Playing Catch Up... Part 2

December 26th, 2009
- The day started pleasant enough... Woke up and it was just another day.
- Asked Dad to come take me to get some water, y'know from those water filtering stores. I prefer he takes me over Mom... She parks in her spot on the driveway, several feet AWAY from the door and with a bad back and arm and shoulder and neck.... Yeah, she can't help me carry the four five-gallon (HEAVY) water bottles inside. So, while I know, Mom needs to start getting out more... I still ask Dad for the help. Thank you, Daddy!
- After Dad went home, I turned on my computer.... Or tried to at least. The darn thing didn't want to cooperate with me. First, it tells me there's no slave drive (who knew computers came with slaves?). Then, it says there's no boot system, blah blah... Like I know comp lingo. Anywho... I tried shutting it off and then just turning it back on (as that worked in the past), but alas... the poor thing just beepbeepbeeped at me. Le sigh....
- I took the night off (not that I had a choice) and stayed in my room most of the night.

December 27th, 2009
- I woke up and discovered Mom's back went out. Yet another disc in her back had slipped and hit a nerve or maybe one of the discs, that were already sliding, slid just so... At any rate, she was walking around all question mark like. But she said she could still drive.... Liar. :P
- After I showered, I told her I wasn't going to make her drive anywhere. Not when it was obvious she was in too much pain to even drive the non-scenic route.
- As it was only an hour or two away from Sarah's wedding, there was little I could do. So, I missed my fwend's wedding. I'm sorry, Sawah.
- I was scolded later for not telling her sooner. But I can't imagine anyone at wedding/reception central having time to come get me.. Not when it's a good 45 minute drive one way!
- My Sunday was uneventful apart from that, but I hope Sarah's wedding went well... I still can't believe my friend is MARRIED! I mean, I know we're all of a marrying age (if not past it, depending on who you're talking to), but still! I'm happy for her, though.

December 28th, 2009
- A largely uneventful day... I watched lots of Christmas movies. Played online via my cell phone. I really can't thank Chrissi enough for telling me about Opera mini! I checked my main forum for signs of life. Thankfully, I was missing little, what with the holiday season keeping people busy with real life. I was able to check on my Utopia province to make sure it wasn't dying or anything. :P And Y!M texting kept me somewhat connected to my friends. I think that's what I miss most when I'm compless. Talking to people.

December 29th, 2009
- Who loves the dentist? I know my Mom and I don't. She dreads it. So much so, that she puts off treating her mouth. Well, as penalty, she ended up with an infection and a swollen mouth and we had to make plans to make an emergency run to the dentist.
- So I wake early-ish, and she checks with work to see if she can get off early. Dentist's office tells her to come in, and so we do. But the bimbette receptionist must have been on crack or something. The waiting room was filled with people. So they were way too busy to even see Mom. They sent her home, and told her to come back at 3pm. So now she's taken the morning off for nothing!
- Dad called and said he had a long lunch and so we did our Target Tuesday outing during daylight hours for a change. :P Te he! It was fun. And this way, he could go straight home after work..... Well that was the plan anyway...
- We went back to the dentist a smidge earlier than they'd said, but with hopes of maybe being seen. The afternoon receptionist had a brain and saw Mom's mouth and knew they wouldn't be able to work in her mouth. So she got a quick once over by a dentist, enough to get a prescription for pain and antibiotic meds. The hope was it would help the swelling go down enough to be able to work on by Saturday, when her actual appointment was scheduled.
- So, we left and went home. She was shaky from lack of eating (and I think lingering dread that they'd do something to her, but she never said that). Anywho, she didn't think she could go get her meds. So.... I called Dad to see if he could take me when he got off work. Sorry Daddy!

December 30th, 2009
- Wednesday went pretty much the same way Monday did... Nothing but cell net and Christmas movies. :P

December 31st, 2009
- Daddy came over for the last visit of the year. :P Te he.
- We ordered Pizza Hut, which here is WAY better than Norwalk. Got pasta for the Mama who's still not able to eat tons of heavy chewing foods. :P
- Dad looked at the computer. And he was able to reformat it. But it didn't cooperate even still... It was missing some stuff or something... And settings wouldn't behave... We both agreed, taking it out back and shooting it would be for the best. :P But silver lining was....my secondary hard drive was unaffected and so all my personal files remained! :D Whew....
- I almost forgot it was New Year's Eve. At midnight, I heard the neighbors screaming and shouting and tooting their lil party favors. And I was like, what's going on? Oh, right. New Year's Eve hasn't been really special or excited since I was a kid who had to struggle to try and stay awake. Heck, I wasn't even watching the SyFy Twilight Zone Marathon this year. :o The night was just another night for me, mentally speaking.

The next day would be different... :)

To be continued....