Too Much Drama

Friends, I am always happy to see Friday come around again, but this week, I am extra relieved because we have had A Week. Not long after my post went up on Wednesday, we got a text from my mother that my aunt (her sister) had been rushed to the ER the previous night with a brain bleed. Oh, and she'd also tested positive for COVID and both my parents had as well. She was scheduled for surgery that afternoon. To say that I was anxious that day until we'd heard from the Chicago family would be a massive understatement. I will spare all of you the worry and let you know that the surgery was successful, that she's expected to make a full recovery, and that my cousin reported yesterday afternoon that she was cracking jokes and correctly answering questions on legal terminology. Phew! Also, it appears that no one who left Chicago on Sunday, as we did, got infected. My mother says she feels like she has a bad cold and my father is asymptomatic, but I feel bad that after avoiding it for almost six years, they finally caught the 'vid. I'm just relieved that they're not too ill.

After all that drama, we woke up yesterday to ice everywhere because it warmed up enough yesterday for some light snow to turn to rain, which then of course coated everything. Molly had a two-hour delay, so I drove to her school, and then I proceeded to slip and slide everywhere trying to walk the dog and exercise.

And if that's not enough, have you heard there's a huge winter storm moving through a good portion of the country this week? The last forecast I heard for our area is 8-12 inches of snow, mostly falling Saturday night and Sunday. I'm glad this is hitting on the weekend and we can be home, but it's going to be a mess, and our city has already been struggling with clearing the roads. It's very possible we'll all be home again on Monday.

As far as knitting goes, I have been doing it a little (not as much as I'd like) but don't have much to show for it. I did cast on my sweater, but all I've gotten done is about an inch and a half of ribbing. And I cast on for a tube cowl -- a long tube that I'll graft together -- in one of the new skeins of Fibernymph Dye Works fingering. The only photo I've taken in the past couple of days is the finished but not yet blocked charity hat:

Though we'll be hunkering down for the storm, we're planning to get out and about on Saturday. I'm going to send the Mister to do our grocery shopping after he takes Molly to take her learner's permit test(!). In the afternoon, the girls will be headed to see Wicked, which we were supposed to go see with my mother and which she'll obviously have to miss. My sister-in-law is coming, and one of Molly's friends will use my mother's ticket. We're also supposed to get together with the Mister's side of the family on Sunday evening for a birthday dinner for my father-in-law, but we'll have to see if any of us can actually get out. Honestly, I kind of hope we're snowed in for a day or two -- I'd really like a quiet day at home!

Stay safe and warm this weekend, friends, especially if you're in the path of this storm.