posted on February 14, 2001 04:30:46 PM new
As many of you know, my mom - who is a hoot - is in a retirement home. She came down with the flu, and told the doctor she thought she had "Mad Cow Disease". She has an incredible sense of humor. Anyway, she still has the flu and now it's a respiratory infection. She has asthma, and isn't doing very well. It takes her a long time to bounce back from these types of illnesses. So anyway, don't you know that today she was crowned Valentine Queen at the annual Valentine's Day party at the "home"! And she said she was so sick, that she couldn't even go to the party. So they brought the crown to her room, where she was laying in bed, in a hospital gown, with really bad bed hair. And the icing on the cake was this: she says "They even took my picture for the newspaper, and my hair was a mess, but I didn't care. I felt too lousy. But I got a corsage." Doesn't it just figure that she finally gets to be the Valentine Queen, and she's too sick to enjoy it? Geez. That will be my luck some day.
posted on February 14, 2001 04:40:59 PM new
Muriel...what a wonderful treat for your Mom, even if she was not up to all the festivities. I'm sure she will enjoy the honor.
That's sorta like when I moved out here and didn't know a soul and it was so wonderful to be able to run to the store with no makeup and grubby jeans on. I could never do that in my hometown because you always ran into someone you knew. Fastforward 14 years and now I can't go to the store with no makeup and grubby jeans on. Think it's time to relocate? hehe
