Well, it is very nice that my post could inspire SOMEONE. It certainly did not inspire ME for today.
I made a conscious choice of 'relationships over routines' today and went to the nursing home with dh & ds, even though my presence was not needed in any way... and I didn't even get C hick-Fil-A out of it.
DGD's eyes were deemed "okay" by the eye doctor but he wants to see her again in one month to make sure there is no inflammation. He says there is not NOW, but there is SOMETHING he wanted to re-check -- possibly she is recovering from a mild case of conjunctivitis, he says, and ddil thinks that is very possible since she herself also had some sort of eye problem and suspected that. It went away on its own, and possibly dgd's was so mild they didn't really notice? The eye checks are part of the juvenile arthritis concern, and usually she goes every 3 months.
Elizabeth, thank you for the reassurance of T-ball as a good thing for dgs! He does seem to like rules. DS was explaining the Golden Rule to him one night, and dgs said, "It's good they made it a RULE."
More on that in J&C...