Nicer times

In spite of the circumstances, we had a good weekend.  My mom's brother-in-law is headed to Duke for assessment for lung transplant.  Saturday evening, Lori took Mom and Dad to Mass with this uncle and his wife as well as a handful of other family members.  It did my parents wonders to get out of the house!  Yesterday I ran by after Derek and his crew had headed back to OKC in the snow.  I was visiting with everyone and sharing cookies from Peru.  These little cookies were hand made and iced by 9-yr old Luciana who is adorable with a capital A.  Mom really liked the flavor so we're going to get the recipe if Luciana will share it. 

As I visited about the upcoming week, they ran out of Poppycock popcorn.  The snow had started to come down pretty steadily so I offered to venture out to the one nearby store that sold it.  I got 8 bags!   I know they don't need that much today but I told Dad that if it made Mom happy to know she had that much on reserve, that's fine with me. I also found a great deal on another of their favorite candies.  When I returned Dad was lighting the fireplace.   Mom's started to have some visual sensations though we aren't sure exactly to what extent. The fireplace opening is a half moon (very pretty) so he had one side shut and asked if she could see a fire.  And she correctly said there is light on that sad and pointed the right way!   But she couldn't make out it was flames.  But that's good!

We reviewed the plans for the doc visits for the week.  Mom has a protime today but since it has snowed and many offices are closed, I think Lori will reschedule it.  Dad has an appt tomorrow with Dr. A.  I teach 6 am - 10 am in Van Buren so will drive like a bat out of you-know-where to get back to Fort Smith, pick him up, and get to the appointment.   I'd planned to take Mom which would have added more time to the trip but the weather has caused her to opt out of going.

Mom and Dad were both very much in good spirits.  They talked about Derek's wedding plans and that he'd given the wedding planner $8,000 (which comes to $24,000 Soles) and hoped that would cover all the stuff in Peru.   Gaby asked me to shop with her for a dress here in the states so that she has it to take with her rather than trying to find one there on a short notice.   We also have started working on the U.S. reception and started picking out cakes. 

That kind of talk was fun for them.

So a good day...