Welcome back. Good to hear you had some time for yourself. You're a
saint for taking such good care of your mom. It's something many of us
have to do at a time when we had hoped to start taking it easy. Best of
health to her and good luck to you.
Paul
On Apr 23, 2006, at 12:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll try to be brief. Or as brief as I can be. :-)
Mom had a colostomy operation a week ago. She's been home about two
days.
Seems to be doing okay. But the big issue will be getting her back on
her feet
and walking. She hasn't walked since she went into the hospital.
Nothing really
wrong with her legs and feet, but the floors there were slick and she
was/is
weak. I am afraid of her losing her mind/body connection with her
feet. But I
think I can get her up again. I am hiring a caregiver to help me too.
She went in last Friday, had the operation Saturday night and was
supposed to
be there for a week.
Since she was gone and I didn't have the expense of paying someone to
take
care of her, I thought, sheesh, I should take advantage of this and go
somewhere.
I okayed it with her doctor. I went last Wed - Thurs.
I went to Monterey for 2 1/2 days and 2 nights. Saw the 17-mile drive
(and
took shots), Carmel (didn't), scenic drive in Carmel (didn't), the
Monterey
Aquarium (did), and Monterey Fisherman's Wharf (did). The weather was
nice both
days, just clouding up at night the last day. It was sort of
whirlwind, and I
was a bit pushed and tired, but I am glad I got away.
Also while searching for one particular gallery in Carmel to look at
one
particular painter's paintings (which I did finally see), I came
across a
photographic gallery. With 8-9 original (resales, not reprints) Ansel
Adams!!! A few
other famous photographers too.
It was neat to be able to get up and eyeball them closely. Impressive.
One
was an Indian pueblo type village with the moon over it. It was
selling for
$55,000. One of the smaller cheaper ones was $12,000. I should have
written the
titles down, but didn't. Sooner or later I may find them all, I think
I've seen
reproductions in books of some of them.
Too bad he couldn't make that much during his lifetime, huh?
And I had a nice geeky photo hobbyist type talk with the clerk in the
gallery.
I also saw George Lepp's California Poppy Show at the Monterey Natural
History Museum. I didn't know it was going to be there, I just
discovered it was
there by reading a little tourist magazine they hand out in all the
hotels and
shops there. I had seen some of his poppy pictures before in a digital
slideshow
when I went to a Lepp weekend about a year ago. But it was nice to see
some
prints in person. (Still wish I knew where he found all those fields
of poppies
in CA, he told me, but I never found them. Maybe I will try again.)
All in all, a satisfying trip. Although I was still pretty tired
during it.
And a quite photographic trip. :-)
I hadn't planned to come back to PDML for about another month. Not
until my
programming project is finished. But Mom's operation has derailed me.
I think
I'll mainly be busy with her this week.
So I'll hang around for a week or so until she is better. Then
unsubscribe
again to get back to my programming project undistracted.
I simply don't lurk well. :-)
Hi guys. Missed you.
Marnie aka Doe
