So lets hit the MAJOR updates:
My husband mom, my mother-in-law, passed away 4 years ago and our youngest sone has become my Father-in-law's primary caregiver. He says he likes it up there. Its very quiet, and his work load is pretty light ... he just refuses to get paid for it.
My father-in-law turned 92 yrs old this year, and had a couple of stays in the hospital up there. He is now on Hospice - but that just means "comfort care" not "death bed" care these days ... he had a prettyn major change to his medication. But he seems to be doing well as can be expected.
Oldest is engaged - he went with his girlfriend up north at the end of September and came back engaged ... no date set as of yet, but it sounds like they are going to have an "engagement party" in December ... Nevver heard of one before, do we buy a gift ... god I hope not (more later)
We are going to be grandparents - oldest daughter has had a "Timing Issue" as we call it, and she is due in February right around Valentine's Day ... marrieage may come after the baby is born, I think. Baby daddy seems to be dragging his feet ... but that's a whole different can of worms and I don't want to get into that.
My youngest son, while excited to be an uncle and getting a new sister-in-law, is enjoying living at the resort. He says he isn't sure if he could move back so close to the city any more.
My youngest ... she is in her last year of college. She says the one class that had kicked her butt twice before - problems with the professor - I want to say its the last class she has to pass to get her accounting certification.
Now for hubby -- okay, fair to say I am keeping a LOT of info off this page. Its his story and I just come across as being witchy, give and take a letter ... Let me say - I love my husband very much, and I'm glad things weren't any worse ... and he is still alive, even after I found out the story as he's told it to me so far ... I've a feeling he is still holding a few things back that I likely will not know about for a while yet. He was pretty embarrassed.
Hubby got a spiral fracture of the smaller of the two bones in the shin ... he also messed up the tendons in his ankle. He had to have some surgery - pin to hold the shin bone in place and then ... how to describe this ... to fix the tendons in the ankle, they had to tie the tendons back where they belonged with whatever it is they use for such things ... he has to keep weight off of it until January.
This will not be easy for him to do in a state where 7-8 months are in snow.
This winter is going to be .... Interesting ...
I used to have a parent at the daycare of Japanese decent ... one day I told him to have an "interesting day" - he said he understood that I certainly didn't mean it this way, but in Japanese culture to wish someone an "interesting day" is kind of like cursing them out.
I just hope I haven't damned us ... this year will be hard enouhg.
HODIDAYS are coming ... inflation is up ... especially food ... its definately going to ge 'interesting"
