Today

That's a great title for a post, isn't it? :-)
Today I took Mom to her chemo treatment. It's a long treatment, so I was going to drop her off and then Dad was going to come and pick her up, but since it had been a while since Mom and I had just sat and talked, I decided to stay for a bit...so I was there for 4 hours. It was fun. We talked non-stop almost the whole time about everything from strawberries to Eastern Rite Liturgies...very cool. That's one thing that I love about my relationship with my mom...we can talk about pretty much anything. Granted, we don't always agree, but we can still talk. :-) I was taken aback a bit when we first got there...I don't know what I was expecting. They have a whole room for patients receiving chemo, and as we walked through that, I realized how much I take for granted. I almost felt embaressed walking through the room because I'm a perfectly healthy person and felt like I shouldn't be there. It was one of those moments that I will refer to from now on as a "manalive moment." (I think I'm liking the book more than I thought I would). It was a "holy smokes I'm alive and healthy and when was the last time I stopped and thanked God for it" moment. All I can say is, it was good. Anyway, after talking forever, we put on "Gross Point Blank"...very fun movie...I watched about a third of it before I headed out...Mom was almost done by that point, and Dad was going to be there soon. The long and short of it is, I'm really glad I went. I was just going to drop her off, but knew that it took a while for everything to get set up, so I figured I'd stay through that, and then there was always another reason to stay...even until I left...I felt like I should stay until Dad got there. But, I had some errands to run, so I left Mom to enjoy the movie.
I had to go to one of my least favorite places: the mall. It was the first time in goodness knows how long. It was fun though. I guess the trick for me is to go by myself, because usually I go to the mall with people, and I never enjoy it. I was in desperate need of shoes so of course I bought everything but. :-) After that I went out for coffee with Eric, went to Mass at St. Andrews, then over to "The Lap" for dinner with Alex, who then helped me buy the shoes that I couldn't find at the Mall. Thank goodness for online shopping. Buy shoes in the comfort of your own (or somebody elses) home. After that, it was home again for me! And that was my day.