Weekend With Mom

This weekend has been one spent indoors. Unlike being with Chris in New Mexico where we went out every single day touring, I haven't left my parent's home since I arrived. My mom doesn't care for going out a lot, and I don't mind staying in my sweats all day. Selena goes in her room every morning and says, "I want grandma to wake up," as she tries to wake her up by stroking her neck. But my mom won't budge until after 9:00.
In the picture with my girls, she's wearing a shirt I bought her from Santa Fe. I don't know if she cared for the color, but she wore it anyway.

My mom has been very patient with me as I try to figure out what she wants. Her new favorite drink is Coke from a glass bottle. Before her stroke, she wouldn't touch caffeinated drinks past noon, because she'd have trouble sleeping. Now, she downs bottles of it for lunch & dinner and still sleeps all night.

She laughed at me and my sister Laura as we argued over what she wanted to drink for lunch. I opened her Coke, but then my mom covered the top with a napkin, so Laura said, she didn't want that. I insisted she wanted her Coke, because she nodded yes when I asked her. As we argued back and forth, my mom rolled her eyes at us, and then took a sip of her Coke -- I knew I was right.

Mom was very patient with me as I brushed her teeth and accidentally dropped a blob of toothpaste on her chest. At least this trip I didn't drop her as I was helping her out of her chair. I did that shortly after her stroke and she sat on the floor and was trying to say, "What in the heck is wrong with you" or so I thought from her facial expression. I apologized over and over as I called my sisters to help me get her up. I'm much better now at moving her.

We've watched a ton of movies. My mom loved Enchanted, especially the corny Prince Charming. Today was our movie day. She loved Sixteen Candles, The Wedding Singer, and Ocean's Eleven. Then my sister popped in The Ultimate Gift, which had a good message, but causes tears. I don't like teary movies.

We've had a nice visit with all the cousins. However, this house is so open & big that when the kids start making noise it echos all over very loudly. Thankfully they did play outside a lot, even though my Las Vegas-living sister complained it was too cold for them to go out. Umm, when it's in the 60's, that's not cold.

I only have a day and a half left. It'll be very sad to say goodbye to my mom, like it always is. But it seems like I've been gone forever and I can't wait to see Alec & Chris again.