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Friday lunch with mommer

Saturday was supposed to be my one day of on site work in Dec for job #2 but discovered the client’s EMS was turning off everything except the hot water pumps for the holiday shutdown and then discovered the “on call” system tech was “monitoring remotely” from Dollywood and would have to get the on call guy from Charlotte down to see if he could figure out what was going on. Now I’ll get to spend Wednesday going back through all 14 buildings to verify the pumps are off like intended. But I’ll get to charge double mileage so it’s kind of like a Christmas bonus.

Saturday night was 2nd Annual Green River Jingle Jam. Great fun, music, friends, and food. Highlight was one little old lady I’ve known for years and never known to touch a drop of alcohol, got into the punch and was acting like a teenager in heat all night until she kept dropping her teeth and her daughter took her home.

Sunday was a whirlwind of cooking, cleaning, wrapping, and listening to the wife ##### about the silly juvenile games her brother and gf are playing over when they are available to celebrate with us. She lets it tear her up. I don’t care when or if they show up and that makes her mad at me too.

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I'm not sure I remember much of it.

Dec 24, 2018, 9:36 AM

And not in a 'boy did we get way drunk and party all weekend' kind of way.

Today is day 15 of Mom-in-law being in the hospital. She went in with a COPD-related breathing issue, and it progressed into a heart valve that needs to be fixed, and a kidney that is barely functioning. The 3 things are related, and one is the reason that the next thing behind it can't be fixed. She's not stable enough for surgery to fix the heart, and the anesthesia would probably kill her in the first place. She's had days where she sat up and carried on like she's at home and everything is normal, and days where I was sure she wasn't going to last the day...very strange swings. She's going to die, and it's heartbreaking to see Mrs. Tig and Joonyer especially come to grips with that. It's just a matter of time.

Mrs. Tig has spent the first 12 days living at the hospital. At least now she's coming home in the evening to sleep, which she didn't even consider doing until she picked up a bad cold at the hospital and I made her stay home, followed by the nearly everyone in the family getting a stomach bug the last couple of days. I managed to avoid that one by being the runner instead of the sitter.

In the meantime, I have run errands, cleaned house, done chores, shopping, wrapping, chores at Mom-in-law's house, rinse and repeat ad nauseam. I've eaten too much fast food at strange hours for a long stretch and I'm feeling it. The traditional Christmas Eve in-law Christmas gathering has been postponed, and our normal Christmas Day routine is going to be severely disrupted. There's very little Christmas joy around here.

I was able to go play LOUD rock and roll last night, since I was looking for a way NOT to be around a bunch of people with an obviously communicable stomach bug. Went from 5-11 with few breaks and knocked out a good half dozen tunes we've never even attempted before. It was a great full band jam session and an excellent tonic for my own mental clarity, in spite of the fact I somehow sprained my left wrist wrapping presents. SPRAINED MY WRIST WRAPPING PRESENTS. Sheesh.

Not sure what the coming weeks will hold, but it's not going to be pleasant. That said, I wish every single one of you the best Christmas you've ever had. Hold the people you love close now, but you don't really know how much time you have.

Sorry for the Christmas Eve downer, and seriously...y'all have a fantastic holiday!

Shorty and aerozeptallica, I'll have to play the Ward Davis show by ear. I know Mrs. Tig isn't coming, but I'm still hoping I can make it. I'll keep y'all posted this week.

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Good morning everybody. How was your weekend?

Re: 10/10......On vacation......’Nuff said

Welp, the Tigers won and the Panthers choked, but I

Dang near fergot it was Monday***

Could have been worse considering the pre Christmas BS

Purty good, thanks!

I'm not sure I remember much of it.

Sorry to hear that, let the Mrs. know Sharkgirl and I are

Thanks, I will let her know!***

Hang in there

Prayers for yo MIL and the whole fam.

Sorry to hear especially this time of year***

Man, that’s terrible...thoughts with you and the fam.***

Was off Friday, spent it by going in to work for 5 hours

Re: Good morning everybody. How was your weekend?

Good Thanks

Worst weekend ever

Man, lemme tell you bout this weekend.

Uneventful.

so i had yesterday off

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