Tuesday, January 15th 2008
taking control
Monday, January 14th 2008
the last time i mentioned lemons in my blog it was about a cake; a cake that devoured me and my resolve (at least for that moment) to not give in to temptation. today's lemons are of the figuratively speaking kind. you know the ones you make lemondade with when life is tough and all else fails? well that my friends is what i am doing on this day. i am taking all the negative energy around me and tucking it in the corner for further review. and even though more lemons came my way this morning...
Sunday, January 13th 2008
it's lovely to be in a quiet home today. i am alone and away from the stress of my mother's pain, my father's sadness and my brother's mess. oh, i haven't mentioned that, have i?Friday, January 11th 2008
luckily, i am able to access a computer today via my parents' tenant who happens to be my sister's mother-in-law. i didn't want to trouble her to access her computer, but i am going to stay here another night so i needed to get on line. i am not sure if it's really a want more than a need, but here i am.Thursday, January 10th 2008
i have been spending a lot of time on long island without internet access this week. we took my mom home from the hospital late tuesday. she had a urinary infection which added to her lethergy from the fendenyl patch. the er environment (she never made it to an actual room) was just awful. she simply slipped further through the cracks each day. on sunday night i went nuts on the nurses and pcas. they left her sitting on a filthy bed pan for 45 minutes; uncomfortable and covered in fecal mat...