• Christmas,  Family,  Holidays,  Productivity,  Stress,  To Do List

    Sloth Christmas Ornament & an Overwhelming Time of Year

    Isn’t he cute? My spirit animal. Slow and steady she goes. It is somewhat comforting to know that one can move forward – even if slowly. So I decided on a whim last night to do Blogmas again.It starts tomorrow on Dec 1. It won’t be long and well thought out, but it’ll be something even if only a photo. Or a few daily thoughts. Surely we can do this. So expect something from me every day. Even if small. I actually am kinda starting it early by doing today’s blog. But we won’t call it Blogmas until tomorrow! I would love to do Vlogmas, but that would be a…

  • Aging Parents,  Health,  Medical

    Mom finally agreed to go the Doc, the Future Remains Uncertain

    Well, Mom finally agreed to go to the doc for help. We decided to try Care Now mainly b/c it’s hard to get in quickly to see your primary care doctor anymore these days. And this Care Now is associated with Tri-Star which already has all Mom’s meds and so forth. So we waited at Mom’s for our “Next Available” appointment. I had to leave work and get to her house before asking for the next available appointment so I could make sure we had time to get there. I think it was about 6:00 when they finally sent us the text. It took 15 to 20 minutes to get…

  • Aging Parents,  Christmas,  Family,  Planning,  Shopping,  Work

    Planning our Christmas Shopping Excursions and Taking Care of Mom

    Good morning! Just checking in. I don’t have any fabulous news to report. It’s just been a busy week of working and video editing and eating and sleeping – or trying to. The sleep has been less good for some reason. Lots of wakeups across the night and then not wanting to get up when alarm goes off. Trying to get quarter end done at work. Almost there. It’s been the least stressful quarters of all. I think I might actually make it on time this time and I have not had to work a lot of extra time over. And I’ve not had to stress and worry over it.…