back in the saddle.....

So of course Harlen the Elderly is still with us.  I should have known Ernie the Soft Touch would bring him back from the vet with a big vet bill and a plan to go back in a month.  Aging cats, aging parents, ugh. 

So today my sister Judi is here and she and I (and my friend Ann) are going to go clean up my parent's house which is a disaster.  Then we will move them back tomorrow....although their furniture probably won't get moved until the weekend.  They are frantic to get out of Assisted Living though.  Yesterday I felt as though I was swimming in mud all day long.  Today I still feel rather grim but a bit better so far.  Lots to do---get them moved, do things like change their mail all over again, call Meals on Wheels, start looking into adult daycare, argue with my mother about getting a wheelchair ramp, etc.

This sucks.

I was supposed to get a mammogram today but rescheduled that.  Thursday we register the boys for school and Friday morning....oh yeah, Friday morning I take my mother for an MRI because the ventricles in her brain are enlarged---something that could lead to surgery.....forgot to tell you about that, didn't I?

We'll muddle through I guess. 

I don't think my cooking was quite up to par this vacation but I managed a few things.  Here are a couple of lobsters in the bag and then the pasta dish I made with orzo, lobster, fresh mozzerella, tomatoes and herbs.  Good, but could have been better.