I had a nice weekend away at a ladies retreat with Julie, mom, and Oma. Julie was a real hit! So many people asked me "is she always this good?" She was an absolute angel!

The only downer was that Oma cried the whole time and said she wanted to go home. And we were 2.5 hours away from home. Yet when I asked her what was wrong, she would reply with "I don't know". Then I would tell her if she doesn't even know why she is upset, she should just decide not to be upset. Then we would have the same conversation 5 minutes later and again and again all weekend. I have really noticed a change in her in the last month or so. She just seems so depressed and sad all the time, yet she doesn't know why. Mom is taking her to the doctor tomorrow to get the doctor's opinion on whether Oma should go through the mediation process, so I think we will have a list of things to mention to the doctor. It is so sad to see Oma go through this. It has gotten really bad now she cries all the time and says "I don't know what I'm going to do". Yet she doesn't know why she is upset. And it's gotten to the point now that mom has to bribe her to shower and she refuses to wash her hair. I think we'll have to take her to a salon to have her hair washed once a week because she absolutely refuses to wash it herself yet she doesn't know why she doesn't want to. This is really hard on us all. I am looking after Oma the 2 evenings a week mom has to go to work. Tomorrow, mom is going to a support group for caregivers, so I really hope she gets some good support there.

On Thursday, we have Julie's follow-up appointment with the pediatrician to go over the results of her echo cardiogram, and I really hope everything is okay. I will be so relieved after that appointment.

On Saturday, one of my childhood friends is getting married. She and her fiance are getting married exactly one year to the day after their first date. I am looking forward to the wedding and then enjoying 2 turkey dinners on the weekend as well!