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Yikes. 5F out. I need to unload the car, but I'll wait until later. And I can't find my glasses. Okay, found them. But I've got a headache.

Napped, but I still have a headache. But I need to do homework. One problem down. I actually have two homework assignments to do. Suckage. But the first one is going well.

Oh crap. The mobile home management said that they don't accept partial payments (because I'm planning to be out before the end of the month), but previously they said that they did. More suckage.

And the hospital called and said that Mom was ready to go home, but who was going to pick her up? I said that her friend Ken was going to, and they called, but Deanna (his wife) said that she couldn't do so. They called back, and I said that Ken has to do so because he had to help her up the stairs. They said that they weren't answering. They said that they could arrange a wheelchair transport, but I asked if the transport could help Mom up the stairs, and they said, "No". They asked if Mom had relatives in the area, and I said, "No." Now that I'm out of class, I just called Mom and didn't get an answer.

I'm about ready to scream.

Talked to Mom. She said that she fell trying to get to the phone because she thought that it was her friend Ken. She said that he got her home "but it wasn't easy getting up the stairs". He's getting her some groceries right now. She said that she needs me to get the stairs fixed.

I need a drink, but all my alcoholic beverages are in the old place.

Honestly, I'm doing the best that I can.

I wanted to go to yoga, but I think that I need to continue to do homework.

I think that I need to tell Mom that I'm coming out and bringing the cats. I don't see how I can make an appreciable difference in her living conditions in 2.5 weeks. Hell, getting the back stairs fixed might take that long. And I have a flaming headache. I think that I need to lie down for a little while. If my homework is late, so be it.

I've been emailing handymen about fixing my mom's stairs. One said that yeah, they could do it. Talked to Mom, who apologized for yelling at me. I said that I thought that I should stay there longer, and she said, "We'll see". She does sound calmer now that she's home. And she sounds more rational about taking care of herself. And the doctors gave her a sedative to help her sleep.

I don't know how I'm supposed to do homework in the middle of all this. I think that I'll make some tomato soup and garlic bread, eat that, and take a short nap to reset. I'll also start on the second homework assignment first because I'm more likely to get it done before midnight. My teachers know what's going on.

I slept longer than I had planned. I got homework #2 done, although one problem isn't quite right. Whatever. And I emailed my professor about the first assignment. I'm going to go back to sleep now.