Jaye Lawrence ([info]wordswoman) wrote,
@ 2008-05-11 19:48:00
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When It Rains, It Pours Cats and Dogs
Sunshine

California was fabulous, and so was spending mother-daughter time with Eldest Daughter. The trip did nothing to dispel her Weetzie-Bat-inspired fantasies of California as a land of eternal sunshine, purple-flowering jacaranda trees, gently waving palms and endless blue ocean. In fact it lived up to her fantasies completely. The sun shone every day. The ocean sparkled. The breezes were balmy. The world was in bloom.

So yes, come fall 2009 I expect that she'll be a California college girl. I'll buy her a webcam so we can see each other when she gets I get lonesome. We'll visit her in the dead of winter, and remind her of snow.

Rain

Two days after we got back from the trip, Dad ended up in the hospital again (getting a shunt put in to relieve pressure on his brain from the hydrocephalus, i.e. excess cerebral fluid, that developed after his second brain surgery in March). And three days after that, my stepfather landed in the hospital too (bleeding ulcer, low hemoglobin, wildly out of whack blood sugar). I have now officially Had Quite Enough Of Hospitals, Thank You Very Much.

Quotes of the week:

  • Dad: "My prognosis is nine months to live. From now on, I'm right about everything."
  • Mom: "He [stepdad] kept asking what he'd done wrong to deserve this kind of suffering."
    Me:
    "Did you give him a list?"
  • Mom, to my husband Theo: "I'm sorry you had to marry into such an unhealthy family."
    Theo:
    "Well, the women all live."


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[info]maggiedr
2008-05-12 02:10 pm UTC (link)
I'm afraid you've reached the "sandwich" years, when you're still caring for kids and start caring for your parents as well. I'm fortunate that my Dad married a much younger woman, and since they live in sunny Cali, I am relieved of much responsibility there.

Speaking of sunny Cal, I was there a week ahead of you, in the LA area. This is the most beautiful time of year to be there, everything was blooming and climbing in a riot of color. I can imagine how bowled over anyone would be, visiting from Minnesota during this extended winter that never ends. Ugh, it's the middle of May and I'm just now seeing Azaleas finally. Normally they are done by the end of April and we'd be watching the cherry and apple blooms wilting about now.

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[info]calligyna
2008-05-23 06:39 am UTC (link)
Here's a little something for the rainy days. Take care.

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[info]wordswoman
2008-05-23 11:01 am UTC (link)
Awwwwww! Thanks for the smile. :)

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[info]craftyredhead
2008-05-23 09:42 pm UTC (link)
Theo officially wins as my favorite husband of yours. ;)
LOLOL!

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