I mentioned I took some time off from work to give my daughter a hand following some surgery she had. This break coincided with her birthday; a big one, her 30th.
Here we are on our most recent trip to Monterey Aquarium along with a friend,
She wasn't able to bend over to pick things up, couldn't lift anything more than 5 pounds and couldn't go up and down stairs or drive anywhere. She lives on the upper level of a duplex and the washing machine and dryer are downstairs. My job was to get there each morning to take my granddaughter to school, do at least one load of laundry a day, take the puppy they acquired just days before her surgery out to pee or whatever...constantly and pick up granddaughter from school in the afternoon. I was willing and able to do anything else my daughter wanted or needed but it was never much. Once my son-in-law came home from work, I was free to return to mine.
I know she was hurting and mighty uncomfortable but we had a marvelous time. We talked a lot, watched many movies and just hung out with each other for four straight days. It was wonderful. I very much enjoyed the opportunity to spend her birthday with her. Her brother and cousin stopped in separately during the day to drop off a gift. Her daughter and I baked a birthday cake for her and all in all, it was a pretty mellow birthday. Turns out her husband had a surprise party planned for her the following weekend and so she was ushered into the 30's quite nicely.
2 comments:
SURELY you're not old enough to have a thirty-year-old daughter...! LOL! Lisa :-]
It was a very nice birthday indeed!
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