Because I have been sick for a while it has been 11 days since I have been out of the house due to a combo of sickness and such, this is what the last 11 days have consisted of since it has all morphed together into one week in my mind.
1. Mom is in the hospital.
A week ago today Mom was admitted to the hospital. She has pneumonia and I started getting sick almost immediately. I started on antibiotics last weekend and am feeling better myself. Mom is still in the hospital and likely to remain there until Monday at the earliest. Because of her being in the hospital is one reason I have been able to hibernate like I have. She is on dialysis three times a week and while my boyfriend often takes her these days, I sometimes tag along.
2. RCIA was cancelled. As was life.
With a huge snowfall last week and -11 tempertures this week, RCIA got cancelled. As was school. And pretty much anything else that happens around here. Except for people making mad dashes to the grocery store for French Toast ingredients (milk, bread, eggs).
3. We cleaned the pantry at meals.
You know how there are often boxes that linger in the pantry. "Oh look, there's two waffles in this box. This will be my breakfast." or "You know, this might be a good night for that Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee pizza in the back that has been there a while." Just seemed a good time to do this because my mother is on a very restricted diet, and this is something that has needed done at times.
4. I made my boyfriend suffer through some old home movies, putting together a puzzle, and we cleaned.
I used to always have a video camera on my shoulder. I pulled out some old home videos from years past. My dad passed in 2006, and my boyfriend never met him, but we were laughing at Dad's antics on the videos. I just wish my dad could have met my boyfriend.
5. READING!
I love to read and when I was growing up our school got rid of the reading books they had used for ten years. I adored this series and we each were given a book at the end of the last school year we used them. I have collected the entire series over the years at garage sales, and I started sharing them with my boyfriend. (Yeah, I'm a nerd, what can I say?) I also read blogs, two books, and various cereal boxes.
6. eBay
I sell on eBay. You know you want to check out my junk -- I mean, treasures -- that I have for sale. I did a lot of eBay listing, and my boyfriend even helped clean the eBay room where we found some interesting stuff that I had bought at garage sales and tucked in there and had promptly forgotten about it! I always used to wonder why all the good guys were always taken, and after waiting so long to meet my boyfriend, I have a feeling that there are single women out there wishing they had a boyfriend like this, but sorry, ladies, he's taken.
7. Contests and Giveaways
I love entering contests and giveaways. I really win, too. Here's my post on the basics of winning sweepstakes because every time I mention it, I get questions, so I'll just post the link now. Because Mom has been in and out of the hospital since August, I had gotten behind, and I have a big announcement -- I am now caught up! Plus I won a couple instant wins this week, the biggest of which was a $25 pre-paid Visa. Yeah! I always love winning those, because I make so many dreams of what I might spend it on -- a new book or some subs from my favorite sub shop. But somehow it always ends up being groceries.
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So sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she will pull through this and get better soon. Take care of yourself in this awful weather!
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