I just looked down to see the classic "don't throw away!" warning tag (trashcan with an x on it) dangling from my new headphones. I must wonder, if they aren't fit for the trash, how are they fit for wearing atop my head? What are they made of!?
So I've been sort of preoccupied this past (almost) month since I last blogged. A lot has been happening. My mom wound up having part of her foot amputated and 10 days later had a follow up 'cleaning' of sorts. Now, we're basically back at square one, and, if she chooses to do so, is going to have a 'below-the-knee' amputation of her leg on Tuesday. She'll lose her leg up to her calf, but the recovery time is much faster this way-three weeks as opposed to the 6 months or so we're looking at now. Compared to what she's been going through it will most likely be in her best interest to go on with it, the doctor's say. She's developed a psychosis while in the hospital, or had a stroke, they don't know, which causes her to think she's not where she's supposed to be sometimes. She feels like she's falling and forgets who she is, who I am, and never can grasp what you're saying to her during those moments. They thought at first it may have been her medication, but after taking it all away, she still had bouts of it. Today it only lasted 4 hours. That's a good day.
In order to take care of all the things I'm going to have to take care of in the coming weeks I've been taking a leave of absence at work, which was supposed to allow me up to 12 weeks to come back. Last Friday, or week 2 of my l.o.a., I was graciously informed by my boss that it can only be 4 weeks, not 12. So, I think I'm giving my job up at the end of the month. There's not much else I can do unless things turn around quickly. In the next couple of weeks I have to find an apartment/rental house, buy a new car (yay!), pack for both of us, have one helluva yard sale, and move, all but the last two by myself. Technically, I've never moved before. When we moved here, I lived here for nearly a month before any of my stuff did. I went home on the weekends and randomly brought things up of my own, and when the big day came, mainly furniture remained. I've never had to pack. Sucko.
And did I mention I was in process of trying to become a work from home business owner? Yeah...there's that too. Baby stages, but it's looking promising. That would potentially be a load off my mind.
So, things are going to be a little touch and go, for a while longer here at SCC. I'm still writing my column/editorial every week and I've graduated from my training. So, as promised I'll tell where I've been hiding. You can find me every Monday
here. As of right now, it's just articles, but eventually I'll have time to properly maintain forum discussions (nerdy!), and also accept materials for review. That will be when the fun really begins.
Speaking of my column/editorial, I need to go write it now. But, before I go I will leave you with this:
Did you know that they make "personal" watermelons now? They are the size of a baby head and twice as delicious. Brandon told me. ;)
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