That's for her 80th birthday...^^^^

OP here - my mother came from AZ for her 80s. I wanted her here but was dismayed because her immunity is low. Sure enough, as I said, she was diagnosed with pneumonia a few days ago, and now I find out that it came from a family friend who had it two weeks ago and while, well, apparently was probably still a carrier. The doc who saw her said that it's unusual this time of year, so it was probably someone close she came into contact with. Typhoid Mary - identified.


She's supposed to fly home on Wed, and I admit I was looking forward to a couple weeks with my SIL (who has her own house here). Now it looks like I will be spending that with my mother trying to keep her out of the hospital, then driving home and getting my daughter ready for her first year of college out of state.

I can't begin to tell you how much I needed this time to decompress. I can't continue this pace for much longer without physical collapse - the shit has been hitting the fan for damn near two years and I finally saw a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

Good chance after we get my daughter off to school, I'm going to take off for a few days by myself somewhere.

Anonymous wrote:Fish and company start to smell after 3 days. Visitors can come for 3 days, that's it. Block several weeks. Limit number of guests in house at a time. And all must strip beds, wash sheets and remake before leaving. This is a rule at my parents beach house and they have never had trouble from any guest follow it.

We just spent a few days at a family vacation home after the insistence of the hosts (I didn't believe them last summer when they said, "please use it!"). The rule was clean the whole place, vacuum, wash sheets, etc. we left it cleaner than we found it plus sent a thank you gift. And we were very grateful. I would never ever ask someone if I could use the house they paid for.

Fish and company start to smell after 3 days. Visitors can come for 3 days, that's it. Block several weeks. Limit number of guests in house at a time. And all must strip beds, wash sheets and remake before leaving. This is a rule at my parents beach house and they have never had trouble from any guest follow it.