It has been a while

I am back. It has been over a week, 9 days to be exact, since I last posted. I am sure the holidays played a role. To all of my "luntzmen" out there, shana tovah, bitches.

Now on to some sadder news. It appears that FIL is on the "outs". He is/has not been eating and lost about 9 pounds. He also was not drinking. His kidneys are failing, though that has been going on for well over a year. The Wife tells me that he is muttering gibberish, but he has been doing that for well over 10 years now, so that is indicative of nothing.

He has been moved to the hospital and is about to be moved to a "step down" unit from the intensive care he is in. Oh yeah, he is also having congestive heart failure, but that is nothing new as well. That was usually a spring time hospital stay with that....of course, he would come out and tell people he had ptomaine poisoning (well, it happened once and I was unfortunate enough to hear that.....had to scream WHAT THE FUCK!.....the man took NO responsibility for his own health or care. Now, we have a shell of a man, a mere infant, who cannot describe what ails him or what he feels.

It is sad and hard to find any meaning in it. It is there, at least relative to what could be and what has been, and it is still hard. Again, the siblings have not picked up the slack so the Wife bears the brunt of the physical and emotional work regarding his care. This means the Lad and myself have to deal with an overly emotional, irrational woman. Sadly, that is not much different than it was 18 months ago. Ahhh, that is my cross to bear.

Other than that, the holidays were okay. The long weekend, notwithstanding the Wife spending a lot of time with her father, was okay, too. Great weather around these parts.

I will tell you all about a great concert I saw last week. I saw Pinback. Who? They are an independent band out of Denver and now, San Diego (I think). It was in a small venue and fantastic eventhough the lead singer had a wicked cold. It was a fun time had by the 300 or so who were there. I thought I was getting too old for such things. I was wrong.

Going to run now, be back soon. Ciao!