One of Those Days

Did you ever have one of those days? Yesterday was mine.
1. Left for the other rehab only to be stalled on the highway due to an accident. Got around it.
2. On the pass over the hill, a stop light was out so every car had to stop at the far end. Traffic was backed up for miles. Took 30-minutes for a 10-minute drive.
3. Arrived to the other rehab and no parking. Anywhere. Not the streets surrounding it. Not the parking lot. I almost gave up until someone left and I grabbed their space.
4.  It was then that I realized that I forgot my oxygen. I had to do a reduced intensity workout.
5.  Afterwards, I met mom at her place, we talked, went to Starbucks, drove to her hospital for her GYN appointment. We valet parked at the main hospital, where we were told the department had its clinic. Wrong. They are doing massive building and it was impossible to walk from the hospital to the other building. We took a shuttle that took 10-minutes.
6.  Being dropped off between two buildings, we walked to ours and asked where the cafe was for some lunch before the appointment. It was in the other building. Walked back. Had a great cheap, quick lunch, actually.
7. Arrived 10-minutes early for our appointment and no one was there. Sat and waited until someone arrived right at 1:00. It was then that we found that mom did not have an appointment. She didn't bring the paper that confirmed it so we made an appointment for next Friday.
8.  We walked back to the other building where we caught the shuttle back to the hospital and its valet service.
9.  We drove mom home and I arrived home safe and sound. I was not going to leave the house!

What a mess. Mom found the paper that showed she did indeed have an appointment, phoned them only to discover that they had tried to phone her to cancel it. The doctor had to do an emergency surgery. Mom doesn't have a cell phone and we were already on the road.

I am pleased to report that we had a quiet dinner and all was well up until the phone rang and Michael had to go to rescue a friend. Police were involved but all turned out well in the end.

Today should be a bit better, I hope. The funeral is this morning. A sad day.