Mom And Her Eyes

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Mom had gone to her eye appointment and was told that the cataract in the one eye was ready to be removed however, the specialist needed to see her first before scheduling the procedure. She was so excited and looking forward to finally getting the cataract removed and being able to see good again. Well today she saw the specialist and they found a tear in her retina which required surgery right away there in the office. It was a bit painful for her but it had to be done or she'd have lost her eye sight. Now she has to wait four more months before having the cataract removed. Gee, does it ever end? She's so depressed. Nothing we do for her makes her smile. She'll smile on the outside but not on the inside. In other words, you can see it's a strained smile. Hubby and I try our best to clean their house as often as possible but we have so much to do ourselves with our own home that it's hard to get up there but we do try. The last time we did it was on Monday and we try to get up there every two or three weeks to do it but being that it's summer time which creates more work that needs to be done and not enough time in the day to do it all in. We thought we were caught up for a while til our microwave died on us so we had to get a new one however, the first one wasn't vented out so, of course, we want to have the new one vented out or we'd have to continue dealing with a hot kitchen every time we cooked. No thanks! ugh! So hubby has to cut out a hole in the brick wall of our house to 'vent out' our new microwave, something that he's never done before but is doing alright so far. It's just that, if it's not one thing, it's another and we just don't have a lot of time to devote to my parents place but we have to find the time because there's so much that they need done or repaired and nobody to do it. We've been trying to get to South Carolina to see a family that we knew while hubby and this guy were active duty in the army and haven't been able to yet. Just too much to do here plus mom and her condition. She was doing really well there for a while as far as being dizzy and numb but it's all come back again and mostly in the afternoon and early evening and she still can't write. As for the cross stitch that I'm making for my dad, it's coming along right well. I've worked on it a good 10 - 12 hours yesterday and it's moving right along. I've finished the boy and the grass but now am working on the horse which has a ton of different colors which takes time to put in but it's coming along though. Do you ever feel like you're being pulled in every direction and you don't know which way to go first? Does it ever end (in a good way)?