Beautiful fall days lately, and the leaves are beginning to change. I love being able to have the sliders open all day.

A good friend came over yesterday. We hung out, ate lunch, lots of sweets, chatted on the porch and just all around had a good time. I almost never go out anymore, so it's so nice to have this occasional socializing.

I talked to my mom last night and she's not doing well. Her MS has suddenly taken a turn for the worse and her legs aren't working. She's very very depressed. She has 24/7 care because of the MS and, more recently, a fall that led to an ankle fracture, and she said she can't take it anymore, all of the different people coming in and out and some of them she really doesn't like. Her moods have been intense and really up and down, but I'm not sure I've ever heard so depressed as she was last night. I'm very concerned.