Long
This month of writing for 31 days seemed daunting at first - did I have enough thoughts to blog every day? Oh, life has not ceased to provide me with relevant topics for each random word assigned.
Today's word, LONG, represents my day. My day started on the couch. A rarity for me, I stayed up later than Herb (who was sick and went to bed early) specifically to watch TV. I'm playing the hulu/netflix game right now - you know the one where you're binge watching old episodes of a show on netflix, cramming them in, hoping to finish in time to watch the current season on Hulu. So last night, I pretended I was in college and stayed up till two am watching netflix. It was kind of fun.
But then the phone rang several times before 8 am with missed calls from my mom. Never a good sign.
My grandparents were in a car accident this morning. They seem to be doing ok, but it was a day filled with coordinating babysitting, moving car seats, playing phone tag, relaying messages, comforting the worried, and making plans for the days ahead. My mom sprang in to action, and it was cool to see she and her sister come together to care for their parents. My sister, who lives in Florida, was worried sick, and made significant headway calling hospitals to get the current status of the patients. Ironically, she was the first one to find out my grandpa was being moved to another hospital. My brother, went straight from work to Grandma and Grandpa's house to mow their lawn and take care of the leaves, then met me at the hospital for a late night chat with Grandpa.
In the face of catastrophe, my heart was warmed to see family spring in to action.
It was a long day, but it ended well. Late night conversations in a hospital room are my love language. Just kidding. Kind of. A one on one visit with Grandpa gave me time with him I don't normally take, and that's a fault of my own. In fact, I can't think of the last time I sat alone with him - it was probably fifteen or sixteen years ago on a drive to piano lessons, which he would taxi me to occasionally if my parents had to work.
Long days don't always end well, especially for both Grandma and Grandpa, bruised and beat up, who have long nights of trying to get comfortable enough to sleep tonight. But tonight I am grateful that this long day didn't end any worse than it did.
Today's word, LONG, represents my day. My day started on the couch. A rarity for me, I stayed up later than Herb (who was sick and went to bed early) specifically to watch TV. I'm playing the hulu/netflix game right now - you know the one where you're binge watching old episodes of a show on netflix, cramming them in, hoping to finish in time to watch the current season on Hulu. So last night, I pretended I was in college and stayed up till two am watching netflix. It was kind of fun.
But then the phone rang several times before 8 am with missed calls from my mom. Never a good sign.
My grandparents were in a car accident this morning. They seem to be doing ok, but it was a day filled with coordinating babysitting, moving car seats, playing phone tag, relaying messages, comforting the worried, and making plans for the days ahead. My mom sprang in to action, and it was cool to see she and her sister come together to care for their parents. My sister, who lives in Florida, was worried sick, and made significant headway calling hospitals to get the current status of the patients. Ironically, she was the first one to find out my grandpa was being moved to another hospital. My brother, went straight from work to Grandma and Grandpa's house to mow their lawn and take care of the leaves, then met me at the hospital for a late night chat with Grandpa.
In the face of catastrophe, my heart was warmed to see family spring in to action.
It was a long day, but it ended well. Late night conversations in a hospital room are my love language. Just kidding. Kind of. A one on one visit with Grandpa gave me time with him I don't normally take, and that's a fault of my own. In fact, I can't think of the last time I sat alone with him - it was probably fifteen or sixteen years ago on a drive to piano lessons, which he would taxi me to occasionally if my parents had to work.
Long days don't always end well, especially for both Grandma and Grandpa, bruised and beat up, who have long nights of trying to get comfortable enough to sleep tonight. But tonight I am grateful that this long day didn't end any worse than it did.
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