Tag: PARENTS

Time keeps on slippin’….

It has never been more apparent than this moment that my parents are getting older. They turn 61 later this year. How did that happen?

My mom had back surgery last week. She had 3 ruptured discs so they fixed that and scrapped off some arthritis off her vertebrae. She is in a lot of pain, but it is getting better. But she needs a lot of help to do anything right now. So I took a few days off to help her and my dad.

Last night, I was texting with my BFF and found out her mom needs knee replacements and hasn’t been honest with her that she needs more help. BFF lives in Omaha, i live in Lincoln, and we grew up in a town 45 minutes away from that.

So I did what you do for family: I went over and helped her mom too. She cried, we talked about life and I did some things for her that she couldn’t do herself. It’s good for the soul.

However! As BFF said it best last night: why can’t our parents still be 45? This aging thing sucks.

Weekend Recap

  • Friday night I was working at my 2nd job, when my mom texted me, telling me she wasn’t feeling well and was going to go to the ER. My brother ended up taking her as both my dad and I were at work.
  • Fast-forward to the next morning and I find out her hemoglobin was low (8) and so they gave her 2 blood transfusions. They want her to have a colonoscopy and they really have no clue as to why it would be so low. But they don’t think she has cancer…so we shall see. She came home Saturday and is back to work today.
  • Saturday morning I found out my old roommate’s mom died. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March and was told about 2 weeks ago that she had less than a year to live. She passed away Saturday morning. My friend is devastated. I feel awful for her. I hugged my mom a little closer after I read that.
  • I worked Thursday, Friday and Sunday afternoon at my 2nd job. It was nice, the money was good and I love working there. It’s so much fun!
  • My friend Keith and I went on a frate (friend-date) to see “World War Z” after I got off work last night. It was a decent movie, but a little stressful. Good movie.
  • I haven’t run since Thursday morning. I worked late Thursday night and couldn’t get up early Friday morning…and then my mom wasn’t supposed to be alone Saturday (although I did sneak out for a 5 mile bike ride!) while my dad was sleeping. Sunday was work and a movie… (and wow, do I have a lot of excuses or what?) And then this morning I couldn’t face getting up early. I just reset my alarm. I WILL go run after work. Promise. I need it after the stress from the past few days.

Hope you all have a good week!