Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Mom
Mom wanted to attend the Iowa family reunion last weekend, so I asked that she go over her route with me (arranged to borrow a GPS if she wanted to try it), call before/after travel so I knew she was safe, etc. She didn't remember any of these things, but did leave her hotel information, so I tried to confirm her safety that way. The hotel was oversold, and had no record of her, and she never said anything about which other relatives might be attending, so I just kept calling her cell phone. Eventually, she went to call her cousin Elizabeth and accidentally dialed me. Once I knew she'd gotten to Iowa safely, though she said she did get lost on the way there, she slid on a gravel road and put her car into a ditch. It's totalled, so I'm driving there today to bring her home. It's hard to even recognize her any more, since so much has changed so quickly.
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I'm sorry.I had some trouble getting there as I got off of #20 a few times, and when I got to Waterloo the girls had just checked in and I got caught up in who was going to sleep where and the toilet problems in our unit and trying to get to the restaurant about a mile away to meet Lora and Dave and Ed on time. Also, when we were checking in Allen and Louise and kids had just come in so we spent some time talking with them, plus trying to get enough bedding and pillows--the housekeeper was gone and desk clerk was trying to do it all.
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