My mom called me today at lunch to tell me that they are moving my grandmother into hospice. After her surgery, her mind was not there. She's got severe dementia, and doesn't know where she is or who she's talking to. She didn't even know that all her sons were there with her. Because of this, she is not cooperating with the medical staff and ( Read more... )

So my grandma is ok. They didn't have to replace the hip, just repair it. So it was a shorter and less complicated procedure. When my mom called she was in recovery. So that's a relief ( Read more... )

My 92 year old great-grandmother fell and broke her hip. She has to have surgery tomorrow to prevent inevitable pneumonia. There's always high risk with surgery on someone her age, but I guess they have to. She has been doing worse and worse over the last few years. Less and less mobile, and her mind is fading fast. My mom said that she has ( Read more... )

Tood posted this and I think his is more right than mine is, given what I know of him.

Your Birthdate: January 15
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Every election day I feel so empowered when I go and vote. Even though I'm one of millions of people making the decision, I feel like I do play a roll in what happens in the government beyond my usual bitching and complaining. I was happy that Corzine won. I hadn't seen any campaigning whatsoever for his challenger, so it didn't come as a huge ( Read more... )

I just got an email advertising that my HSBC savings account interest rate has risen again! Now it's a whopping

4.5%If I only had money to save I could be so rich! Knowing my luck, when I start to put money in it, the interest rate will go down to 0.50% like it is everywhere else ( Read more... )

Today, while sitting in my underwear catching up on some online nothingnesses like Dinosaur Comics and Home Star Runner, I got an IM from Lucian asking if I was free in an hour. What for? For a concert at Carnegie Hall, a retrospective of the 40 year career of composer Meredith Monk. In which Björk would be performing. No plans here, I said, ( Read more... )

I don't know where I'm supposed to go vote on Tuesday!!!

This song just came on and I became gleeful remembering the glorious day when I finally figured out what the women sing in the background. In retrospect, I can't see how I never heard the french translation of "games without frontiers:" jeux sans frontieres. Kay, back to being a bookworm.

...chatted with my whole family on AIM in a chat room. It as fun. They are all going to be here in three weeks for Thanksgiving.

...watched four episodes of X-Files with Alison. They were season two, "Duane Barry," "Ascension," "3," and "One Breath." Maybe the best four consecutive episodes of the early seasons of X-Files... ate a chicken saag ( Read more... )