Our scrum ran 2hrs but it was well balanced, I felt 'back in the saddle and we got a lot of things coordinated. The cleaners came and tackled both of the kid's rooms. This might be the turning point for them to get inspired to keep things in order. It's certainly motivating me and Jen's delighted too. I learned today that my initial belief that I have full 'rights of survivorship' is indeed defensible. I just hope that never becomes necessary. It certainly does take some stress off of me to know that. Lauren got her bioptic lenses and was reading things along with the drive home that she'd otherwise not have seen. It's a great next step towards her license. Tommy came and sat with me last night for about 30 minutes and asked me all sorts of questions about his mom's current state. We talked very candidly about everything related to what the road ahead looks like. He's doing his best to process it. I think it's been a lot easier for him than Lauren. He said that if she had just died suddenly he would've never been able to forgive himself for things unsaid and unresolved. Like father, like son. I've been looking for a GE FM-AM Clock Radio Model 7-4621A for about two+ years since I passed it up at Goodwill in Morgan Hill. Tonight, I just felt this urge and compulsion to go to the local thrift store. Like something was waiting there for me. And there was. Now, $3.50 and some 40+ years later, one is sitting beside the wooden valet I found a while back that's identical to the one I had in my youth as well. Lauren got a wide range of clothes including several dresses that just look wonderful on her. We visited her mom after the trip to get the Bioptics. I was busy with work in parallel. She's seeming to be calmer but it's still an awful situation and I'm waiting for more info from the social workers about their efforts to get her talking more about her condition. It's all so upsetting but as I and others have said before, she's the one really going through something horrible. It's still a nightmare. I feel like Tommy's managing his approach for acceptance and closure very well. Linda's unwilling to talk about it. Lauren barely does either. And I try to make every effort to help them all.
