Well, shit

My mom has to have surgery on Wednesday. She'll be in the hospital for a day or two. I'm leaving Tuesday evening to go help her out (and to see her -- I really do miss her). I'll be back on Saturday. I am totally bummed that she's still sick, but if she was going to need my help, this week is good timing -- I had already taken Wednesday-through-Friday off, for a couple other reasons, and so I'm not actually going to miss any unexpected days at work.

My mom's not that old (if you know how old I am, add 27). It's very sad to me that she's going through so much pain, fear, and vulnerability, but I know lots of you lost your moms lots sooner (or didn't have moms you could count on the way I can), so I'm trying to focus on the fact that I have her to be with, and she has me, even if I am too far away.

Oh, and if my aunt doesn't move out to live with my mom by December, she (my mom) has promised to sell her house and move up here. If that happens, you'll be able to hear my squee from wherever you are.

I found out about this last night. Since then, I can't shake this anxiety. I know everything will be fine, or it won't and we'll cope, but I'm a ball of stress. It'll pass, I know it will. But *sigh*.

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someotherguy went with me yesterday to pick up a platform bedframe from a woman who'd gotten it from fattest a while back. Free bed, yay! He just put it together, with a little help from me, and YAY! We still need a new mattress (this one is 6 years old and a little mildewed on the bottom from sitting directly on the floor for so long), but hey, we're on our way to having a real bed that's not a mattress thrown on the floor! With drawers and everything! Thanks, Max!

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Me, to someotherguy: "Listen to this: just for fun, I listed all the countries where the contributors in this issue live: Canada (but from Europe), US, Tajikstan, US, US, UK, Canada, US (from Canada), UK (from Ireland), US, Greece, US, UK, Germany..."

Him: "Cool. And the really cool thing is you didn't do it on purpose, or even know where most of them were from when you got their stuff."

Me: "Exactly."