Home for two weeks!!

The gardens at home are amazing!!

Talking to Katie on the phone while watering the flowers today.

I arrived home on Wednesday evening just in time for a garden tour by dad followed by dinner and a movie. (Premonition with Sandra Bullock.... mom warns not your typical Sandra flick.) Mom was ok more or less, glad to have me home (of course). Yesterday mom had a slow morning, which is pretty typical. After a while we ventured out to the oncologist to pick up a prescription, drop it off at the pharmacy and go to the post office. Mom came along for the ride but wasn't up to going in places. She spent the rest of the day on the couch not feeling too great. Nancy came over around 5 p.m. to give mom the famous "shot." Nancy is very cool and truly demonstrates what real health care is all about; the patient! We had burgers, corn on the cob and tater tots for dinner and watched another movie. (This is basically the night routine)

Today I got up around 8:30 and didn't find mom on the couch. I thought maybe she slept in. Naive me. Mom was already up and about in the gardens in the back yard, fixing the bird feeders that the squirrels persistently terrorize. She had a pretty good morning and went on an errand with dad. In the afternoon she watered flowers and didn't get on the couch until much later in the day! This is a big change from the past few weeks and mom seemed very content with having a seemingly better day.

Tomorrow we are anticipating a short visit from out-of-town family if mom is feeling up to it.

I'll try to write summaries while I'm in town until July 1.