October 22, 2011
Homecoming
I didn't do any time based updates today. My mind was otherwise preoccupied with concerns for my mom. She had been released last night from her day at the hospital. I did a lot of the usual kinds of things for a Saturday. Claire and I went to the Saturday morning Step 'n Abs class at Golds Gym. Later Michelle took Daniel to dance class and I took Claire to piano lessons. Michelle and I took the kids to 4 o'clock Mass.
Late this afternoon we'd decided that Michelle would accompany mom and dad on their drive back to Chicago so that dad or Michelle could tend to mom while the other was driving. I purchased a return airplane ticket for Michelle. When we got back from Mass, plans changed a lot as dad took mom back to the hospital for more pain management. She was eventually checked in overnight and we don't know how long she'll be. I'm not sure at this point what we'll do with the plane ticket.
While dad and mom were heading to the hospital again, we ordered some takeout from Milford House of Pizza. Soon afterwards it was time for Claire to get ready for Milford High's homecoming dance. She'd been anticipating this for weeks. I took her around 7 o'clock and picked her up around 10. Poor Claire had blisters on her feet. We'd warned her to bring the silver glittery canvas sneakers to wear as backups and now she understood why.
Snapshots I took today:
