Mom's Birthday Weekend

Mom came up the weekend before her birthday (Feb 22-25) so that we could spend some time together and celebrate.  Things got so busy last year that we never were able to celebrate, so she put it on her calendar in the Fall and was determined to come up and us have this time together.  So determined, in fact, that she drove up to Gainesville (a three hour drive from Wauchula) with a fever and not feeling quite well.  We had talked about going to the Gator Baseball game that Friday night, but once she got her and her face was burning up - I decided that we were going to take it easy and stay in.

We went and grabbed some lunch, then Mom proceeded to take a several hour nap (she claims that she wasn't sleeping the whole time, but she spent a good 3 hours laying on my couch).  I watched some T.V., dozed a little myself, and piddled around the apartment (I'm not used to being home and not having something to do on a Friday afternoon before 5).  We ordered pizza for dinner (Mom had never had Papa John's so I thought I'd introduce her) and watch Casablanca (first time for both of us).

Saturday, Mom said she was feeling a bit better and so I fixed breakfast for us (scrambled eggs, grits, and toast) and we had a rather lazy morning, just watching movies on T.V.  Then on Saturday afternoon, we went to get pedicures, then had dinner at Red Lobster (Mom has a thing for lobster), and then a friend of mine had given me tickets to the Gator Basketball game and so Mom and I went to our first UF Basketball game (see pics below)!  We enjoyed the game, but Mom started getting tired and not feeling 100% so we left at halftime and went home.

Sunday we were supposed to go to O'Brien to visit some cousins, but Mom definitely wasn't feeling up to it. I decided, while she napped, that I was going to call Dad and have him and one of the brothers come get Mom and her car (someone would need to drive her home).  Mom wasn't ready to go to that "extreme" and so I said that she was going to the doctor instead! Sometimes a daughter has to put her foot down and make a parent do something!  We went to an UrgentCare Center and found out that she had bronchitis and a bad sinus infection.  We went home with four prescriptions and the promise that she should be able to drive home the next day as planned (at least none of the drugs should hinder her driving).  Mom went to bed a bit early - around 9 - while I stayed up and watch the Oscars.

Monday morning Mom woke up feeling much better and although I was not ready for our time together to end, I was glad that she was feeling and sounding well enough to drive home.  It was a nice weekend with my Mom, but hopefully next time she won't be sick and we'll be able to do a bit more :)  Here are the pictures from the Basketball game:

Mom and I before the game started

Gators warming up

Albert being crazy as the team
officially takes the court

I will head to Wauchula on Wednesday after work to enjoy the end of my last Spring Break as a UF student!  I have some fun times planned for me and the kids!  Some of them just went to Disney and I can't wait to hear all about it.