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January 02, 2006

The Good Daughter

UPDATE: Quick update, my mom's surgery went very well and she's doing fine. Well, as fine as one can expect anyway. I have free wireless DSL access until tomorrow morning (thanks Best Western!), so I'll open comments on this post until I have to check out in the morning. But right now, I'm going to hit the rack. I'm tired & my butt hurts from sitting all day.


So I've been getting ready to hit the road tomorrow....driving down to Conway to help my sis keep my mother under control during her hip replacement surgery. Including, but not limited to, prowling the aisles of WalMart trying to pick out some romance novels so my mom won't get too bored during her hospital stay. A rather frustrating expedition, as I don't read that crap & have no idea which authors are good....and then there's that gross-out factor of thinking about one's mom reading about heaving bosoms & throbbing manhoods. Yuck. I thought seriously about just pushing my shopping cart down the aisle with my arm extended & buying the first couple of books that I knocked in the cart.

I put off packing as long as possible because the dogs get intensely depressed as soon as they see a suitcase. But Mike started watching the Ohio St./Notre Dame bowl game, and after several minutes of seriously considering whether it would be possible for me to care any less about which team won, I decided to do something more productive.

Smokey seemed to think my duffel bag was a cool new toy, but as soon as I set it on the bed & started throwing stuff in it....instant sad pug. Sollie shuffled over to the chest of drawers, sighed, leaned against it, and with lowered head, stared desolutely out into space.

Poor little guy. There's no way to make him understand that I'll be back in a couple of days. And poor Mike. Since he was an abandoned kitty, Smokey gets separation anxiety when I'm gone for more than an hour or so. There's no telling what he will do while I'm gone this time. Mike may have his hands full dealing with him....not to mention the litter boxes.

Heh. That's one thing I won't miss.

Unsure whether I'll have internet access or not....I may sneak away to nearby UCA to use their library's access. But just in case I don't get a chance, I'll be closing all comments before I leave in the morning. Sorry, but you know, stupid spammers. I should be back sometime Thursday or so, depending on how Mom's surgery goes.

Or sooner, if she starts driving me crazy.

Posted by Rita at January 2, 2006 06:20 PM

Comments

Hope your Mom's recovery goes smoothly and the books help keep her from getting too stir crazy!

Posted by: bogie at January 4, 2006 02:56 AM

Thanks Bogie. The books will help for a while, but she hates being cooped up indoors. They should keep her busy until she can go home at least.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 4, 2006 05:38 AM

That's great news. Hang in there and for God's sake, don't watch daytime TV. Better you should plunge knitting needles into your eyes.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at January 4, 2006 07:40 AM

Glad to hear everything went well Rita!!!!!

Posted by: BloodSpite at January 5, 2006 11:16 AM