Fiddler

...to bring you a moment of joy.Three moments, actually.I haven't been on here in quite awhile, just working on coping.  Meanwhile, today is the last day of school and we have released three new...

Ugh.  You know it's bad when you lie down on the floor and sob.  Weird things trigger.  I thought I was okay with "okay/not okay" except that sometimes the not okay is really really not okay.

Mom's 84th birthday yesterday. Go Mom!Meanwhile, back at the ranch... did as much stuff around the house as possible in two days (laundry, cleaning the gutters, spider web removal (::shudder:: I HATE...

oh lord.I just drove 560 miles to check in on Mom. She blew out her knee last weekend - it needs to be replaced. Original equipment and apparently the warranty has expired. Happy Birthday, Mom, way...

The drama continues apace.  Taking Columbus Day weekend to buzz out to check in on Mom and go see Dad.  Still avoiding Janie... and thinking about how the hell to explain to her about all the shit...

...and make it stop spinning so much?It's been a while.Yikes, seven months?The summer was awful.  So awful that I couldn't bring myself to relive it by writing about it in this journal."Awful." ...

spent Wednesday with Janie.  She started the day off a bit bossy (maybe she was feeling a bit nervous?) but she settled down as we did her errands and took her to the laundromat.  She was getting...

the nursing home is adamant that he didn't vomit there. the hospital didn't know:- that he was on thickened liquids- that he was lactose intolerant- that due to an old surgery they should not draw...

discharged from the hospital - but not clear if this is because his doctors deem him recovered enough or if it's because the insurance only covers so much...he's back at the nursing home now.  the...

Dad was a little more disoriented today.  Apparently that can be one of the side-effects of a urinary tract infection in an elderly person, according to my aunt who is a retired nurse. iPad is...

Today is Saturday.  A little less than 48 hours ago I received a distraught phone call from my Mother.  The kind of phone call you don't want to get.  The hospital said Dad might not survive the...

and a little bit silly.  just posted a couple more. 

...but then I drifted. Check out the the pics on photo page from last Thursday's clean up (we are getting another foot tonight). 

* Peculiar thing I've noticed (does that make it an odd-servation?):  iPad doesn't allow me to enter text in journal entries, but I can post everywhere else just fine.  Wonder why?* New Car - woo...

Woo. It has been a while......haven't been too motivated to write about it much though.  I've been seeing a therapist since August.  So far it's helping - has also contributed to my reluctance to...