July 28-29

First stop on Sunday morning was the hospital, my mother was in and out of it most of the time I was there. I guess it's not entirely surprising given all she's been through over the last little while. By noon I was with Jenny at her place, she and Helen were invited to a birthday party. One of Jenny's friends has two small daughters, the older recently turned five and the younger was two years old in June. In 2018 their mother ran a combined party for both of them, such was the case this time around. The party was outdoors in a small county park just south of the city, the same place as before although in a different area of the park. It was close to ninety degrees, even though we had shade from the tall trees it was still uncomfortable. They were talking about having the party indoors in the future simply because it's summertime and it was just too hot. When I got them home Helen thanked me for taking them, I didn't mind at all because given everything else going on it was good for me as well (that plus the fact that I've known both of the girls practically since birth). On Monday I was at the hospital in the morning, as I was coming in the ear/nose/throat doctor was leaving my mother's room. He said she was doing better, maybe a few more days in ICU and they'll see what happens from there. Had lunch at the mall, in the evening I was at the ballpark for the opening night of the annual youth baseball tournament. The local print media company has sponsored it since 1946, for the last several years the Midget Division has played its bracket at the ballpark. The Lancaster Jr. Tornado qualified for the eight-team tournament, on this night the won their quarterfinal matchup over Cocalico 4-3. They play in the semifinals on Wednesday with a possible championship game appearance on Thursday. Take care, thanks for reading.