It has officially been four of the worst days EVER.

My mother had to be admitted to the psych ward after I took her to the psychiatrist's Friday afternoon. She had been extremely paranoid all week and was having auditory delusions (ie. hearing people talking about her, laughing at her, whistling although she was alone in her apartment). The doctor admitted her Friday night and I don't think I have ever felt so horrible when I had to leave her there. She looked so scared. Since being at the hospital, they have started giving her anti-psychotics, which should help with the delusions-she is hearing "them" (these mysterious people who are out to get her) at the hospital, especially in the quiet of her room. It's very frightening.

So Chris' birthday was a bust, although dinner turned out nicely. X-Men 3 was really good, but not as good as the 2nd movie. Lord of the Rings was fantastic-amazing sets and imagery. But everything was overshadowed by the problems with my mom, so I really didn't enjoyit all as much as I would have liked.

Sure, now it's sunny and warm. Just wait, because I'm off on Friday it's going to piss down rain. It's Chris' birthday tomorrow, so I have to bake his carrot cake tonight and do some prep work for dinner. I'm making stuffed pasta shells and grilled portobello mushrooms. I'm taking him to the Nascar Speedpark at Vaughan Mills on Friday, so I really hope the weather cooperates. We go to see Lord of the Rings on Saturday, plus we are trying to squeeze in a midnight showing of X-Men The Last Stand. What a crazy week, but it's nice to be busy.

On the calendar, they really should put that the Victoria Day Weekend is utterly useless, as the weather always sucks and you can't do anything outdoors. To the many fools who went camping, I pity you (but with enough booze in you, I guess you wouldn't notice the cold). As always, it was cold and ridiculously windy all stinking weekend.

I went to my father's for a BBQ Saturday night (which we had to spend indoors) as a few of my aunts and uncles were visiting. We found out that my grandmother had been admitted to the hospital for blood loss after her angiogram (they discovered she had two ulcers which started bleeding profusely). A few hours later, her sister (my great-aunt Lois) was admitted with a major heart attack. I really didn't get any sense of urgency from anyone so I assumed Aunt Lois would be recovering. My father phoned me today to tell me she passed away Sunday morning. I was so shocked-I realize Aunt Lois was 82 but she maintained a pretty active lifestyle. She has been my grandma's rock since my grandfather passed away from Alzheimer's a couple of years ago. I feel so bad for Grandma, who is going to be a while recovering herself, as being a Jehovah's Witness she wouldn't take a blood transfusion (this drives me nuts, but I have to respect her decision and her faith). I hope she comes along okay.

The majority of my weekend was spent watching season 2 of Roswell. I'm almost done and can't wait to start season 3. The final Idol episodes are this week, so I can't wait to see who wins. My bets are on Taylor, as his personality is infectious and everyone seems to love him.

More rain! How delightful. I got absolutely soaked carrying my new air conditioner out of Home Depot this morning. Only $89! Can't beat that deal on a Maytag air conditioner. Because the hot weather will be here before we know it. Honest.

I finally got to see Chris last night after his excursion up to the cottage. He bought me the most gorgeous bouquet of hot pink chrysanthemums (sp?). I always miss him so much when he is away, so it was awesome to see him.

It was very sad to see Elliott go home last night. Hopefully some opportunities open up for him with that amazing voice of his. I will just die if Taylor wins-I really like him, but Simon will flip out if he has to market some gray-haired guy as the new Americal Idol.

I started reading the novelization of "X-men The Last Stand" last night. I know this will totally spoil the whole movie for me, but I just have to know what is going to happen. For all I know they will totally change the ending like they did with "X2" and I will still be surprised at the movie.

Blah. What a yucky weekend. I had to work Saturday, which was crazy because we were short on technicians. I bought Mom a microwave, Mr. Clean magic wand and Swiffer sweeper for her birthday/Mother's Day. I also took her grocery shopping, and not surprisingly she did not have enough money for them so that cost me $70 out of pocket. I don't mind helping her out, but she needs to manage her money a little better at times. I miss Chris- I despise it when he goes away. I taped Trailer Park Boys for him, so that should make him happy. I picked him up the fifth season of TPB on DVD for his birthday. I can't say I'm a huge fan of the show, although Ricky cracks me up. Four more days till the long weekend!!

Okay, I had to run around like a chicken with its head lopped off this morning to get a certified check and have it to my insurance brokers this morning for 9:00 am. Damn you straight to hell, Sunoco, for doing this to me. The damned ceritifed cheque cost $10, plus I had to spend $10 on the adorable little teddy bear they were selling in the bank for Children's Miracle Network (okay, maybe I didn't have to, but it was darn cute).

I've scheduled my appointment to write my test for Georgian College/OMVIC on Monday, so I better get my ass in gear and study. I'm not quite sure what I will do with my certification, but at least it's something else under my belt.

I found out our new receptionist slash sales managers' slave-girl has a higher bloody salary than mine, so I am royally pissed about that. I may have to talk to our GM, as I haven't worked here 5 years to be out-paid by this woman.

I have to work tomorrow, which sucks. I so need to sleep in. Sunday won't be remotely relaxing as I will be running Mom about most of the day. At least next weekend is the long weekend.

Okay, did you know when you pay with a credit card at gas pumps, they put a $100-125 hold on your card for 5 days? And this will completely fuck up any other transactions on your card if you are unaware of this authorization hold? Bloody bastards at the stations should be obligated to post this on the pumps so the public is AWARE of this. My insurance payment bounced and I think my damned insurance is going get cancelled. This is not making for a very good day.

It's pissing down rain, so that isn't helping my mood either. Chris is going up north until Tuesday, which really sucks as it was sprung on me unexpectedly. I hate it when he goes away, it sets me on edge. At least my time will be occupied this weekend with working Saturday and Mother's Day on Sunday.

I warned Chris I may have to ditch him for my local comic book store owner--he saved me a copy of the FCDB X-Men/Runaways comic, so that was very cool. The last issue of Deadly Genesis came out, which tied everything up about the thrid Summers brother pretty well. Only two more weeks until the X-men movie and Lord of the Rings!!

No more Chris on "AI"!!! I was so shocked to see him voted off. I thought for sure Katherine was going home. I was thankful Elliott did well in the voting, but I am shell-shocked about Chris. With his talent, hopefully Fuel with come through with their offer to make him lead singer.

No more Paris. I was sad to see her go, but it definitely was not a surprise. I took Mom out shopping again last night to look at TVs and furniture. Not knowing I would be going out last night, I wore my new suede pumps and I swear my feet are going to bloody well fall off today. I think I'm going to pass on the comic book store this week, as Deadly Genesis 6 is out next week and I might as well wait for that. I'm debating picking up the recent issues of Y:TLM, but sticking to the trade paperbacks makes them a heck of a lot easier to store ( just the titles I'm picking up now seem to be taking up too much space!). I think I will go out on my lunchhour today and start cleaning the interior on my car-the previous owner kept the thing immaculate so I want to maintain the condition of my new baby.

Damn weekend went by waaaay too fast. Chris and I went mini golfing on Saturday, although the wind was a little frigid. I took Mom shopping at Walmart yesterday, where I think she bought half the flipping contents of the store. Spent the rest of my time cleaning house and doing laundry. Not very thrilling, to say the least. I am seriously flat broke until the 7th, so this should be a pretty uneventful week. "Idol" should be good this week, with each of the contestants performing two songs. I'm not sure who I want to win, since I really like Chris, Elliott and Taylor. I think Paris will go home this week, unless she does something spectacular tomorrow.