I'm still in MN. I caught the flu last week and today my daughter had surgery on her foot. Her s/o is away on a job and I'm on the hospital web. She's having a Bunyan taken care of so it's an out patient proceeder but the hard part will be her 1 yr old rambunctious son. She must stay off her feet for three days. Her s/o will be back tomorrow so she is staying with us tonight. The surgery was planed for last month but her doc had to take a medical leave.

My middle sister is making and bringing thanksgiving to my daughters house, I know I should be happy but I'm dreading it. B(my sister) and I do not get along at all. I've given up trying with her. A couple weeks ago she came over and I had made lunch she wouldn't eat it and didn't say a word to me the entire time. Usually we celebrate all holidays at my mothers house and they show up late and leave early so it's not too big of a problem. Plus my mothers house is quite large so I can just stay out of her way.

It's clear to me that my mom is wanting me to stay here for a lot longer than I planed on but I don't know if I can take much more. I really miss having my own place to go and get away from people for a while. Having to be up all the time is very wearing. It's amazing how fast I fall back into old patterns around family. I'm always fine! On the plus side mom is starting to talk about a lot of things, she's never been big on talking about feelings. She told me that I'm the only one she can talk to about death as my sisters don't want to deal with it. She's 85 and two of her siblings are gone so it is something she needs to talk about.

I really miss being Able to tune in here and connect.