Another year round the... bed...

 Okaasan saw in her 94th year recently.

🎂🎂

But we couldn't be there with her. No crab dinner out. No hiding the sake bottle from her. No laughs.

We delivered a birthday card to the care home lobby desk and hoped that some nice, friendly nurse would take time out of her busyness to wave the card in front of Okaasan and chat brightly a bit.

Strangely though, a few days AFTER the birthday, the care home called to say it was lifting the Corona Virus visit-restrictions and that families are free to go again, without reservations. 

Surprising because this week is Obon, the major Japanese festival when families go back to home towns, grave visiting and memories. So many people from other places will want to visit bed ridden elderly - bringing with them their airplane and travel viruses. So, an interesting time to lift restrictions.

We'll probably go in tomorrow, play some music on the smart phone and give Okaasan the tremendous pleasure of listening to us two prattling on about stuff.