There and back again...LA version

[phyncke]

So I went to Los Angeles for last weekend - it was a two-fer. My brother had gotten a teaching award at UCLA and I wanted to go to the awards ceremony - and we got to celebrate my birthday. So that is the two for one special - actually three in one as my parents came in and I got to visit with them too. We did lots of fun things and had a grand time. Here is the run down -

-awards ceremony at UCLA Chancellor's House - Friday
-mani-pedi's for the three girls - Saturday
-dinner at The Strand House, Manhattan Beach - Saturday
-visit the science museum, Imax of Hubble Telescope and visit the space shuttle Endeavor - Sunday
-concert by Bruce Brubaker, pianist at the LA County Museum - playing Phillip Glass selections - Sunday

It also was important to touch base with my parents. My mom is 77 and my dad is 84. They are getting up there and doing well but seems like age is settling in. My dad went to see a great audiologist in LA and got new hearing aids. This is a huge thing as his old hearing aids were not working very well at all and were pretty run down. I notice my mom is stumbling around a lot and she wears these platform shoes 2-3 inches there. I have to figure out how to tell her and get her to wear flats. She is really unsteady on her feet and she took a fall in her house earlier in the year. I am worried about her falling again. So what do I do? I am trying to figure out how to broach the subject and handle this without hurting her feelings. If anyone has any ideas - feel free to comment.

Anyhoo. This is the stuff I am dealing with. Work is very very busy. I don't hardly get to breathe when I am there. Just too busy and getting busier.

So that is all I have. Thanks to everyone who left me birthday messages. It was amazing! *hugs to all*


by laurahonest

Hope all is well with you and yours there.

Comments

[jaiden-s.livejournal.com]

I hear ya about aging parents. My mom is 82 and my dad is 89. Still in good health, thankfully. I think you have to just say it to your mom straight out that you're afraid she's going to fall again. She needs to hear the truth, even if it hurts her feelings a little.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

That is very good advice, chica. I think I will do that. She is not going to like it but better that than she take a fall and break something at her age.

[perkyandproud.livejournal.com]

If you can swing it, maybe take your mother shoe shopping? Buy her a pair of really cute flats and broach the subject that way?

Yay for having a lovely time with family! I am glad you had a good birthday! :)

*hugs you*

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

I could do that when I go visit. That might be the way to go. We live on opposite coasts but we do have a great shoe store that we like to hit when we go shopping. So good idea! I think I need to say something sooner than later but I will use this as a strategy when I go visit with her.

Had a great birthday. Thanks, lovey! *hugs*