Sickness and Murder

I am home with a sick kid today.  It's amazing how the child, who with tears in her eyes insisted that her throat hurt too much and she felt too bad to go to school, was miraculously healed enough to go play Mario Kart the moment I told her she didn't have to go to school.  And she just scarfed down the omelet I made for her and rewarded me with an enthusiastic "this is delicious!"

So in hindsight, it seems like she could have made it through school, but I guess we'll get a mommy/daughter day instead. Fortunately, today is a convenient day to be out of the office. The summer was painfully slow at work, and this month has picked up only a slightly steadier pace. The extended slowness is always a concern, but it is well timed for the crises in my personal life.

The issues with my mother are holding.  She is settled into the long-term care facility where, hopefully, she will stay until her next surgery. It is literally a two-minute drive from my office. The case manager mentioned that they would like to move her to another facility with a lower level of care (not acute) for insurance purposes, but I don't see that really happening as she is still completely bedridden.

She has made comments to my brother that she doesn't see very much of me.  But I have been there nearly every day since she was admitted.  On the days I wasn't there, someone else visited.  There have only been one or two days that she has had no visitors.  And I have taken her every, single thing she has asked for (with little thanks for it). Fortunately, I have moved past the point in my life where I need her approval.

In other news, plans for PS's murder mystery party are well under way.  We are having lots of fun planning menus and decorations. Our murder mystery is set in a haunted house, so we can go all Halloweeney. (Yes, it is a little early for a Halloween theme, but PS is a bit goth and somehow always manages to bring a bit of Halloween into her birthday parties.)

And my brother is planning to come down the same weekend to visit our mother.  PS is super excited that her cousins may get to attend her party.  I am too, but also a bit overwhelmed at hosting a party and house guests at the same time.