David that is scary!

I'm with Mom. I texted her this morning to chat and say good morning. She said she wasn't feeling great and was having "extreme weakness" in her legs. But she had an appointment this afternoon. Which she was going to drive to.

I told her I'd come up and then argued with her some about it and got up here an hour before her appointment time. Except she wasn't home because she'd left for her appointment, she got confused about the time of the appointment and then when I was going to come up.

Then she refused to let me drive to the appointment. One thr drive she admitted to almost falling 2x recently and actually falling and her neighbor ladies couldn't help her up p they called 911. And she almost tripped over her feet getting out of the car at the doctors office.

I ended up with her keys when she went to see the doctor and she is now waiting for a CT scan and something else. We had a fight about if she should drive or not. She thinks she is fine to drive. She didn't ask the doctor about it, she didn't think it was necessary.

I want to call her doctor's office and ask them but I don't think she'll pay attention to them anyway. I'm not off again until Saturday and then I'm working until Tues.

Mom hates HATES having to rely on anyone. When I told her I was coming up she balked and then told me "you are teaching me to just hide things from you"

I'm so frustrated right now

Tell her that you just want to give back some of the care that she gave you.

Aging parents get like that, I'm afraid.

I’m sorry, askye, that is so frustrating. Your Mom is lucky you could come up.

Relying on people does sometimes bite the big one. Not as much as not having someone to count on, though. And nobody really goes it alone. (we all need doctors or mechanics or people that cook in restaurants.) (At least she knows you won't steal her purse and stuff.) Maybe there is something wrong with her balance that could be fixed? I mean, not always, obviously, but the way to get treated for something is to face up to it not sweep it under the carpet.

I’m sorry, askye. There are lots of things that can be the cause including dehydration which is a bigger with the elderly.

Yikes, David. Glad it wasn’t worse.

Heartwarming memories per my calendar of the Hec and JZ wedding. I understand the element of melancholy but mostly I remember it being magnificent and magical.

On the road. Got to NC last night.

I have an objection to register about today's Connections.

"Palm" and "Pom(eranian)" are not homophones.

Dana you made me go do connections so I could read your spoiler font, and while I did get it with no mistakes, I immediately said “oh I bet what Dana said is…” and I was right. And I agree with you. (I ended up with the last four because I’d gotten the others and not because I knew what they were supposed to be)

Heartwarming memories per my calendar of the Hec and JZ wedding. I understand the element of melancholy but mostly I remember it being magnificent and magical.

I have a pile-up of associations with this date now: Our wedding anniversary, JZ's memorial, Bay-To-Breakers this weekend (and the bizarre memory of having to cross the race full of people running in dinosaur costumes with JZ's ashes to deliver them to her mother).

22 years ago, Jacqueline and I got married. And it was magical.

In a moment of synchrony, shuffle just pulled up The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out."