Updates from the snowy north!

Well folks, my attempts to flee from the frozen south to the warmer north have been thwarted, though, MD is supposed to get five + inches of snow and we're just getting sleet, so perhaps it balances out :-).

Regardless, things here have fallen into routine, or a bit of a routine so to speak. Spike lands on me at about 7, curls up and sleeps for another two hours (if I'm lucky) and then we get up and go outside between 8:30 and 9. My waking up and walking around normally wakes up Nana who then gets up and to the bathroom. I make her breakfast at about 9:30 and we go on with our day from there.

Today we will be adding in a few things, like sorting through old clothing to try and figure out what we want to do with some of the things before she moves, as she doesn't need to take all of it with her. We will see how this goes, as she seemingly has no intention of moving within the next four months. Little does she know (though she's been informed) that she will be moving next month. She has a little under a whole month to get with the program or we shall resort to drastic measures. :-)

Anyway -- off to get her up and dressed, time for some packing adventures to ensue!

Doing Silly Things... Like Dying

"We knew an appraiser once. He died. Why do people keep doing that silly thing?"
~Nana

My Grandmother has few friends who are still living. It seems that she and my grandfather have quite out lived most of the people they grew up with and met throughout their lives. It must be said that at least once a day someone who has passed crosses her mind and she sits in thought and then makes some comment or another about death and dying. Today it was "We all will die sometime." and she has said many other little bits here and there about things which she's thought of concerning dying.
Today is my third day here. Nana is doing quite well, and is even a little faster today than she has been in the preceding days. I'm pretty pleased that she really isn't arguing with me about the things which she has to do every day.

More later.

New York, New York

Yes, I made it! Excellent, except for the fact that the net really doesn't want to cooperate so I'll be operating mostly when I'm hiding out in the study. I guess it isn't too bad, as things are just going to go that way. I will figure something out. I won't be online constantly. Sorry for those of you who I told I would be. I had no idea that setting up wireless would suck so much. They don't really have a strong enough signal for the wireless to be supported. Such is life. I guess it will get all figured out eventually. Or, knowing my luck, a few days after I leave.

On the good news side of things, I got to see KATY today! She rescued me from lots of hauling things on my own and helped me get moved in. We got to chat and catch up...not that we don't talk online and over the phone, but somehow it just isn't the same.

We made dinner, which Nana ACTUALLY ATE! *GASP* I did not know that to be possible -- but none the less it was a good first day. Nana had not gotten up by the time I got here (going on 2 pm) but when she got up she had an egg and a biscuit and some lemon curd (ultimately fattening). So, anyway. that went well and we'll get her up to more of a normal schedule soon. Food shopping tomorrow to stock this house up with things to be eaten (not by me).

That is about the run down. Keep checking in for some up and coming book reviews -- I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands, so I'll be writing a lot.

Leo

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Train of Thought

My train of thought always ends with the same Caboose.

The statement may sound funny, but, it is quite true.

I'll explain more later.

"I just can't do this" as an excuse to end a relationship.

It has come to light again recently that "I just can't do this." or "I can't do this to you." or "I just don't know." are now - a - days acceptable excuses for a rather serious relationship to end. How is it that you can go from talking about a future, living together, marriage, and children to one of these excuses so quickly.
News flash, everyone has issues at one point or another. The thing is being the adult and being able to discuss these things with your partner. When one side of the equation is left without understanding or resolution it is one of the hardest things to go through. Yes, you hit rough patches in your life, your mood and thinking change, but, isn't the point of being with someone the point that over time you're supposed to want to go through life with this person? I would say that yes, that is the point of dating someone and talking about a future. But what future is there really when you cannot talk about what bothers you with your partner.
Granted, it is not always the case that things work out 100%, but why not try? Instead of running away and thinking that your partner, girlfriend, boyfriend, etc -- doesn't understand, why not talk to h/er and figure things out. It makes no sense to 'fade out' (a term adapted from my own dying conversations through romance with people), or to just point blank run away from the person you're supposed to care about.
Since when has it become acceptable to run from your problems? I am quite sure that these excuses have not always existed in one form or another...but seriously?

What stops you from asking what is wrong when a conversation just seems wrong. One of the things which gets me, is that I am worried about starting something because of me trying to figure out what is going on. I know I don't always make it easy, but I know that trying is important. I, unfortunately, tend to pull away when I can feel a change in the person I'm seeing. This tends to be mainly when I'm talking to Joe. I get a little freaked about any move that I make because I never really know what makes us stop talking. Maybe someday we'll figure that out. How I would love to get it right someday.

*sigh* anyway. I feel bad for my little sister, who is currently in this predicament. Boys are weird.

OMG SNOW

Holy cow, there is about three feet of snow all around us. it is crazy!

So far, we had 19 inches at the beginning of this morning, and from here, we have gotten at least another foot ish...

Yikes!