An emotional ride

It's been quite an adventure the last week or so.

To start off with, on the eve of Eid, we received terrible news of the husband's uncle passing away in Melaka. We had to drop everything we were doing and drove up there. One of my SILs had an accident driving up but thank God, all were safe. I was not close to this particular uncle, I think I've only met him once or twice. But us being there meant a lot to my father-in-law and I guess that was the whole point of us making the effort.

Not being at my own home on Eid, and not seeing my parents in the morning of Eid was a challenge for me to deal with. We left Melaka just after lunch and made our way to my parents' immediately.

And then a couple of days later, my mum collapsed at home. One of my sisters called me when I was at the office; she was alerted by my dad and I went to my parents' immediately. She thought since my office is nearby my parents' I would be there much faster than she would. Smart move.

Because when I arrived, my mum had regained consciousness but was pale and weak. I cried seeing her in that condition and both my sister and I insisted that we took her to the clinic. While in the car, I made a decision to take her to the nearest hospital and of course that hugely upset my mum who is not too excited about going to hospitals.

Mum had to be admitted for four nights as they run a battery of tests on her. She was initially angry with me for taking her to the hospital and the hospital stay was too scary for her. And in between, I was shuttling between the office, the hospital and home.

And then we had Farah who was scheduled for a heart-scope that same week. In the end I was shuttling between two hospitals, home and trying to be hospitable to a couple of relatives who decided to drop by from Kuala Lumpur. And yeah, was trying to finish some urgent work in between.

So there, that's my adventure. I'm so glad they are both out of the hospital now and the relatives are gone. I am back to my boring same ol' same ol' routine. I never thought I'd be so happy saying that.