Hi everyone,

Sorry to have disappeared again. My life is just crazy right now. I forget when I posted last now.

Long story short, my stepmother passed away on Wednesday evening; her funeral is Monday. I saw her for a vist last Wednesday after taking my dad to the city for his eye treatment and I saw her again for a visit on Saturday after friends and I had been to a quilt show in their town. She was at home then although she was staying in bed with oxygen. She was great to visit with but didn't have the strength to get up. Sunday she went to the hospital because it was too much to get out of bed and by Tuesday noon she just quit responding to anything. I'm so glad that she didn't suffer but I'm also shocked at how quickly things changed. It seems hardly possible that you're having a good visit one day and they're gone the next. Their 39th anniversary would have been in June.

I took Thursday off but today I had to go in to work because I'm one of the organizers for a big technology conference next week. I was there all day sending out emails to presenters, participating in an online meeting and meeting with my network admin over a tech problem we had. I needed to be home doing things that need done for this weekend. I have to admit that I have a serious work/life balance problem and it is not helping me at all.

Tomorrow my sister and I will be going to visit my dad and take him out for lunch. He is pretty lost and it is obvious that his wife kept him organized and on track. He is not used to keeping track of things and taking care if them without her telling him what to do and where to go. He's 88 and I don't see this getting better.

I am only going to be home one day next week so I suspect posting will be spotty again.

I hope you're all doing well. I need to make time for me.

Take care.

Cheryl

"Fearless is getting up, fighting for what you want over and over again even though every time you tried before you lost." -- Taylor Swift.

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