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Date: 29 December 2006 18:19:21
It's 1:10pm and I haven't left my parents' home yet for my road trip journey across these united states.
- stayed up late getting the map route online (none of the services would let me go back the way I came...the scenic route!)
- woke up this morning to hear my mother fall - no, she didn't fall, she ran to the bathroom b/c she was getting sick. It's difficult when your parent is sick, and there's nothing you can do about it... couldn't even offer to hold her hair back b/c she has a short haircut. can't get her anything to drink/eat... and, so, there's that.
- after much convincing (b/c mom said she was fine to drive - uh, no, she wasn't) i took Dad to the hospital lab to get some blood drawn... then to dialysis center to get his blood cleaned. That was a fun adventure - he's not so keen on directions, but I had a general idea about where to go.
- yesterday bought my mom a nice calendar and case w/ pockets (to keep pens, white-out, paperclips) and she says it's too heavy... so today i returned yesterday's purchase and bought what she was using before
**please note, my parents have missed two dr. appointments over the holiday - i was trying to help... unfortunately, i was helping too much and i think i almost saw my mother's head explode. it was TOO ORGANIZED! glad it didn't - explode, that is. that woudl have been a messy clean-up**
- went to the grocery store to buy a favorite drink that's not sold anywhere near where I live... and because it was currently on sale (yae!) the store manager would only let me buy 6 bottles of beverage. [they thought i was trying to buy out the store b/c it was on sale... no, i was buying a lot b/c i can't get it within a 100 mile radius of my home in the mid-west... showed them my driver's license and everything... we finally agreed that i could go out to my car with the six bottles, and come back into the store to buy more.