SENIOR MOMENTS

Come this Feb. 9th is Liam's 5th birthday. Papa decided he wanted to go skiing and get some good runs in. Mama and Mimi decided to go to South Center Mall area to buy some movies and get Liam a birthday certificate as part of his present. We decided to leave the house early enough to get the present and be back home before the rain/snow were to start. So of course we get to the shopping center and bought everything one needs for a rainy day except mama forgot to buy THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT!!! Which is why we went there in the first place!!! Gawd how I hate these senior moments.

On the way home mama decided to check in on grandma and grandpa. This morning mama had called to see how they were doing. Grandpa says that their power went out last night and they had no heat. The temperature last night was down to 25, do you think they would call and tell us? Hm? Heck no they did not!!! When we got there, the power was on but not the heat. They were waiting for the furnace man to come and light the pilot light. While mama and Mimi were there, the power went out again. Mama had tried to convince them to come to our house but grandpa refused. Said he wanted to wait to see if the power will come back on. Mama says that she married into a family that are a bunch of hard heads including her own immediate family!!!

Mama could not take the cold any longer so she left them her cell phone and said that she would call them in about an hour or so to make sure they were alright. In the meantime after arriving home, she called papa and asked him to go check on grandma and grandpa before coming home. He was in Enumclaw by this time. Enumclaw is not far from us so he did. When papa got home, he said that when he arrived at his parents home, the power was on and the furnace guy had just left their house. So now they have heat. Thank goodness.