Journal rdewald's Journal: Thursday's suspension of daily updates. 3

No more updates on Dad, his condition doesn't warrant it. He's recovering well from surgery. I saw him this morning, he may even be out of ICU by now. I'll go down and say hello this evening but then I'm going to get some rest and relaxation on my own.

I'm considering a drive to Austin, but frankly my dear, the price of gasoline causes me to carefully consider what not long ago would have been a no-brainer choice to catch some live music and see my friends down there. I've spent $100 on gas since I have been here, and that's just driving to and from the hospital and dropping in on various friends in the area. It' will cost me another $100 to make a trip to Austin, and that's just gas!

But anyway, it hasn't even been a week since I was informed of my Dad's condition, and if you read back through the JE's you'll see that I did not expect things to go as well as they have. I've been carrying folded up photocopies of his living will and medical power of attorney in my back left pants pocket for five days now. I think I may leave them on the dresser in the morning.

I'm tired, and I feel a nascent infection in the back of my throat. Effen hospitals, they're germ factories all.

Anyway, thanks again for everyone's support and good wishes. It was very therapeutic to spill out that out here among people who care enough to read it.