I started this blog on New Years of
this year. I was faithful to write every
single day – or almost every day. But
when school ended, so did my once-a-day posts.
My focus had to be on Jenna. And
when school started back up, mom’s memory had deteriorated and so I seemingly
started spending more time with her (especially when Corey had gone back to Las
Vegas – where he is now registered as a permanent resident in the state of
Nevada) and so I still haven’t gotten back to one a day. Perhaps I never will.
Kayla and her two children met Jenna
and me at my mom’s on the Thursday of Thanksgiving. I had gone because it was my day and we had
already celebrated Thanksgiving dinner with the family on the Saturday prior. Kayla brought her kids because Bill wanted to
clean the carpets.
They had left the house about 1:00 to
return home to make dishes for their Thanksgiving dinner with one of Bill’s
sisters (the one who lives in Utah) and baby brother.
Roland was planning on doing dinner at
3:00 – but time got away from him, I guess.
I boiled potatoes and mashed them.
They were ready at two. I don’t
think I started the gravy until 3:00.
At 3:30 Jenna and “Grandma” and I got
into the car and drove to my house for dinner.
Mom seemed to enjoy Thursdays dinner
more than the dinner we had on Saturday.
For one thing she was a lot more alert.
For another thing, dinner on Thursday was quite small. Only five of us. We had turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy,
biscuits and rolls, and green beans. Ice
cream for dessert.
After we had finished eating, Roland
wanted to play spades. I don’t know if
my mom has even played spades before.
And explaining games to her is a chore as it is. But we went with it. Explaining the rules every time we dealt.
Randy and Carrie had dropped by. I was surprised to see them. They had come to see mom. And Roland decided it would be fun to play
spades in teams. Randy said he wanted to
play by himself – and so Roland decided that he would give him grandma’s
handicap and would appear that he was playing by himself.
She had bid three tricks at one time
when Randy had nothing in his hand. She
probably could have taken them if she had thrown out her lowest spade rather
than her highest.
When we were down to two cards Kevin
leaned across the table and said, “Grandma, I thought you said you had three” (referring
to the tricks)
“I did. And now I only have two” (referring to the
cards left in her hand) everybody at the table (except for Randy and my mom)
started laughing. And then mom smiled as the rest of us were laughing. And Randy stared ahead in unbelief.
After a few more rounds, Biff
volunteered to take grandma home (as I don’t drive at night – otherwise I would
have gone)
It was actually not a good night for
Randy (card wise) and actually a better night for me than usual. When Randy announced that he and Carrie had
to go, Biff and I were certain that the only reason why he left was because he
was losing. We both figured if he hadn’t
gone so far down into the hole, he would have continued playing.
Today I will take Jenna with me to
Bill and Kayla’s where we will hang for most of the day. Roland has some work ahead of him that will
be accomplished easier if Jenna’s not around.
Plus I would really like to play games with them.
Jenna has a possible hair
appointment. I will call at 1:30 to
verify. If not, we will just stay longer
with Bill and Kayla. And if Roland
finishes with what he needs to accomplish, maybe Bill and Kayla will come here
for some more games afterwards (if I remember to take Roland’s turkey to their
house for lunch, that alone could bring Bill back for more)
I’m grateful that mom had a good day
yesterday. I’m happy to hear that Corey
had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I missed
him. But I’m happy for the opportunities
that he has right now to get on with his life in Las Vegas.
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