Gerald’s mother has been in an out of the hospital for the past week, and she was readmitted Thursday night and had a major cardiac event and has been there ever since. To help take the load off him and his wife, the kids have been staying with me so he can stay at the hospital. It’s been fine, but they can be a touch exhausting at the time. I think what I notice the most is the constant incessant chatter. It’s just nonstop. It’s not that it is irritating, it’s just that I am not used to it. No opportunity to vocalize is left unused. If they were dogs, they would be Thurston.
Also, I have had more discussions about farts in the last 48 hours than in the previous ten years.
At any rate, last night we had burgers, beans and franks, and fries with milkshakes for dessert, and this morning we got up and took care of their dogs and mine, and then drove up to the seasonal opening of the apple orchard. They had never been, and I was excited about getting some apples, so it was a fun time. We even got to do a fun rendition of “he’s touching me he won’t stop touching me DOMINIC GOD DAMNIT STOP TOUCHING HER OR I WILL TIE YOU TO THE ROOF LIKE AUNT EDNA.” Picked up apples for my parents, my brother, and me- they had ginger gold, zestar, and one other whose name I forget.
Tonight for dinner we are doing fajitas, rice and beans, and street corn with grilled peaches and ice cream for dessert. I’m afraid to even think about what godawful movie they are going to make me watch.
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I have seen a couple questions about the new website in the comments of other posts. It is still underway, just currently working on the database to deal with the 85 billion comments and images that need to be recombobulated or whatever the technical term is. It won’t be long. Watergirl will update some time soon.