Random Summertime Notes from the Sandwich Life

1.  When we got Owen glasses last year before he started kindergarten we decided to splurge and get two pairs in case one went missing. This was VERY wise as he takes them off to play and was always misplacing a pair or leaving it at someone's house. 

Now....however....he has lost BOTH pair.  geesh.

2.  I think the whole family is bleary this morning.  The boys were up WAY too late but we had the loveliest evening, sitting in the yard and eating dinner with our dear friends Ann and Bob, watching Sophie, the guys and a gaggle of neighborhood kids dive in the pool, chase each other through the field and catch fireflies, listening to music (David Olney and lots of Kane Welch Kaplin), getting bitten by mosquitoes and watching the candles flicker.  I guess it truly is officially summer.

3.  T-ball game tonight for Owen....can't decide whether I want it rained out or not.

4.  Talked to my mother yesterday afternoon and she'd had a very hard day and was in tears. I torture myself sometimes trying to figure out whether we could fit her into our house.  I just don't know if I can make it work on a number of different levels.  One worry subsides and another is there waiting to take its place, huh?

5. Talked to Judi and ordered her to stay away from all things to do with cancer on the internet.  You can drive yourself crazy that way.  I totally understand because I have done it too....

6.  The Vertebrats radio clip from WGN is online....listen to them play the wrong song and hear from Kenny...oh and Ernie after a whiskey or two (to keep him up late)....

Comments

[M&Co.]

I know you didn't ask for my ass-vice but (you knew a but was coming) is there an adult assisted living center your mother could qualify for? My Aunt lives in one, she's 77 and has lived there for probably close to 10 years. I think one of the reasons she's managed as well as she has is because she does live there. She goes when they plan trips, they get her out and make sure she's eating. But because she lives in an apartment, she still has a certain measure of independence. I know so many older people complain about those places (like my father) but I can't think of anything better; no yardwork to do, no laundry, no housekeeping, no meals to cook. Where do *I* get a deal like that?

[Cynthia]

well, that IS what would make sense M. Unfortunately after the Prairie Winds debacle last summer (when we moved them into assisted living and they got kicked out after a week because my father wandered) my mother is DEAD SET and I mean DEAD SET against going back there and they are about the only local one that will accept medicaid. I think there's a window of opportunity with those places and your aunt did it the right way. I also realize now that if my father had stayed in one he would have ended up in a nursing home for a much longer time....so it's hard to know....

[Jason]

I like the new look of the site!

I'm taking my pre-K daughter to get her eyes checked this weekend. She'll probably need some glasses, and two pairs sounds like a good idea.

[kathleen J]

My 1 cent worth. When it's all said and done, I don't think you would ever regret having made a place for your mother at home. Hindsight is 20/20 and I'm living with regret. Of course you would also have 3 more cats, so maybe you would regret it. Never mind.

[Nancy]

At the risk of sounding like a comment spammer, THE solution to kids eyeglasses is zenni.com . After my son broke his $200 pair of glasses we discovered we could get equally cool ones on that site for $30. I kid you not. Apparently the mark up on glasses is like 95% at retail outlets. Now we just buy him glasses like they're disposable, because, let's face it, little boys + glasses = disposable.

[Cynthia]

Good Lord that's frigging amazing Nancy!!! Woo-hooooo!

[Nancy]

Oops, correct URL is:

www.zennioptical.com