Mom’s 80th

It was my mom’s 80th birthday this past Friday. Naturally I was down there to help celebrate.

There was some initial talk about doing a party for her and inviting friends and doing all the things- but mom didn’t seem too keen on this idea. she much preferred a low key thing, which was fine with me. I honestly had no earthly idea how to plan anything for her.

How do I wrangle her different friend groups? Where do we do it? And how do I keep her from getting too thckered out? Mom has about 1.5 hours in the gas tank before she’s exhausted.

She had friends come by on Wednesday for a small party. And someone else came by Thursday for her. And she got bouquets of flowers and lots of card, FB wishes, etc.

I picked her up on Friday, took her for a mani/pedi, and then cooked her a steak dinner at the house that evening. I had also made her favorite: yellow cake with chocolate fudge frosting. She also had a visit from two different sets of friends that day.

While at the house I mowed and picked up, cut down the dead pampas grass, did laundry, dishes, cleaned, etc.

We spend the night on Friday at the house, then on Saturday cousin Teresa came over and I made brunch for us all. We had a good long visit and then I got mom back to the retirement home by 4pm. Then it was dinner and I was in the road back to Minneapolis.

I think she had a decent birthday. At least I hope she did.