Merry Christmas!
Dec. 24th, 2016 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agoodwinsmithIt's actually Christmas Eve here, but it is already Christmas elsewhere. :)
Lorne arrived safely in Salmon Arm yesterday. The Coquihala was lousy, and the road from Kamloops to Salmon Arm, although much of it multiple lane highway, was two ruts in the snow, one for each direction. He went for a nap three hours ago and hasn't surfaced yet. He brought cat, and now Chuck and Mom & Dad's two girls are determining who is top cat and who gets the best places to sleep. No fights yet,just hissing.
We are in Salmon Arm for Christmas because my Mom has been diagnosed with cancer. She had a complete hysterectomy in November, but it didn't get all of the cancer, so she has started chemo therapy. She had her first treatment this past Tuesday, and I came up on Sunday to attend it, and the information session the day before.
As you may have seen earlier, my parents put their house up for sale in the summer. It sold the day before my Mom got her diagnosis. So,while my Mom went down to the coast for her surgery and then came home for recovery, they have been moving house. In fact, I went up to Salmon Arm before my Mom was out of the hospital because they had people coming to pack up things in their house and someone needed to open the door. :)
So, this has been a very stressful fall for all of us. We are at Mom and Dad's new condo in Salmon Arm, and there are still boxes everywhere. Aaaaand we're having another four people over for Christmas Dinner. Of which, one pair is my aunt and uncle, and my uncle just had a bout of arrythmetic heart, which took him into hospital two days ago (he's out now), and the other of which are family friends, and the woman just had knee surgery this past Monday. These dinner parties always seems like a good idea until one gets closer to the day. :)
The other part of this is that my father's cognitive abilities are starting to be compromised, so he can't do everything on his own anymore. As long as Mom is around he's fine and you would never know, but he can't pay bills (numbers) or do small repairs (sequences),so my Mom's biggest worry is what will happen if she is gone or even just too unwell to keep an eye out for him. Therefore, I am retiring early and we are moving to Salmon Arm. My last day of work will be 01 February 2017. Again, when I choose that date it seemed so far away. We currently have the long break at work, so when I get back I will have 20 days to get my job tidied up so that someone can step into my shoes. Argh.
However, all anxieties aside, we have this Christmas to celebrate together, with family and friends, so that's pretty good!
Best wishes to you and yours!
Lorne arrived safely in Salmon Arm yesterday. The Coquihala was lousy, and the road from Kamloops to Salmon Arm, although much of it multiple lane highway, was two ruts in the snow, one for each direction. He went for a nap three hours ago and hasn't surfaced yet. He brought cat, and now Chuck and Mom & Dad's two girls are determining who is top cat and who gets the best places to sleep. No fights yet,just hissing.
We are in Salmon Arm for Christmas because my Mom has been diagnosed with cancer. She had a complete hysterectomy in November, but it didn't get all of the cancer, so she has started chemo therapy. She had her first treatment this past Tuesday, and I came up on Sunday to attend it, and the information session the day before.
As you may have seen earlier, my parents put their house up for sale in the summer. It sold the day before my Mom got her diagnosis. So,while my Mom went down to the coast for her surgery and then came home for recovery, they have been moving house. In fact, I went up to Salmon Arm before my Mom was out of the hospital because they had people coming to pack up things in their house and someone needed to open the door. :)
So, this has been a very stressful fall for all of us. We are at Mom and Dad's new condo in Salmon Arm, and there are still boxes everywhere. Aaaaand we're having another four people over for Christmas Dinner. Of which, one pair is my aunt and uncle, and my uncle just had a bout of arrythmetic heart, which took him into hospital two days ago (he's out now), and the other of which are family friends, and the woman just had knee surgery this past Monday. These dinner parties always seems like a good idea until one gets closer to the day. :)
The other part of this is that my father's cognitive abilities are starting to be compromised, so he can't do everything on his own anymore. As long as Mom is around he's fine and you would never know, but he can't pay bills (numbers) or do small repairs (sequences),so my Mom's biggest worry is what will happen if she is gone or even just too unwell to keep an eye out for him. Therefore, I am retiring early and we are moving to Salmon Arm. My last day of work will be 01 February 2017. Again, when I choose that date it seemed so far away. We currently have the long break at work, so when I get back I will have 20 days to get my job tidied up so that someone can step into my shoes. Argh.
However, all anxieties aside, we have this Christmas to celebrate together, with family and friends, so that's pretty good!
Best wishes to you and yours!
