October 28th

Today after getting through all our rituals that we do in the morning  I went to the podiatrist about my foot.  It hurts a lot of the time but not in the same place as before.  I thought it might be a new thing but he said that it is still the tendon that I damaged in San Antonio.  He taped it and told me to ice it and make sure it is supported.  The tape hurt so bad I took it off when I got home.

Larry and I went to see Mom today and help her with whatever she wants.

Kirsten texted me when we were driving down and said that she had strep.  She had gone to the doctor to see why she was getting a sore throat after feeling better earlier in the week.  So I was glad that she had gone in.

Mom had just put in some laundry and she wanted to wait until it was dry before we went to get something to eat.  So, we talked for a while after I put the clothes she had washed in the dryer.  We were just getting ready to go to Denny’s and she suggested that I call and see if Aunt Myrna was okay with us coming up today.  So I called and she said that she would be there.

We went to Denny’s and had a good lunch.  Mom always wants to get the Chicken Noodle Soup when we go there.  She says that she loves it.  Then Mom said that she had to go home and change her shirt before we went to Myrna’s.  Then she also said that we needed to stop on the way to get Myrna some dark chocolate.  So we stopped at the See’s candy shop off of 12300 South in Draper.  Mom got a small box of dark chocolate covered chocolates.  Larry bought two sugar free candy bars.  They gave us all a sample and that was not good for me.  I ended up eating my half of the candy bars before we got to Myrna’s and Mother said she could not believe how much I ate.

We went to Myrna’s and Mom was really tender when we got there.  She had a quiver in her voice when she told Myrna how much she had missed her and that she really loved her.  It was a side of Mom I don’t see very often.  She stood by the bed and told Myrna how much she loved her several times before Myrna asked her to sit down.

Merrilee and Bryan came into the room and talked with us.  Merrilee brought us each a cookie that she had made.  Myrna said that she was cooking a lot of the meals that now which surprised Mom.  She said that Merrilee would not cook before.  She is really shy about doing new things.

We talked for about an hour.  I just stayed in the background mostly for some reason.  Larry spent a lot of time talking to them.  He seemed to be visably touched by the fact that Myrna looked a little better.  He also was very helpful to Mom.  He often offered her is arm to walk with him.  Larry is like Mom and I think sometimes that he understands her more than me because they are both very private people.

We started back about 4:30 p.m.  The traffic was bad for a while because of a wreck on the other side of the road but we finally made it back to Mom’s about 5:00 p.m.  We made sure she was okay and then we left because we wanted to get home in time for the Republican debate.  We worried all the way to Lehi about having to go another way home but by the time we turned around to head home the Freeway was clear and cleaned up.

It seemed like we stayed up late to watch the debate but it was only 9:00 p.m. when we finished watching that and some of the commentary.  There were a lot of good moments and most of them had good things to say but I still like Ben Carsen even if he doesn’t do very well at debate.