The above photo of Baby the Maltese just about sums up how we are all feeling right now. What a crazy week.

• Monday was my mom and dad’s 37th wedding anniversary! When I was younger and didn’t totally understand everything, I told people that my folks got hitched 5 days after I was born. Of course later I grew up a bit and realized that there were 3 years of being married before I was born.
• On an unrelated note I also told people that all we drank at home was wine. My folks called sparkling cider/grape juice wine, and again, being little I didn’t know there was a difference.
• Tuesday my dad had a fall and hit his head. He had been having some difficulty walking recently too, and due to a medication he is on we needed to take him to the hospital. Well, it turns out that he has Type 2 Diabetes! That was what was causing weakness in his legs and what caused the fall. Gratefully his head was fine and there wasn’t any damage.
• Today we got to bring my dad home from the hospital. They have a lot that they will have to figure out with the new diet and medication routine. Now not only does he have to watch his sodium intake due to the strokes and high blood pressure, but now he gets to watch carb/sugar as well. Oh yes, and the 9 shots a day are going to be a hoot too! Luckily he has a good attitude about it.

Obviously we are all very tired and there is still a lot to do. Everything sure does get thrown off when someone is in the hospital. For example, I am playing major catch up on laundry and tomorrow I am sure that either I will be doing some major grocery shopping while my mom stays with my dad, or vice versa. It’s times like this though when I am very glad that we live so close to one another.