May 11,2025,Sunday night, Mothers Day, 7:49pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I did the usual blue lantern walk this morning.,followed by a work out at Planet fitness. I got a large coffee from Peets in Aliso, then headed home to start laundry. At 10am mom and I grabbed Starbucks for my daughters mom and also grabbed Canes chicken for my daughter. After visiting for a while mom and I went to Costco to buy household items and snacks for my daughter. We were both pretty tired by that point so we took an afternoon nap and relaxed. Around 4pm we headed back up to Aliso Viejo and had Rubios for dinner as a family. Now we are back in Dana Point ready for bed. When we got out of the car mom almost fell again. At this point I see the end coming soon. A major fall with a mobility limiting fracture is how the end usually starts. Hard to face that truth on Mother’s Day but it is something I have often seen professionally.

May 10,2025, Saturday night, 8:08,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Had a good pre-mothers day celebration with mom, in laws, daughter and her mom. We went to wood ranch for lunch then came back to my apartment to talk and exchange cards. Then my brother in las and I drove up to aliso viejo to take the dog out and watch basketball. After eating some Mendocino Farms for dinner the in-laws headed back to Valencia and I came home. Time to unwind and get some sleep. Tomorrow we are going to see the new marvel movie Thunderbolts as a family.

May 9,2025,Friday night,8:15pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Drama at work today. The division president, my bosses boss, left the company abruptly. There wasn’t much communication as to why so naturally rumors swirled. A colleague shared three serious incidents in our region alone. That is cause for concern. The fallout may continue. Or perhaps I am addicted to drama. I am sure everything will be fine. My daughter is feeling better. She wanted to go out this evening but she has been off school two weeks. Not a good look to miraculously feel fine once the weekend comes. I am glad she feels better though. Mom had a fall today. She said she was walking the trail and got off the path to let bikes pass. There is a fair amount of blood on her shirt. Nothing still bleeding and no broken bones but disconcerting nonetheless. She has diminished greatly. A fall with injury that limits mobility is the beginning of the end. we are at the point of having to make big choices. I am not sure she can live on her own any more.

May 8,2025,Thursday night,8:04pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. It has been nice having my mom here. On the way home from work I stopped to say hi to my daughter and her mom. They hadn’t eaten dinner yet so I picked up Dominos pizza for them and got a thin crust pepperoni for myself and mom. We had pizza and Guinness for dinner. My daughter didn’t go to her dance as planned. It was a little disappointing. She bought such a pretty dress last month and seemed to really look forward to going. Not sure what changed between now and then but she didn’t seem upset like I thought she would. I guess she really is done with her school and ready to move on. Not that I blame her. She outgrew the experience a long time ago. The time has come for change.

May 7,2025, Wednesday night,8:15pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Mom landed in Long Beach California shortly after noon. I dropped her off in Dana Point then headed back to work. At 5pm I came back with a quick stop in Aliso Viejo to see my daughter and take the dog out. When I got to Dana Point mom and I went to the Ralph’s off del Prado and Golden Lantern to buy drinks and snacks. It was a pretty good day. Now I am settled on the couch and getting ready to turn in for the night.

May 6,2025,Tuesday night,7;47pm,pacific standard time,apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Came home this evening and started cleaning for mom’s visit. I will pick her up around noon in Long Beach. From there we can grab lunch then I will bring her back to Dana Point. Depending on the time I might not go back to work. It seems unnecessary to drive all the way to Costa Mesa for an hour or two just to turn around and drive back. Today I met with one of our doctors for coffee in Santa Ana. He spent the whole time complaining incessantly. Really ruined my mood and dragged me down. Why are people like that? I stopped by Aliso Viejo this evening on my way home from work. My daughter still has her cold and isn’t going to school. And apparently the dog ate a cookie with chocolate last night so they rushed her to an emergency vet appointment. Crazy. The dog is doing fine but sounds like it was a long, expensive, traumatizing experience. Now I am finishing up laundry. Once the towels are in the dryer I will go to sleep and be ready for a nice day tomorrow.

May 5,2025,Monday night,6:59pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Today was one of those days where every single person was in a terrible mood. Myself included. The day didn’t start bad. I got up, walked and worked out, made it to the office on time and settled in before the morning call. From that moment on it all went downhill. My mood soured and so did the attitude of all the people I encountered. I am not sure what it was but I am dog tired and ready to sleep. The sooner the better. This day needs to end so we can have a fresh start tomorrow.

May4,2025,Sunday afternoon,5:03pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Slept in until 6:30am this morning. It was raining so I didn’t go for my usual Blue Lantern walk. I walked for an hour on the treadmill and did a light chest workout at the gym instead. After that is was a low key day. Did laundry, took a nap, walked the dog and saw my daughter. On the way home I stopped at the store to pick up some carrots, pickles and chocolate mini-builder bars. I have been in a good, content mood all day. Overall it has been a nice day.

May 3,2025,Saturday evening, 5:45,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Completed the quad walk today. Woke up at 2:45am, walked up to blue lantern, did my full walk, then walked back home. At a quarter to seven I went to the gym and walked on the treadmill for an hour and worked out. Then this afternoon, after a trip to target and little Caesars, I took the dog for a walk past the dog park. All in all it felt good. I was more tired from getting up early than from all the walking. I will see how tomorrow goes. I don’t anticipate walking that much but it was fun to do it one time. Now I am watching game seven between the nuggets and clippers and monitoring work issues.

May 2,2025,Friday afternoon,3:46pm,pacific standard time,office in Costa Mesa, California,USA. Finishing up a fairly busy Friday. The office manager left early so the clinical director and I are doing the pre-weekend office things. Things we normally don’t do when we had a business office specialist (who we laid off last week) or the business office manager is here. It is good to learn new skills but the day has been a little stressful. We need to know these things in case we don’t have support staff around again in the future but that is little consolation right now.