My darling Judith asked me the other day, "Can I have just two weeks without some needy sick person depending on me?"

I laughed at her and said, "Good luck!"

I'm getting really tired and snappish and Mother, it doesn't help that my period is scheduled to start any second now.  I do feel bad because I know she's just scared.

Then we got Russ here who can't even figure out how to turn on the damn lamp in the hotel room.  This most assuredly is not rocket science.

Oh I just want this to all be over with.

Onna brighter note: The Residence Inn here is really bitchin.  I mean we even have a fireplace.  Although who really needs a fireplace in Fresno?

I dunno if this was annoying, a lil forward and rather pushy, but while Mother was pre-registering yesterday I honed in onna guy who I'd seen in the meeting at Dr. Felix's.  He was a big guy like I was and also in one of those electric wheelchair dealies.  I just kinda plopped down beside him and shared that Dr. Felix operated on me nearly a year in a half ago.  Anyways he seemed to feel comfortable and asked me a lot of questions which I was happy to answer, plus I was able to give him and his wife some more hotel information. 

I' m certainly never the type to run up to someone on the street and say, "Say, ever heard of gastric bypass?"  How incredibly tacky, but I swear there are folks who do this.  It's such an unbelievably personal decision.

Anyways I just hope I was able to give him some needed info and help him out without being shockingly pushy or annoying.