Playing ball...

I am playing ball with my little dog Newman (aka Macrame') to try and tire the monster out. Unfortunately, with staying late with my Dad, and then taking Mom out to dinner or to run errands afterward, I tend to get home pretty late. Which translates to the dogs being alone to sleep all day...So, they are pretty much raring to go all night...Well, more Newman than Tucker. His difficulty breathing and coughing pretty much tire him out. I try the long walks, but the only true answer, for Newman at least, is playing fetch. I sit in my office, which is directly down the hall from my room. So, I throw the ball down the hall and he bounds down to get it...Now he is panting and laying down...I may have made a dent.:)

I picked up Mom today and took her down to see Dad. He was pretty good today. He is so passionate and animated when he feels strongly about something...Problem is, he often doesn't know what he feels strongly about...At least he forgets halfway through the sentence. At one point this evening, in a heated, exclamatory story, he stops, looks up at the ceiling and says "I lost my train of thought...Where did it go?" And he looked me square in the eyes and said "That mother hitched up and left without me!" The three of us just laughed hysterically.

Mom said she was going to try and drive tomorrow. I have asked her to wait until at least Saturday when we can do a test run with me in the car. I would hate for her to get a few miles from the house only to realize she really can't drive. I am still not sure she is ready to drive, but I can say it until I am blue in the face, and it doesn't matter. She hates being housebound, and although I have told her we have lots of people offering to help, she likes to be independent and wants to go, where she wants to go, when she wants to go. I can relate, but I just don't want to run the risk of her accidentally pulling out in front of someone because she didn't see them. I think I guilted her into waiting until Saturday to give it a shot under my supervision. I guess I will just have to wait (and hope) and see. She wants to get down to see my Dad a little earlier tomorrow so she can take him outside, so hopefully she can get a ride around 3:30, and I can pick her up and take her home after my visit.

I am excited about the weekend. I am looking forward to getting some things done around the house. My garbage disposal went out, and my downstairs toilet mysteriously overflowed...I came downstairs to a small flood the other morning...Does anyone know if flushing one toilet can make another one overflow somehow? That is the only explanation I can think of. Anyway, a day to address the crazy failing appliances, and maybe take some donation stuff to Goodwill will help me to feel accomplished and help to get my house closer to orderly again.

I hope everyone has great plans for themselves this weekend. I am off to play one more round of fetch before going to bed myself.

Much love and happy Friday!