I made my travel arrangements for Colorado Springs–going out Thursday morning, returning Sunday afternoon (assuming no new medical crisis). No problems arranging this at the office, to my considerable relief.
My mother, Virginia Glenn McDavid, is 81 years old. She is in a hospital in Colorado Springs. She recently had gall bladder surgery, but the recovery has been complicated by congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, kidney failure, and other issues. She is stable for now, but I need to go out to see her–she has asked me to come. My brother Raven lives in Colorado Springs and been visiting her constantly, sending the rest of us frequent e-mail reports. My sister Ann has come in from Denver, and my other brother Tom will be arriving from Seattle.
Raven and his wife Anne (yes, Ann and Anne) say Mom is not in immediate danger. Otherwise I would be looking for a flight tonight. I talked to her just now. and she is quite lucid and seems to be in reasonably good spirits. It is hard to tell with her; she is a very quiet and private person.
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Rather less going on then usual. colgaffneyis has no shows in September, so there is not the rush to get ready for the next event. Gaeltacht Minnesota is in the middle of a three week break. All this is just as well. The continual threatening atmosphere at work is wearing me down. Furthermore, allergies have been interfering with my sleep. They are hitting me much harder than in the past several summers. There are several projects I want to work on at home, but it is hard to find the energy to proceed with them.
We went back to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church today. The Rector was out, but that was really OK–We got to see how the parish worked without her. Answer: Just fine. That is the way it should be. LeeAnne is a brilliant preacher and obviously well-loved in the parish, but the church needs to be able to get along when she is elsewhere.
After we got home mia_mcdavid took a nap, while I worked on some of colgaffneyis tent poles–we had several equipment failures at Perham. I did everything I could–the next step is a policy decision by Mia and the Tinker. I also made some progress on cleaning my workbench.
We got home from the MN Ren Faire about 4:30 yesterday afternoon and went to bed–we both needed naps. We got up for dinner, after which mia_mcdavid went out to join some friends at a concert in a western suburb. I could not face that, and returned to bed at 8:30. All told I slept for about 14 hours.
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