The Aerie
Dad Update. Latest fixated notion: bok choy, or "chinese celery". I
have no idea on the particulars because I wasn't there, but apparently
he's been talking about it for two days. Go figure.
We meant to go visit him yesterday but then my daughter got the
stomach flu. Nervous after the recent outbreak of Norwalk virus
elsewhere in Minnesota, I decided that we'd better not go anywhere
near terminally ill people for a while. Last thing I need to make this
season bright is to courier stomach flu into a cancer hospice and
compound the misery of others.
Also, apparently the pain has gotten bad enough that he's now on a
patch with some kind of anesthetic.
Meanwhile, my friend Keith lost his grandfather on Sunday. And our
mutual friend Dave Arneson (yeah, that Dave Arneson) is busy getting a
pacemaker and some bypasses put in.
All in all, this is not shaping up as the Best Christmas Ever.
On the upside we continue having unseasonably warm temperatures and
dry conditions while the East and South are plagued with Jack London
snowstorms. So while things are pretty grim around here, at least
there's something to laugh at.
But overall, it's the kind of season that has me counting down the
hours and minutes until I get to go see the midnight premiere of 'The
Two Towers.' No, I'm not a nerdly Tolkein fan. Really! I went through
that phase at age fifteen, which is when it's appropriate. No, it's
just that, things being what they are, a three-hour diversion from
reality is more than welcome.
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Posted by Albatross at December 16, 2002 12:00 AM