Talk with mom and dad

I talked to my mom a little while ago. I was happy to hear that although she's not eating by mouth (on a feeding tube still), she is feeling better and is doing physical post hip surgery therapy working towards eventually not needing the walker. Dad's doing fine too, and says that you'd never recognize mom now that she's been home for a month. YAY!

I am pissed off at my sister and brother. Mom told me that he and his girlfriend flew in from England to visit Las Vegas, and then my mom, on their way back to England. While they were in Colorado they stayed with my sister, brother in-law, and their daughter. That's just great. I guess it's good to know where I stand. Not only did I have NO IDEA they were in the U.S., but was NEVER told they were at my sister's. I WOULD'VE called because I haven't talked or emailed (cuz he wouldn't reply) with him for over 10 years! My sister DOES have email, so she could've dropped me a note, ya know? What the fuck?!!

Technorati : england, family, hip, las vegas, sister, surgery, vacation, visit

3 month non smoking anniversary. Halloween

Well, it's been 3 months since I've had a cigarette! I'm kind of proud of myself. The longest I had gone before this was in 2000, starting before we decided to leave NM and head for MO. I had started within the first 2 weeks of being in MO, while we were living in the campground. I started smoking then because we were in a *major* thunderstorm with wind and copious amounts of rain. I got all stressed out because I kept having to go out of the tent and try to pound the tent hold-down stakes back into the ground that was turning to mud. I believe it was the next day that I started smoking. Since then, I had quit once for a few weeks here and there. But THIS time I do believe it's going to be a long time before I smoke again. If you see me writing about my one year anniversary of being a non smoker next November, you'll know I'm STILL a non-smoker.

Yesterday was Halloween/Samhain/All Hallows Eve. If course you knew that. *smile* It was just another day for us. We had bought some candy on Sunday, and it was all gone by early yesterday afternoon. Which was fine, because we bought it for ourselves anyway because we *never* get trick-or-treaters in this area anyway. Too far out in the country! :-) So we just did the usual things like play on the computer, play video games, and watch TV. Like I said, uneventful! Even if we had planned on going to town dressed-up, we probably wouldn't have because my wife has been suffering with a stuffy head and cough for a few days now :-(

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