Thank you slowly and amd and sara and opti for your kind thoughts about my mom. I went to visit her, she is okay. What a shock to see your mom with a black eye and a big goose egg! She's still groggy, but I think a lot of that is due to being up until 3am. She doesn't remember hardly anything about what happened, but when she fell she actually cracked the vanity top on the sink and ended up in a heap in the bath tub, knocked out and bleeding. Now my stepdad, who just had angioplasty and shunt last week, fishes her out of the bath tub and back to the bedroom and calls 911. They are both 74, and actually very young and healthy and active for their age. 2nd marriage for both of them, over 35 years, not every one of them full of roses but yes, they love and care for each other. Speaking of roses, I picked one up for my mom when I went to see her.

And H found out about my mom too from a friend of my sis's. Word spreads fast. Doesn't that just figure? ticks me off, she doesn't call or tell me she is concerned, she talks to H? WTF? so he calls my cell phone during work, I don't answer, he doesn't leave a message. When I called him back at lunch he just asked if I'd heard about my mom. He never said sorry or anything. I hope I can keep my emotions in check and not let this push me over the edge again.

I'm just having this feeling right now like I'd like to be set free to make my own success in this world instead of trying work around someone else who's pulling you sideways instead of forward. Whew! doesn't that just say it all? Hey opti! you're looking for a place to live and like horses, I have horses and might be needing a roommate to help with expenses. Should we be making a plan? My tallest horse is an Appendix at just a mark short 16.2h. Is that big enough?

Live your life while you are still living.
Riding the trail less traveled.