It's been a week, so I suppose it's update time again.
Last Wednesday Dad had a stroke. Apparently it was his second, but since they don't exactly leave a little note stamped and dated, no one's sure when it happened. It could have been as recent as four months ago, or it could have been as far back as high school or college. Since he played football, it's kind of hard to pinpoint things. I'm still not entirely sure of much of anything, honestly, because I feel like the little kid who isn't being told a damn thing.
My aunt and uncle came to town Friday and stayed til sometime Sunday. I only saw them once, Saturday, but I left the hospital early because I thought it would be best to return to work for at least one day of the week, particularly on a day when I'd know exactly what to expect. Naturally I went home to sleep and did not actually do much sleeping. Probably because that visit was less than satisfying. I'd go into detail, but it's one of those things where you feel like a complete and utter ass
as it's happening and repeating it later doesn't change anything, other than the fact remains that you have now shared with someone else what a complete ass you can be.
Thursday was spent manically cleaning because no one knew if family was stopping by and oh, yeah, DSS was supposed to make an appearance. To the best of my knowledge that didn't happen. Ari and Derrick dropped off KFC which I'm not fond of, but everyone else picked at it happily, and I'll admit that I really enjoyed nuking the mashed potatoes and the gravy. Mmm. Friday, Ari and Derrick took the Widget and I out to do a little window shopping (where I bought NCIS S4 and a game for Widget's DS), and then we went out to dinner. Which was tastycakes, but I realized that as much as I love my nephew, he's exhausting.
Saw Dad again on Monday (until today I'd been going every other day) and he seemed a lot better. Called him today to tell him that Mums is ill so I'm not sure when visits will be.
Oh. And yesterday Mums was appointed (I think?) temporary guardian for Widget since Dad's in the hospital. Found out that the asshole who abused the Widget got married on the 11th, and Widget's mother is engaged.
I truly do not understand the ways of the universe. It has rarely been so blindingly obvious that sometimes you're just not meant to know what the hell is going on at any given time.
Anyway, all of this means that I'm rather behind in the ways of people.
To end on a happier note, Valentine's did bring me the unexpected joy of someone dedicating a really nifty bit of fic my way. So, if you read the BSC sometime in your life, or just wanted to, and the idea of Charlie Thomas and Janine Kishi never crossed your mind, let
this help rectify that. It helped make my day. :)
