Go here. Buy a shirt. While you are at it, grab the logo above and freely spread it around while pointing people to the web site.

As I mentioned earlier this week, I have my new red shirts. I had a tough choice to make this morning, but I ultimately went with Rolling Thunder. I may be biased, but it looks gooood.

Sues – we will be sending you a picture or two soon. I swear, this shirt makes me look sexier (if that’s even possible), run faster, and jump higher. Just like my Keds when I was a kid…

Thank you, and God bless you all!

Hello!

Did you miss me? I know that I missed being able to read all of your blog entries. In case I didn’t manage to see your latest entry, I apologize. Some of you know that I lurked a bit over the last few days, but not much.

Why not, you ask?

TMBWitW has been very emotional, what with being pregnant and losing her mom. This has created a bit of an issue for me, since I want to be there and hold her for everything she wants/needs/desires to say or express, but my company does not offer bereavement leave (one more on the “con” side of the ledger, by the way…). She does have that benefit, and is using it, as she should.

Have I told you that TMBWitW has a fraternal twin? Oh, yeah – in the updates. Anyway, M has been missing their mom even more than TMBWitW has, if that’s possible. M is mourning what was, TMBWitW is mourning what should have been. Grace’s husband was less than nice to all three girls when they were growing up, and was more than that to TMBWitW, which is why she left the house as soon as she was legally able. It’s also why she had not had conntact with her mother for the few previous years, since the husband (did I tell you he wanted to bring mom back to Kingman from Vegas in the Jeep?) was in and out on an irregular schedule and that made it nearly impossible to keep in touch. M pretty much told him off, and called every other night anyway; A, their older sister, dealt with him and visited mom every day, since they lived in the same town. But TMBWitW lives in Phoenix, which is about three hours by bad road from Kingman (two and a half if you are trying to race a storm) and she couldn’t stand to accidently talk to him if she called.

It’s been a tough week, and in some ways it seems like much longer.

On the good news side – I got my Red Shirts today – they look spiffy! I’m going to take a picture of us in them and send them to Sues and Jarhead.

Well, I’m going to try to get a few things accomplished around the house here. I’ve got some research to do for a side project that I will tell you all about soon, and I need to get the Baby Pool going – anyone with advice for how to upload a spreadsheet? I could really use some help in that department…

God bless you all, and thank you for your patience. TMBWitW says thank you, also.

Go here. Buy a shirt. While you are at it, grab the logo above and freely spread it around while pointing people to the web site.

Thank you, and God bless you all!

Full Disclosure (again!):

I am a slacker, as I have said previously. Today, having lost time in my mind due to events of this week, I forgot to wear a red shirt. How could this happen? Well, Monday was a holiday. Thursdays are normally trash day, unless there is a holiday earlier in the week. Today, I put the trash cans out, and totally forgot that it was Friday. Also, I spent yesterday comforting my wife, instead of at work, so that threw off my sense of day also. I rpomise to do better in the future. I’m sorry, Sues. It won’t happen again.

I have edited this to allow continued privacy:

From TMBWitW:
Love and thanks to all of you,

[TMBWitW] & Cary

Well, please bear with me.

Tuesday’s events wore on: M, the twin, was waiting with Grace for the transport company to come and get her. A social worker walked into the room, and asked for information about the hospice she was headed too, and asked for A so she could sign the release. A was waiting at the hospice in Kingman so Grace wouldn’t be alone when she got there. The social worker fretted about what to do if mom passed away while being transported, M about went off on the worker but instead left, since Loving Husband was there. Loving Husband, by the way, was trying to convince anyone who would listen that it would be better to just increase the morphine dosage, until, well, you know. wattajerk

LH heard from his insurance company that they would not pay for the transport back to Kingman. He suggested they load her in his Jeep, and he would drive her home.

That idea was vetoed rather quickly.

By the time A arrived back in Vegas, it was early Wednesday morning. Social worker showed back up. Shortly after, God moved in a mysterious way. A friend of social worker, who happened to work at Harbor House Hospice (which always has a waiting list at least a year long) stopped by to visit social worker. The person from Harbor House had never been to Sunrise Medical Center, in spite of it being only two blocks from where she worked. SW told HH the story about Grace. HH said, “Well, we have an open bed, if you would be interested in bringing her there.” See? God stuff.

Long story longer – Grace will be staying at Harbor House until she passes. Her husband will probably move to Iowa, which is fine with us, since it’s some wide open country there and perhaps someone with a long rifle can get a nice view of him through a Leopold.

Oh, wait. Now, I have to pray for his safety, because if anything happens to him I will be a prime suspect.

We thank you all, once again, for being supportive and prayerful while we have been trying to sort this out.

In related updates: The 2996 project is full, which means that all the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be remembered next Monday.

The 2005 Toyota Camry XLE with the 4 cylinder engine will get about 39.8 miles per gallon, even at speeds between 75 and 80 miles per hour.

When you are generally worried about other aspects of your life, your work, no matter how enjoyable, sucks. And, your morbid sense of humor (coping mechanism) kicks in, hard, causing you to crack wise to your supervisor. By the way, this is not a good thing to do on a regular basis.

God bless you all, and stay safe. Update your will and your living will. Make sure you are signed up to be an organ donor, if you have been meaning to do that. Do not assign Power of Attorney to the biggest A-hole in your life, even if that person is your spouse. Listen to your children, they sometimes have the gift of knowledge, for out of the mouths of babes comes wisdom beyond their years.