Well, the end of the week was the same as usual. My brother told his experience with getting a CAT scan to us at dinner on Friday. Apparently he dealt with some sort of circle contraption inside a somewhat square object. He had to drink some liquid that looked like orange juice but tasted terrible. It left a metallic taste in his mouth. Then he had to drink some dye that he could feel going from his brain to his toes. He said it felt like he was urinating on himself… O.o…
Then had had to sit on some sort of bed-like thing and hold his arms over his head. It would move up and he’d “enter” a circle that would spin around him. He said it lasted about fifteen minutes. It sounded nuts though.
Saturday was pretty normal as well, but around one my sister shows up. I didn’t think she was coming until Sunday. Oh well. She did freak out my cat though. I wound up taking a nap not long after.
We went out to eat Chinese food that night. My sister paid for the meal as a gift to Dad. We had a good time and her actions (dealt with a nose ring she got) ended the meal with my parents and me laughing hard.
We came back. It was around seven did all of us start to drift though. My sister fell asleep on my parents’ bed. My dad was snoozing in the living room. Mom was in the sewing room, so I snoozed again in my room until it wound up sleeping most of the night. My sister left that night around eight thirty actually. Yeah, she couldn’t stay. She had work the next day.
I woke around ten and worked on writing some more the rest of the night. I went back to sleep maybe around one or two. Around six my dad gave me the Nexium and I joked that I was making him work on Father’s Day. I hugged him and wound up falling asleep again.
Later my mom comes in to get the gifts I’ve been hiding for her. I signed and wrote messages in the cards I got already, so she was busy dealing with her things. I was half awake through this. After that she slipped out again with gifts in hand.
I finally arose around nine. I cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry, ate breakfast and settled back down in my room again. My parents came home from church then and I gave the end of one of my cards to him – “EXTREME HUG!”
Around ten or so I wound up falling asleep again. I should have gone on my walk, but I had the feeling if I did walk, I’d end up tripping, stumbling or whatever again… Basically, I was still out of it.
I took another nap. It lasted until about one-thirty this afternoon. I could tell my eldest brother and his girlfriend was already here. I figured my other brother was here as well.
Well, I rose, took a shower and joined everyone. The kitchen was tended to a bit and my dad started preparing dinner since he won’t let any one do anything for him. I made myself a bacon sandwich since I still needed lunch.
After that I watched my mom, E. brother and his girlfriend play Trivial Pursuit. His girlfriend won more or less and dinner was ready by then. The table was set; we said prayer and then ate. There were discussions and such… I never can remember them sadly.
Well, when half of us were done eating, I got up and began cleaning up. I usually do at least half of the cleaning up. This time I tried to do most of it. So, I put up dishes, from the washer, washed the ones coming to the sink (my dad always says I wash them to the point no one can tell they are dirty) and stuck them into the dishwasher. I did need help from my mom around the end of it because I never quite know what to do with the left overs. Thus, she emptied the dishes for me and I began cleaning them as well.
Dad, E. Brother and his girlfriend were mainly talking in the dining room still. My mom did get a call from her cousin who we all call “aunt”. I never got to hear what it was all about, but there seems to be troubles brewing.
Well, she joined them again, people ate dessert and I kept up with the dishes. Well, I finished up my end finally when they finished their desserts. It is a good thing I never have room for dessert or then I’d be insulted.
Well, after that there was still some more interacting. My dad shared his love for Jimmy Buffet with my brother while his girlfriend sort of got into it. My other brother wandered off elsewhere.
Mom asked me if I was still keeping her small blue jewelry box in my safe hands. I did, and we unburied it. It seems my E. Brother asked about Grandma’s wedding ring. Mom no longer had it due to previous dire events. So, she was looking to see if anything else could be used. I could already tell what this was about.
Thus, later on I asked when she and E. Brother were talking if he was planning to ask his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. It was a yes. I wasn’t really surprised or excited. I just nodded my head and lightly crowed that I knew it.
Well, not long after that E. Brother and his girlfriend had to leave. They had some other family engagements on her side to attend to as well. So, my parents and I waved them off and eventually came back in.
Now I am here typing this. I don’t know where my mom is right this moment, but I plan to ask her about the phone call earlier. She told the rest of the family, but I wasn’t able to hear due to dish washing. Bah.