Unexpected requests

Gotta love being volunteered for things without your consent or even your knowledge. Much like many of my friends, i tend to be a rather nocturnal creature by design and when i travel i normally do so at the dead of night. So imagine my surprise when i was told that on my upcoming trip to visit my family outside Austin that my grandmother was planning on getting a ride with me halfway. This is a little more than problematic to say the least. My plan was to head out around midnight or so friday night and come back during the early hours of Sunday. If this foolhardy plan was to happen, i'd have just enough time to arrive Saturday night, eat, visit, sleep, wake up for breakfast then head out...not even worth the trip if you ask me (as much as i love seeing my family). Thankfully, they were easily enough to lead towards the sensible solution that this is not a good idea. Everything has it's payoff, and as such, i got to spend many hours on the phone with my mother. Now, as this would not normally be a bad thing (i do love my mother after all), recent events have been less than cheerful. My stepfather was diagnosed with cancer last year. After some surgery, the doctors removed it all. Repeated tests showed that it has infact been removed, yet he's still convinced that he's going to die from it and seems to be just waiting for it to happen. One would think that, after all these tests, he could finally accept that it's gone, that he is well, and move on with his life. Everything seems to come from his father dying from it later in life. Despite the obvious life differences (which he doesn't really acknowledge), he really thinks that it's just a matter of time. So much for the saying, "What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger." Perhaps it's just the seclusion of their residency and stresses of everyday life.


Thankfully, everything else seems to be fine. The house hasn't burned down, my computer still works, and i've got a few movies/anime eps waiting on me to watch them. The cats woke me from my nap (seems they needed food and felt the desire to tell me...alot), but that's ok as i've got too many things to do other than sleeping. >^.^<