It’s been a very busy and stressful week, and it’s not getting better any time real soon. Mom had several recurrences of her leak. We thought we finally fixed the issue, but the leak came back yesterday. Because it started on the weekend, nothing will happen until tomorrow. Mom is understandably upset. In the mean time, Danita spent a lot of time at Riderwood preparing for Bud’s move. Ed and Lynne helped out a couple of days, and I helped out another. Bud got moved Saturday as planned. The move went well physically, but Bud is confused and upset. I could tell more detailed stories, but it’s the emotional issues that are hardest. By dinner time, we are generally both exhausted.

Danita and I took today off. We went to Church, had a nice breakfast, and spent the day resting. Danita will be back at Riderwood tomorrow, sorting through stuff. Tuesday is a family meeting at Riderwood to discuss what to do with the stuff that wasn’t moved. I’ll be staying close to a phone so I can talk with service people.

I had a humorous happening this week. I went to the audiologist to get fitted for my hearing aids. I was driving home, playing with the GPS, and noticing all the different sounds I was hearing with my hearing aids, when my phone rang. I was in our fancy new car with all its fancy features. I could answer the phone simply by pushing a button on the screen, which I did. The call was routed through the car’s sound system. It was Stew, the guy from the condo association. I wanted his advice on what the building’s responsibilities are. Unfortunately, the car continued to play the GPS instructions while I was on the phone. I couldn’t see how to turn the navigation off. So Stew and I talked, listening to the nav system tell me which way to turn, while I tried find the kill button for the nav, and also think through the implications of what Stew was telling me. And drive the car without hitting anybody. It was quite the technology tangle. It turns out there’s a big circle on the nav screen with an “x” in it. I don’t know why I didn’t see it.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.