The busy Summer, so far
We've had some busy weeks lately. Back in June, I was told I needed a hysterectomy. The sooner the better was my response, and so it was scheduled for July. In the meantime, I had things to do, things to settle, and prepare. Dad was good about it all, at first, but thought we would need a nurse at home, like Mom did, back in 1974. Mom had the big cut, in hospital for a week, "with drains and stuff. I couldn't even see her", Dad said. Then she came home and he hired a nurse! Some of you may know how cheap Dad is, and be like, "a NURSE"? But he couldn't bear (still can't) the sight of stitches, or bandages, or blood and didn't even want to be around Mom so he worked lots of shifts at the phone company and at Pop's (the local gin joint) to pay for the nurse (Mrs. O'Leary, who just lost her son in a work accident). Of course, I tried to explain that a robot was doing my surgery - called DaVinci, and I would go in on a Friday, go h...