Wednesday evening

I finally got tired of waiting for a call from the hospital, so I called them. The woman that does the scheduling was off yesterday and hadn't completed the scheduling when I called around noon, but anticipated that she would be finished in about 30 minutes. At 3:00, I again was tired of waiting, so I called back and she decided she could do it while I was on the phone. Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7. We'll go in on Monday (July 6) to get the pre-op bloodwork, MRI, etc. completed and get the details of what's going on Tuesday.

Mom and I spent the day puttering around the house doing this and that. We were able to have lunch and ice cream out on the deck before the rain came. I'm trying to figure out her system (or lack thereof) for paying the bills and managing the checkbook in case I need to do it in the near future. Mom is somewhat unorganized and this nearly drives me crazy so we spent part of this afternoon organizing! It's something I enjoy much more than she does, but we got to spend the day together so I guess she tolerated all my organizing.

We're all looking forward to Tina's lasagna tomorrow night and then the rally on Friday evening! Uncle Allen and Aunt Mary Ann are starting their trip home for Mom's surgery from Texas this evening, so pray for their safe arrival. Justin and Allison are planning on spending part of the weekend with us, as well, so Mom is excited for that!