Yesterday

Fridaynight my grandmother had been taken to hospital for a combination of respiratory and circulatory-problems. Saturdaymorning my mom and I went to see her. While we were visiting we helped to move Gran from intensive care to the 'regular' cardiology ward. She still had problems breathing but despite the lack of air, she was chatty as ever. Outside the ICU the hospital has scheduled visiting hours and one of the nurses very subtly handed us a brochure to let us know we had to leave. We were allowed back in the afternoon. After providing Gran with comfy clothes and food plus drinks within reach, we said goodbye. Since Gran had been in awe of us driving all the way just to see her ("this silly old woman") we promised her we'd go to Ikea, just so she wouldn't feel guilty about us making the long trip out to the east.

I bought a huge bookcase Expedit and we had dinner in the Ikea-restaurant (I recommend the Swedish meatballs).
Later that evening we my mom managed to carry the bookcase up the stairs to my apartment and the damn box tried to crush her. That scared the hell out of me.

But everybody survived, so all is well for now.

Today

Started rereading A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers this morning and posted commentaries in bookcommunity thej2bee You are more than welcome to join our little synchronized reading group. No pressure, you can read at your own pace, just know that there is a place to share your thoughts on this book:)

This afternoon I went to the Arthouse with mom to see Elementarteilchen. Afterwards we had a fancy dinner at McDonalds (We both enjoyed the Sauerkraut-burger from the Wintersportsmenu) and in the evening we went to see Hallam Foe. I may review both those movies later, for now I'll only reveal that I still love Jamie Bell and that once again I wanted to put him in my pocket and feed him M&Ms.