G'day for Friday.
Definitely no snow here either, Rabbit. Even though it's 32 degrees. Celsius, of course. It felt a lot hotter, but the humidity was about 80%. Then we got an afternoon storm which dampened the ground briefly, before adding to the humidity.
Sharon/WO, I hope you get those naps your body is craving. Keeping a good pillow in the car helps a lot.
We did get to the beach late this afternoon just as the storm began to roll in. I got a bit of sunbaking in during the middle of the day but it was just too hot to stay out on the deck for long. I was a lather of sweat when I came in.
We've been on the phone a bit today plus email, trying to keep people informed about mother in law as well as informing ourselves. She's still in hospital but keeps believing that she's coming out of hospital imminently. She tells this to sis-in-law over the phone, who then nags us for not following through and making it easier for her to come home - when really, she's nowhere near ready. The nurses tell her this, she is quite compus, she just doesn't want to hear it.
We'll take her out tomorrow for the day, then take her back to the hospital in the evening. On Monday the hospital are bringing her out to her house with the Occupational Therapist (OT) to do an assessment on the place, to make sure it is safe for her. easy child will be there (she and SIL1 arrived tonight, about half an hour ago) so the two OTs will be able to get their heads together. Tuesday is Australia Day and a public holiday, easy child & SIL1 will be heading home before then, probably after the Occupational Therapist (OT) visit. mother in law is hoping, and therefore believing, that she won't be going back to hospital on Monday after the home visit, but of course she will have to, it's the rules. And they are unlikely to discharge her on a public holiday. However, we do expect her to be able to come home probably Wednesday. Meanwhile she is in hospital in air-conditioned comfort during the worst of this heatwave.
We're looking forward to tomorrow - the entire family, all our kids and partners plus mother in law, all going to see "Wicked" together. mother in law in wheelchair, me on my usual crutch of course, daughter in law using my old crutches with her broken foot. We'll be a right mob of crocks. We're planning on getting to the theatre early. Won't have time to go to a restaurant for lunch but we'll be very close to Chinatown as well as Harry's Cafe de Wheels, so we'll be able to get our choice of good Aussie fast food (I include Chinese as 'good Aussie fast food') while we wait at the theatre. Afterwards easy child & SIL2 will have to leave to spend time with his family, but I'm hoping to organise the kids to visit us on Sunday for dinner. A sort of joint birthday dinner for husband & difficult child 3. And maybe for difficult child 1, whose birthday is just over a week away.
husband has another week off work; difficult child 3 goes back to school next week; easy child 2/difficult child 2 is back to evening college. It all happens the day after Australia Day.
So today was maybe our last quiet day for some time!
Enjoy your Friday, everyone.
Marg