinner, he came home, laid on the couch and went to sleep……….
