Monday, June 23

Up at 8 a.m., but skipped my exercises, and just went on and showered and dressed, because I needed to take Mother to meet an appointment at the ophthalmologist's office around 10:30.

Didn't accomplish much before going for the appointment. Hubbie accompanied Mother to the van around 10 a.m., and we headed out. We were about 15 minutes early for the appointment, but we didn't have to wait long before Mother was ushered to a room to have a glaucoma test.

The tech was able to get a clear image of one of Mother's eyes, but she had to repeat the test about six times on the other eye. Even then she didn't get as sharp an image as she wanted. As it happens, the ophthalmologist is on vacation this week, so it will be next week before he can read the tests. So Mother has an appointment for July 3 to get the results.

Back home, we relaxed until time for lunch. Mother had her usual, Hubbie had a ham sandwich and chips, and I had a fried egg sandwich and chips. We no sooner sat down to lunch than it got very dark outside and the sky opened up. It rained very hard for several minutes, then stopped as quickly as it started.

After lunch, Mother went to her jigsaw puzzle, and Hubbie and I ran errands. We went to the library first to pick up two DVDs of "As Time Goes By." We began watching this series a week or so ago, but when we looked for more, the older library helper thought she'd need to place an order to buy them.

Later, another lady called to say that they in fact had two more DVDs, if we wanted to pick them up. Well, we'd already checked out the complete mini-series, "The Forsyte Saga," so we told the lady that we'd wait to get them until we finished this series. Fortunately, the DVDs were still on the shelf when we went there today. Maybe nobody is interested in the series but us. We like it because it's a comedy that appeals to a more mature audience.

From there, we went to the Extension Services office to deliver the forms I completed Saturday. Since we were in the neighborhood, we dropped by the farmer's market, where I picked up more yellow squash, as well as zucchini.  Then we went to a pharmacy/grocery store to pick up prescriptions and items needed for making lasagna tomorrow.

Back home, we each occupied ourselves...Mother with her puzzle, Hubbie in the puddled yard, and I reading my novel on e-tablet.

Later, for supper, we had veggies leftover from last night, with a fresh batch of cornbread. Mother was ready to go home afterward, so Hubbie accompanied her. Then he and I watched episodes of "The Forsyte Saga."

Later, I went to Mother's to put drops in her eyes. Naturally, just at that time, it started thundering and raining again, so I had to fumble with Hubbie's oversized one, because my own was probably in one of the vehicles.