Back in the Abode

That I share with Taciturn.

I'm a day later than I had planned due to some wicked weather that was on my route on Sunday. I drove to an eastern suburb of Kansas City where my youngest brother PME lives. We went to Carrabba's for calamari and other yummies and ran some errands. I used a reward night from my frequent hotel user program to save some cash. I did a bit over half of the rest of the trip yesterday and the rest today.

However, sleep was not to be had last night. I woke up at two am central time and never went back to sleep. You understand I was not anxious to drive 350 miles after no sleep, but in order to get back to the abode that is what I had to do. With the help of St. Caffeine, I made it just fine.

I'm really, really tired though. That wasn't helped by walking into a house that has been lived in only by a man who will not clean for two weeks. I've been scrubbing sinks and countertops, washing, etc since I've been home. But, all told, it is good to be back with T again.

And now, the dryer beckons.

Benefits of Mom's Vascular Procedure

Now that some circulation has been restored to her leg through the placement of a stent into a blocked illiac artery, Mom really feels much better.

So much better, she is able to walk to the chair on the front porch and smoke one cigarette right after another. Before the procedure, her feet were too painful for walking.

She has been told that people with her level of vascular disease should not smoke due to the constrictive action of the nicotine on
blood vessels, but she says, "I don't inhale!" So she keeps on.

(See Lauralew tearing out her hair.)

I've been very busy visiting with my Missouri family so I've not been online much at all. However, I am keeping up with the discipline of writing morning pages. There were a few free hours two days ago so that time was spent working on a short story and some poetry for an intro to creative writing type class I'm taking.

Sunday I leave for the 1.5 day drive back to my house and hopefully I can catch up with everyone's blogs as well as my own then.

T on the road

Taciturn is on the road to Baltimore. He left yesterday am and baring misadventure, will arrive at his mom's house on Wed. He despises flying for various reasons, so although it takes so long to drive, he prefers to do that.

When we spoke last night on the phone, I asked him about the snow warnings for the Northeast. He said it will all be melted by the time he gets there.

Here's praying he is right! He is driving the least snow worthy of our three autos. It gets the best gas mileage, though.

He will be gone ten days. I am scheduled to work seven of those ten, and one of the days off is actually a sleep day, since I will have worked all night the night before. That was a convenient excuse to stay home, since T still hasn't told his folks that I plan never to visit again. He probably won't ever. Which is fine, there will just be excuse after excuse.

T is a bit concerned, though, about what he might find on this visit. He offhandedly mentioned the other night that "it's been over a year since I've seen them. I wonder how things really are?" He knows in his heart of hearts that the home of his mother and the Angry White Man is a dark place.


Prayers for all, please!