Being numb, Aaron, Becky news

Mama and I both survived our dental appointments yesterday. She had three fillings and I had two. Both of us were numb for most of the evening. After the appointment we went to Lowe’s to get some prices on bathroom and kitchen items as well as slab reinforcement items. We were each laughing at the other for the way we were talking – or rather the way our mouth was moving differently due to the numbing. It has always struck me how profound the effect of dental numbing is yet no one around you can see it other than very small changes in the lip movement.


Grandma and Grandpa will be pulling out today hoping to arrive home late tomorrow. As it happens, Mama and I will be getting home tomorrow also. We plan on leaving in the afternoon so we can arrive in time to set up our bed before we have to be in it. I will be taking it down after I get back to Amarillo from the office. Several other items will be going with us on this trip but the bed is the main concern.

I did not hear if Mama and Chase got to look at any apartments. Chase has not spent much time with us in the evenings – preferring Makaila’s company to ours; go figure. As you can imagine this is a cause for concern to Mama but there is little we can do to change it; nor would I necessarily want to. Besides, who would deny them their one year anniversary celebration?

Aaron is going back to work today. It seems odd timing for resuming work but the Coast Guard has an odd schedule. I think Maggie is getting used to it overall, but she likes to have her mini-meltdowns on occasion. She is still worried about Aaron’s health. He still has several lymph glands that are swollen and he is running a low grade fever. To date, all that has been recommended is rest and fluids. That is not a bad prescription. I just may not be the right one for this instance.

Becky called to update us on some of the strange things going on in her life. Most of the “stranger than fiction” happenings center around her mother-in-law; who, thankfully is no longer living with them. Hearing the incidents through the prism of Becky’s view of life, it is difficult to be certain, but it would seem that that Charles’s mom needs some medical supervision.

The woman claims she has only six weeks to live. That is down from the two years she originally claimed when Charles and Becky took her in two or three months ago. Becky was questioning whether or not her mother-in-law ought to be hospitalized with such a short life expectancy. My only question to her was whether or not a woman in that poor a mental health condition really knows how long she has got to live? It is a moot point.

Charles had a job for two days but has not been called since. Becky said he has been at home waiting for a call to return to work for over a week. I suggested that she tell him to go get another job. That long a delay spells trouble and there was no need to wait. I would not want to work for someone who will not call and talk to me. On the other hand, it is a good excuse to feign loyalty while sitting at home. I am not sure what will happen, I only sense what should happen while Becky continues to go to school and works as many hours as she can. What did the Apostle Paul say, “If a man will not work…?”

The little van goes in the shop this morning to have the power steering pump replaced. Mama will be stuck at the house for the day. At least, that is the presumption. There are things she could do while there and I do not think the car repair work will take more than three or four hours.

By noon she should be mobile again.