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Too bad DD doesn't have the type of job she can do remotely. Our local airline also only flies to our destination 2-3 times a week.

Good that both your brother and you will be there for the meeting. Best to have a united front. Fingers crossed that your parents will finally accept help.

Did you buy a coffee bar and put it together? I was thinking of getting something like that for my dining area.

Nice that DH still maintains connections with his former family like I do. You can't have too much family!

Nice to get some extra time with DD but boo that she had to burn PTO or take time off without pay.

Best of luck with the social worker meeting. Hope your parents agree to the help they need!

Yesterday's snow turned out to be a decent snowstorm, about 5 inches. Roads were slick and cars were in the ditch as we drove to the movie theater to see Wake Up Dead Man ( Knives Out #3). A lot of critics and DD and DH thought it was even better than number 2, The Glass Onion. It was good, but in Glass Onion , Daniel Craig camped it up so deliciously, and I missed that in this version. Still would recommend all 3 movies in this series.

At about 10am today, DD's flight leaving at 6pm was cancelled. She is flying on Sun Country. They are a smaller airline, with fewer planes, so when they have a delay or cancellation, it's harder to rebook. DD was able to get a seat on the next available flight (which wasn't until Tuesday, at 7am). We are happy to have her another day, but she is either going to have to take a day without pay, or burn another PTO day, of which she has so few.

I spent a lot of time reading today, and looking out the window at the snow. If there's going to be snow on the ground, might as well have enough to cover up at the grass, and twigs, and dead leaves. The snowblower fired up nicely, which is always a welcome sound every winter. I baked some more banana bread, and didn't do much else, besides load and unload the dishwasher, and chat with DD whie we solve all the problems of the world. I'm saving my energy to drive to my parent's house tomorrow for the meeting with the social worker. I texted my brother to make sure he knew about it. He didn't, but he had been planning on going over to their house to check on them. I told my Mom he needed to be there too, and she said yes. I feel like some triangulation is going on again. He does A LOT of their care. I am not going to help make any decisions without his input.

What a complete and total delight that I don't have to go back to work tomorrow after having an extended break. So awesome!

I think I'm a little sick? Sinuses a little drainy. I'm achy and my skin hurts (so weird) but no fever. Headachy and tired. So I'm still in my jammies.

I did thoroughly clean out the kitchen of everything on the counters. I didn't have a lot of decor in there, but there were a lot of little piles I needed to do things with, but hadn't yet. All that stuff has been relocated to the rooms that make the most sense to deal with them. I can work on that this week while the ceiling work is happening. And bonus, the counters got a full wipe down and I can be more judicious about what goes back. They'll be here at 7am. So I'll be up early!

Not quite sure what i'm going to et this week... Microwaved, cold things, or takeout, I'm guessing.

Okay, nap time! Take care...