I’m HOME!
I’m home sweet home!
Cathy, no, I did not get your message. 
I checked my archives.. looks like it was lost in cyberspace. Unless you sent in on MSN?
My mom is ‘home’ from the hospital. She was released yesterday morning. So my uncle and I picked her up and drove her out to Crooked River Ranch to his and my aunt’s place where she’ll stay for a while. We had to stop and get her prescriptions filled first (Rite Aid). She wanted to go in for that so she road on one of those motorized carts they had. She has to wear a brace that was custom fitted for her. She calls it her turtle shell. It’s a pain to get on but important to wear to keep her back stable. She’ll be in at it least 3 months. Once her spine heals, (estimated 6 months) she’ll start a more extensive physical therapy/rehab.
Bob has been released as well and his family took him back to mom and Bob’s house. Ken (Bob’s brother) will care for him I guess. I know his mom said she’d help out and hopefully his other (nicer sister) will help, too.
Once we got her home from the hospital and settled in her room at my aunt’s house, she was exhausted and in some pain. So we let her rest. My brother and sister came up Friday with James’ friend, John (who my mom calls her second son) so it was cool to have them there. Saturday night my uncle made the best dinner and we had a family dinner with my brother, sister, mom, aunt, uncle, and me. It turned out to be a lot of fun. We had home made chicken enchiladas, refried beans, and margaritas. 
(My mom’s was a virgin.) It took Steve two hours to cook this meal. It was delicious. Btw, Steve cooked a LOT of awesome meals. If I lived with them, I’d probably weigh 400 pounds in a year, lol!
This morning Uncle Steve cooked an awesome breakfast, then it was time to get ready and go. I felt weird leaving my mom. I’ve been by her side all week and I’m totally going to worry about her! Especially since I leave for California at 5 AM Tuesday morning.
I rode home with Kellie, James, and John. It was a long ride as I was sooooo missing my family!! Jack and I couldn’t keep our hands off each other for a good long time once I got home. 
Since he was on call though, he had to go into work for a bit to change the tape backups. That gave me time to update our finances and pay bills.
I’m happy to be home but I feel weird to wisk off to Cali for a week, too. Crazy times.
My mom will stay at my aunts in central Oregon for as long as needed. I hope she stays there a long time. She needs to be away from Bob and Ken and that yucky house for a while. Clear her head, heal her body, etc. I may go back down there to help out after California. I hope my family doesn’t get too used to me being away so much!
