Past Month

This past month has been full of activity for me - both good and bad!

The family moved Mom into a new place that is smaller but much more affordable for her (us).  She is still independent and almost done working...time for her to move into the retirement world and enjoy her grandchildren more than she is.  Good thing too is that her health is better than it was one year ago.  She'll be on medication for the rest of her life but then again won't we all!

During this time, I got the crud that is going around.  Wow - it was intense.  Only way I made it thru the moving weekend was steroids.  I haven't been that sick in a long long time and it took almost a complete week to recover.

Good think I was sick before we moved Mom because the weekend after I was in Vegas visiting Tish on my yearly trek out for her birthday.  Now we don't hit the strip or go out to wild Vegas clubs, but we do go out.  Tish and I went out to a food truck/bands / art houses street blocked off event and ran into the family from "Sister Wives" which is a show on cable about poligomy.  Tish totally freaked and didn't want to acknowldge what was right in front of us.  I said a few words to one of the wives and she responded in kind.  To each his own, this world would be a better place if we all just stopped judging and left enough alone.

I learned about Vegas as a small town when I was married in the early 90s and we used to go out to stay with his folks on the South East side of town.  Tish lives in a community built in the 60s where a lot of the 'stars' of the time lived.  This community also is where the house from the movie "Casino" is.  They are updating the house, bringing it back to it's original glamor of the 60s and doing a fine job of it.   Oh got me some new shoes from the Sketchers outlet around the corner from her house...I like them!

Upcoming events: Mardi Gras party, Nick comes home for 10 days; I head out for a long weekend in April; Thirtieth high-school reunion ... when did that happen?!?!