Three Sets and a Goodbye.
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 2:26PM 
Being that it was “Africa Hot” I decided to wear the very cool (both in style and temp) Dashiki 
(dah-shee-kee) my friend Lisa brought for me from Africa!
Off we went to meet my sisters at our Mom’s house to help her load up her moving truck. Yup, my mom is moving two states away to New Mexico.
Last year one of my 3 sisters moved her family to New Mexico for a new beginning. She has loved it and we loved visiting earlier this year. So now my mom is heading out to begin her adventure in the Land of Enchantment.
As soon as we got to her house we began taking boxes out to the driveway to stage for the arrival of the U-Haul. Unfortunately the U-Haul truck was not going to be available until after 10 so we thought if we had everything outside and ready to go, we would be able to get things done quickly. After every two trips from the house to the driveway we would have to stop and cool off inside. It was insane. I think I went about an hour before I lost my first infusion set. I was hot, I pulled my shirt up a down a few times to create some sort of a self propelled cooling cyclone within my shirt and the site just fell out. I did not tug it and I did not feel it. I just saw it dangling from my pocket. Lovely.
The truck arrived and we are all ready. Everything was outside and ready to go. Before we started I realized that my Dashiki was soaked. It looked like I went swimming in it. My sisters fiancé gave me a t-shirt to change into and guess what happened when I pulled the Dashiki off?
*Plop.*
That is what it was like. Not *Yank* or *Pull* but *Plop.* GRRRRRR I am just happy that I had a few extra infusion sets with me. My Satchel of Strength paid off again! Who cares how many people say it’s a Man Purse.
After all the loading of trucks and infusing of sets it was time to say goodbye. I tried my best to hold back tears since I did not want this to be a sad moment for mom. Some slipped through but all and all, it was not a weepy as I thought it would be. Since we all know that this is going to make Mom’s life a lot better none of us are too upset. She has always put us kids first so it is about time she does something for herself. To better her situation.
We already have a trip planned for Thanksgiving and she is coming out for Christmas.
It will be good. It is good. Mom is in a better situation. That is what matters.
I still miss her.
