It hasn't been a great past few months. My grandmother is 93, and to be honest, she doesn't love her life. It's awful to see her in this state. She just lies in bed most of her days, and she doesn't even turn on the TV. She really declined the week of my dad's birthday, and I think the fact that it was his 70th birthday was a factor in that. The hard part is that there isn't really anything physically wrong with her, so it's just hard right now. My sister has decided that someone needs to check in with her each day, so I'm trying to make at least 2, and sometimes 3 trips to my hometown. I'll have much more flexibility to do that when the summer comes.
Things have also been pretty tough with the kids. To be honest, while Thomas loves his job, the hours were really, really hard on him, and he was absolutely awful to be around. He was downright mean to me often times. Fortunately, some things have changed with his schedule and it works better for him. And I don't have words about Catherine. I love her, and I have to believe that she'll be okay, but her choices are less than wise. I'm grateful she finally has a job again, and I can only hope this puts her on the path she needs to be on.
I truly had no idea that parenting young adults could be so much more difficult than parenting teenagers. As Andrew said, there is that sick feeling in our stomachs that we get when we see a poor choice turning into a disaster, but we are powerless to stop it.
It's been a crazy spring in terms of weather as well. Last Tuesday we huddled with the pets (who were willing to join us) in our hallway as we were in the path of a tornado. Ohio is leading the country in tornadoes this year, and I sure could do without that.
Looking forward to brighter times. First, we have to get through my least favorite day of the year tomorrow with the end-of-year ceremony, but we will get through it!
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