Some good, some bad

So, it’s about time for an update on the whole “will we ever have a weekend to ourselves again?” post. Yes, in fact, we did. Last weekend (Memorial Day weekend) we actually spent the ENTIRE weekend at home by ourselves! Yay! Actually, we didn’t spend it all at home – we went out and about on Saturday and Sunday on a mission to decorate our master bathroom. We put some cube shelves on the walls with candles, did a fake flower arrangement for the top of the linen cabinet, and put up some puppy pictures on the wall. We also ordered a rug for the floor and got some new curtains for our closet, which is visible from the bathroom. I’ll post pictures someday after the rug arrives. We also rearranged the living room a bit, and got some mats for some of our vacation photos that we had blown up to hang on the walls in place of my old college Ansel Adams prints. They look awesome. It’s so nice having our own photos on the wall now. We also made it over to one of our favorite lunch places, Imbiss Grille, which does German food. We’ve been to Germany a couple of times, and we really like the food over there. So whenever we go to this little restaurant, it’s like a little vacation. Schnitzel, yum yum!

This weekend we’re heading up to see my mom. She’s not doing so well. Her health has been steadily declining every day for the last two weeks, and it’s gotten to the point where she needs to have someone there with her 24/7. She in a lot of pain, which is mostly kept under control by her meds, but she’s also having a lot of nausea, which is causing problems with her desire and ability to eat. My sister is staying with her now, and I’ll be staying after this weekend. Joella’s got her med school board exam coming up the week after that, so she’ll have to come back to Wichita to study and take it. Nathan and Daniel are also helping out with her care, but there’s only so much that they can do. The doctor and hospice people say that her death is probably imminent. This may sound horrible, but I really hope it comes soon. I know where she’ll be after she’s gone, so it doesn’t hurt quite so much to think things like that.