Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Happy birthday to Mom

Today is Mom's birthday. She is in her 70's. Better to not say the exact number. I just spoke to her on the phone. She lives in Florida with dad. My brother Barry is visiting. They are looking for a dead rat that somehow got into the inner workings to my mom's outdoor jacuzzi. Apparently there is a smell issue. Glad I'm not down there for that one. So my birthday phone call was all about that.

I leave for my own visit down there on Saturday. Funny, with the cold and snow we've been getting you would think I'd be all excited about going but I'm not. I'm sure that will change by the time my plane lifts off but for the moment I just feel overwhelmed. I'm concerned mostly about leaving my cat Tigger alone. With Lisa so much farther away I don't expect she can look in on him and I know I need to ask my landlord if they can feed him for me but I still haven't done that. I have to pay the rent before I go so I'll try to do it then. So then he will at least be fed. Maybe I can get my niece Kate to stop in once or twice.

Not much else to mention. No phone call from anyone this week. I guess the whole Coleen thing is about as dead as can be. It is an 'out-of-sight-out-of-mind' thing. I'm sure things will pick up once I return from the trip. Or it won't. She was never going to step up so I've been trying to flip the obsession switch to off as much as I can. The good thing about this is I seem to have enough money for a while.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope you not getting on a plane? them things scare me.. and also we getting snow storms coming in here soon.. Have a safe trip tho either way! If I was there I would watch ofter the kitty :) I hope you find someone that will take care of her. Get a really big bowl of water and food for her and fill it up just in case.. She might be a little fater when you get back but atleast you know she's eating lol Say happy Birthday to your mom for me. :)

Anonymous said...

Or is it him? lol I forgot...

Cindy said...

What a perfect time for a trip!! I envy you going to the warm climate. Congrats to your mom on being 70 something! That's great! Well I have MORE snow to shovel and a roof to clear off.