tonight, scott and i planned one of our margarita nights... this just involves going to chilis, on the border, or somewhere that sells margaritas, and then usually involves playing pool, reading a book, or something at one of our houses after... tonight involved all of the above.
months ago, i had read a short article on dr. seuss that claimed that he wrote green eggs and ham on a dare from his publisher that he couldn't write a book using no more than 50 distinct words. scott and i had laughed at this several times and claimed we would count them the next time we read the book -- that happened to be tonight...
here's the official tally:
(each dot represents an additional instance of the word... "if" for example only appears once, while "thank" appears twice, etc.)
notice it took a margarita night and bowls of pineapple jello to inspire us to take on this task :-P
done with that, we watched scrubs and the office and laughed our heads off for awhile... then i drove scott home where we played a few games of pool before i was off... it was a much needed fun/unwinding sort of evening.
here's the unfun...
my aunt priscilla called during scrubs... my grandma (as noted by my mom earlier) hasn't been able to eat for a week now. they finally got her feeding tube hooked up and running again without her vomitting, and gave her 10 units of food today -- she needs to work her way up to 40 units a day again before she can go back to her nursing home. so that way there's hope.
on the other hand, the nurses commented that her breathing was so shallow last night that a time or two they were almost certain she had stopped breathing...
priscilla visited tonight and said grandma made a very big point today of saying how much she loves each and every one of us... she told priscilla to tell me thank you for my visits and my letters and that she loves me a lot... and priscilla said she was crying the whole time. the way priscilla put it, it's like grandma doesn't feel like she'll ever see those of us not already in pittsburgh with her now ever again.
really, the way it sounds, the bulk of crazy things going on has subsided, so in that sense things are looking up... on the other hand, grandma is weak and things *could* end at any time. the last paragraph though is what especially got to me. whether it's accurate or not, the idea that i might not see her again is rather sobering and strange. we'll see.....
i guess that's it. i'm tired.
night y'all :-P
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