Updates and Whatnot

 I forgot about this blog for awhile. Maybe I didn't forget exactly, but I avoided it. Good news for my mom. The surgery went well. The recovery... not so much. She spent most of November in the hospital trying to get her pain under control as well as drainage and whatnot. She seems to be doing better physically. The pain isn't as bad as pre-surgery and there are times when she sounds like her old self. More so than before surgery. She still has days where she is short of breath and the pain bothers her, but I'm hoping those are getting few and far between the good days. Her anxiety has not gone away and she may have a bit of depression. Which has lead her to ask for anti-depressants and to hold off on the chemo and radiation until some time this month. The chemo will be done via pill but she will also receive high doses of radiation. She doesn't talk about it much and I'm not sure what to expect once her treatments start. I just try to keep our phone conversations short and happy in order to keep her spirits up and in a positive light.

   Juan's step-dad passed away a few weeks ago. It was a bit of a shock but not a huge one. His health just began to go downhill the moment he was diagnosed with kidney failure and put on dialysis a year ago. I didn't visit him in the hospital, but Juan did. I am very proud of Juan for stepping up to the plate and taking turns keeping an eye on his stepdad when his brother or mom couldn't be there. His stepdad was a hard guy, lived a hard life, and I can't say for sure if Juan or his brother really loved him, but they did right by him in the end. Just as their stepdad tried to do right by them when they were young. Juan's mom is handling things as well as possible. We stayed and tried to help out as much as we could. We'll be helping her financially until we get everything figured out for her.

   I have an overwhelming urge to being writing again. Writing blog posts. Writing stories. I miss writing. I miss pouring out my thoughts on paper and seeing my daydreams get fleshed out and made into something that I wouldn't mind reading. I don't know if I"ll make the time to write every day... like I wan to, but I will try to make the time to write every few days. I am expecting life to get rather hectic once my classes start on Jan. 13th. I signed up for five classes and am worried that I have signed up for too many classes, but I refuse to drop any and will just soldier on and work my ass off. I am still happy to be in school. Even happier to have finally passed that damn math class... with a B!

  This is just random crap. It's late. I don't even have my glasses on, but my fingers wanted to do some typing and my thoughts wanted to do some talking. So here you go. It feels good to be back here. To write about anything and everything. Maybe one day I'll even share this with friends and family.