It has been a while.......

I can't really decipher if I haven't blogged purely because I've had nothing to say or I just didn't have the time. Or maybe I felt that if I blogged it would only come out sounding like a whiny toddler.....Nah!

I think that there's just been a lot that's happened between the time of my last post and today, April 13, 2010. Nothing really special about today, but I felt like I needed to post something! There's like cobwebs in my blog because it's been soooo loooong! Ha!

Anyway, a little over a month ago I got a call/text from my brother saying that I needed to call my Mom because she was going to have a pacemaker put in. Um, what?!? No! Mom doesn't have anything wrong with her to warrant a pacemaker, right? Wrong! So, I called my very apprehensive Mom whilst trying to keep my cool on the other side of the phone. Meanwhile, I'm thinking that I'm thousands of miles away while this is happening to my Mom and I can't be by her side to be with her. Y'all need to understand that I've always been there for her when she had SVT episodes, her gallbladder removed, kidney stone issues, etc. etc. etc. It sucked that I couldn't just drive to the hospital and be with her. The next thing I find out is that her Dr. also wants to do an ablation to correct her SVT's. Ugh! Two surgeries??? Oh heck no! I've got to get to California somehow!

The next day I talked to my Dad and we found a fairly inexpensive fare for me to come there. I got to stay for a little while and take care of my Mom and such. It was nice to be home. I needed a break from TX for a little bit. I'm pretty sure I was starting to annoy everyone who came in contact with me and vice versa! (yes, I can pretend to be patient, but I was on the verge of a break-down!)

Usually when I go home for a visit I jam-pack my days with going places that I don't get to go to anymore like SF, Tahoe, LA, Napa, etc. This visit was just much more laid back because the focus wasn't on me and where I wanted to go, but how my Mom was feeling and what she needed. I did get to spend more time with my brother, Bart and sister-in-law, April...plus their two goof-dogs, Dr. Finklestein and Maurice Chevalier. We saw "Alice in Wonderland" on the IMax 3D, which completely rocked! We were the only sober people in the whole theater.

At the end of my visit I was invited by my good friend, Heather, to see an awesome dance show by Core Dance Collective. It was such a great show and the dancing made me really miss performing at that level, not to mention choreographing dances that actually mean something. After the show I got my first experience of The Melting Pot.......OMG!!! I am in love with this place! I wish it wasn't so dang expensive because I'd go there at least every other month. We had such a great time just catching up on everything and talking non-stop.....it was nice to be so open and honest with someone that isn't my family or my husband. I'm glad that I went and I'm so glad that she's still a part of my life! She needs to come visit us in TX.....soon...hint, hint!

Um......what else, what else, what else??? Weall, there's a lot more, but I will save that for next time! Comment if you wanna hear more!

SJR