Beteween the Storms

What a howler of a storm in the wee small hours! Fortunately it only woke me momentarily, and I slept for almost seven hours before giving up around 4:30 AM, so I was in good shape to venture out into the NJ mountains to visit Mom in the nursing home. She's doing about as well as can be, seems to have plateau'ed but I'm not sure if that's good or not. I think her cognition has improved somewhat but it's hard to tell, me not being a professional or anything. In any case, it was a nice visit and I was back home in time for Robin and I to grab a lovely afternoon nap until Screeching Childers and the Loud Downstairs Neighbor (who's actually quite a nice chap, just a bit hearing impaired) woke us. We're going out tomorrow to take care of the last errands of 2024 (new sneakers, Robin's meds, and of course sushi before the coupons expire), then a nice day and a half of rest before I hightail it into the Manhattan office again. Aside from the insomnia it's been a decent time off but I'm almost champing at the bit to get back into my routine, oddly. Someday I'll learn how to relax.