My father let a friend borrow my late grandmother’s car for a few days so I am in the realm of non-driving status again. It is just a few days though. I had an appointment at Valley Orthopedics with my bone specialist this morning so dear old Mom had to drive me.
We drove down there without incident and I was grateful. As we were sitting in the room mom just says, “I think I will go home and lay down. Call me when you are done.” An argument ensued as this pissed me off. I know I should be thankful for a ride and all but it was ridiculous to drive all the way (5 miles) down there and just drive home. I knew what mom was doing. She wanted to go lie back down. She literally can lie in the bed day and night for weeks on end.
“Dr. Martin always only takes a few minutes. We never have to wait long.” I replied.
“I am so sleepy though and need to lie down.” Mom said.
“By the time you get home, you will have to come back and pick me up. You will not have time to lie down.” I replied in exasperation.
“Why can’t I just go lie down for a bit?” Mom asked.
I let out a big sigh and tried once again to explain to her the ridiculousness of such an endeavor. I had to use subterfuge in the end to resolve the matter. Even though my mother is almost 60 years old she acts like a child and you have to treat her as such.
“I need someone to talk to. I need you with me.” I replied coyly.
As predicted they called me back shortly and the doctor spoke to me. I am discharged from physical therapy and I almost jumped for joy at him saying this. It has been a long road to travel but I made it. My arm is almost back to normal.
After leaving, Mom pulled into a local bank.
“Why are you stopping here?” I asked
“We need to cash your savings bond from mother.” Mom replied.
When she had initially told me about this I thinking it was just a $20 dollar savings bond. My mom’s mother is notoriously cheap and frugal. I opened the envelope and I almost shit in my pants. It was eight $50 dollar savings bonds that were issued in 1972. The total return was $495 dollars after the interest was accounted for.
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