Wednesday
It's sort of funny, to me, how minutes can feel like hours when waiting for news.
My Favorite And Only Aunt And Uncle are very private and so the information I have about her is very limited and slow in coming.
I have not seen her in a long long time and, though I speak with her every few days, I have not spoken with her in a week or so. It's difficult to not see her, to not know what's happening every day.
Today my mom and I are going to the hospital - just to be there - perhaps there will be better news.
On other fronts: bloggers are visiting! Poppy and Wendy will each be in town before the end of November. At two different times! I predict dinners out!
I am in the thick of planning the holiday office party. Yes, the holidays are just around the corner.
My boys are well. Well, kind of - one of Youngest's doctors is suggesting that Youngest might be slightly better off were he not taking quite so much medication. This will prove to be a difficult field to navigate - BUT I'm ready to try.
We are being offered a healthy discount on a Volkswagen.
True, we are functioning well with only one, car but that car must be returned in 18 short months and I might like a Volkswagen by then. Much research to be done. I'm considering a wagon - thoughts?
Youngest was feeling very vulnerable the other night when a grown-up told him that we each only have two weeks in Rome. It was a metaphor, this two weeks in Rome business. The man explained to Youngest that he was an agnostic - an Indian agnostic (which we felt was somewhat remarkable).
We have so little time here, you see, he said to my boy, and before you know it you will be as much as a piece of paper thrown in the trash (actually, he said something much more dramatic and graphic than that) and you must realize this and do all the things you want to do...it's like being in Rome for only two weeks, this life - and you must make the most of it.
Youngest was especially moved by this information.
Two weeks in Rome....
Make the most of it.
I thank you for your kind words and prayers regarding my aunt.
My Favorite And Only Aunt And Uncle are very private and so the information I have about her is very limited and slow in coming.
I have not seen her in a long long time and, though I speak with her every few days, I have not spoken with her in a week or so. It's difficult to not see her, to not know what's happening every day.
Today my mom and I are going to the hospital - just to be there - perhaps there will be better news.
On other fronts: bloggers are visiting! Poppy and Wendy will each be in town before the end of November. At two different times! I predict dinners out!
I am in the thick of planning the holiday office party. Yes, the holidays are just around the corner.
My boys are well. Well, kind of - one of Youngest's doctors is suggesting that Youngest might be slightly better off were he not taking quite so much medication. This will prove to be a difficult field to navigate - BUT I'm ready to try.
We are being offered a healthy discount on a Volkswagen.
True, we are functioning well with only one, car but that car must be returned in 18 short months and I might like a Volkswagen by then. Much research to be done. I'm considering a wagon - thoughts?
Youngest was feeling very vulnerable the other night when a grown-up told him that we each only have two weeks in Rome. It was a metaphor, this two weeks in Rome business. The man explained to Youngest that he was an agnostic - an Indian agnostic (which we felt was somewhat remarkable).
We have so little time here, you see, he said to my boy, and before you know it you will be as much as a piece of paper thrown in the trash (actually, he said something much more dramatic and graphic than that) and you must realize this and do all the things you want to do...it's like being in Rome for only two weeks, this life - and you must make the most of it.
Youngest was especially moved by this information.
Two weeks in Rome....
Make the most of it.
I thank you for your kind words and prayers regarding my aunt.
Comments
We? Are a Volkswagen family. I've got my dream car in the way of a 2008 platinum grey VW Beetle and my J. has got himself a 2009 platinum grey diesel Jetta. His gets 1,100km a tank and has THE COOLEST red pilot light, but mine? Has a flower holder.
I vote yes for you on the VW wagon.
Thinking of you...
lm
I hope things get better with your aunt.
(My husband has worked for VW and dealers for almost 20 years)
If you have any specific questions, shoot me an email.
If I lived my life like two weeks in Rome, I believe I would make a huge mess of things. I'm much better off thinking that there is something else after this, and what we do here in Rome counts.
Thinking of your aunt.
VW - I have never driven one I didn't like.
We have been surviving well with fewer cars. Two of us use scooters almost exclusively and they rock!
Jenny
VW: I am not a big fan of BUT eveyroen swears by them
Paola
yea! holiday parties! visits from the bloggers of awesome!
ooh, that med adjustment thing can be hairy, eh?
i tried a number of volkswagons in car hunt 2006™. they all seemed to have their faults, and the repair record is notsogreat if you get an ornery one. that being said, if you luck into a gem, they will last forever. it's the crapshoot that makes it difficult.
i vote hyundai. i hadn't considered one, but when i drove it? love at first site. andlemmiejusttellyou...when i had the awful car accident of 2008™? the entire front end of my car was smashed into bits, but the interior was pristine. so i went out and snatched the exact same car. the newbie and i are good and true friends.
And ignoring all mention of CAR SHOPPING.
And sending prayers and thoughts for your aunt.
x
Yep, you can believe I'll wake with new eyes tomorrow. And I think I *will* take my two little boys to that silly monster truck show this weekend.
(hugs for you and your aunt), and good luck w/ all things cars. We are Subaru peeps.
J
On a more somber note, my aunt's niece, who is one of my Most Favorite People in the World, just lost her mother. I am grieving with her, and I can't stop thinking that one day I may have to experience that loss too. It's difficult to fathom.
Hang in there bb. I will be thinking about you and your family.
jbhat
PS) My sister drives a Passat. What the heck?!
We have a VW Passat wagon and I very much love it, except sometimes on very narrow twisty European roads when I wish it were a bit shorter. But it drives very well and VWs know how to turn on pins.
I, perhaps boringly, went for the Volvo wagon V50 - and I love it!
that's wonderful.
hope your aunt is doing better, or that you at least know more about what's happening