The New Floodgates of the Mind

Hello.

Spoke with my mom last night who told me the funeral was this morning. She made arrangements with my brother to drive her and my dad to it while I made arrangements to meet up with them. Don’t bother trying to find an obit online, it just ain’t there.

My sister is still stuck in Bangladesh with her husband. I don’t remember if I posted about this but it’s been a month now since they had to rush out and they did get there in time for him to say good-bye to his father who passed away about a week later. However, with the situation over there, not only is she probably not going to be able to get on the first flight out SINCE they got there (jan 22nd) but the last time my folks spoke with her last week she mentioned having been locked in the house for 3 days due to the military activity.

I spoke with James this morning who confirmed he’s not on crutches and that he was in a lot of pain once the Local wore off last night. He sounded tired and although he’s still in pain, he’s going to tough it out and try not to take any pain medication unless he really needs it. He’s hoping to get back to school on Thursday and will be spending today doing the homework he was given on Friday. I forgot to ask when he’s allowed to take the bandages off his leg, though. Will check in with him later.

Feels like a really busy week…

Due to a bit of miscommunication this morning, James’ operation -scheduled for 7:30am- had to be moved to 10:30am. No big deal, but it does get tiring waiting. It took me over 2 hours to get there due to the weather but I made it in time to see him for an hour before they wheeled him in. The 30 minute procedure actually ended up being over 3 hours in total (an hour to prep, 2 hours for the operation). Due to the weather, I left at noon when they were “about” to begin. It took me 2 hours to get home so I called as soon as I got in and he had just got out. Everything seemed to have gone well and he is being released soon. Poor kid was so tired that even though he chose to get the Local instead of the General, he fell asleep on the table 🙂

I spent close to 5 hours on the road, driving. My back and legs are killing me. Chantale left work at 3pm and she’s still not home. Worse, she couldn’t find the cell phone so I have no way of contacting her…

I’m currently surfing from our new computer… in the bedroom. Set up a wireless router this afternoon. Much time saving 🙂 Plus, with all the dust getting on in the basement, it’ll keep the computer safe, too.

By the by, my uncle passed away on Saturday morning. Still waiting on details. We went to visit my mom that evening. I know it helped my parents to see Kyle. The magic of a toddler 🙂

Okay, enough for now. Have stuff to do…

It is the rarest of things to have me updating this often. (shrug)

I called my parents to see how they’re doing. As expected, my mom is shaken enough to be shattered. I spoke with my father again. What news is there to share? Who knows. Maybe my aunt in Italy will call with some. As it is, she calls about twice a day so the two of them can share tears. As for my uncle… well, they moved him to another room on Sunday. And my parents are being denied from visiting him (that’s right, they don’t have permission from knowing which room he’s in or seeing him). Can you f(***ing believe this?

My dad was a little saddened that I hadn’t come around or called to give my mom courage. I explained that it was the first moment I had to breathe and then told him that my Grandfather is waiting for my uncle on the other side, ready to kick his ass for what he did to his life, and the rest of them can go to hell.

Of course my father is hurting because my mom is hurting so much, and yes, when the time comes and my uncle passes, IF they are told about the funeral I might go, but only to support my mother. The rest I could care less about. Seriously.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging, already in progress.