27 February 2008

Missed

Somehow I had it in my head that today was my blogiversary, but it was actually back on Sunday. This little blog is now two years old, and I'm hoping there won't be any terrible twos. It continues to be a fun little pursuit, and I sure have met some very fun and decent folks, even if not all of you can appreciate the special thrill that is a fox poo photo (a photo which, I might add, still gets me an awful lot of Google hits.)

Anyway, I promised an accounting of my trip south, so I suppose I should get on with that. As I mentioned before, it was a good visit. My grandparents really aren't in the best shape these days. My grandmother (88) needs a fair amount of assistance, and since a mild heart attack two years ago, my grandfather (93) has been fairly limited in what he can do. Still, my uncle and his family live directly behind them and my aunt lives less than a half mile down the road, so they've got someone nearby to look out for them, and mentally they're both still fairly sharp. My other aunt, my mother's older sister, is mentally retarded and lives at home. At 69, she has health issues of her own, and with a mental/emotional age that's permanently at around 6 or so years, she's never really gotten out of the "Look at me! Look at me!" stage, which is its own challenge. Still, she's relatively functional and is able to help my grandparents out some with household chores.

My job while there was just to visit, and that's what I did. I also did some of the cooking - especially breakfast, though that was somewhat selfish on my part to ensure I got plenty of cheese grits. Mostly, though, it was pure down time. I made progress on the wedding vest and spent a fair bit of time studying Hindi grammar and just generally made myself at home, just as I've done since I first spent two weeks with them at the age of two. I only wish I'd been able to stay longer.

12 comments:

knitnzu said...

I have had grits, but never cheese grits, and never in the south or prepared by a southerner... so maybe I've never even had 'real' grits? Did you get any good family stories?

Norma said...

Happy blogiversary!!!

Your visit sounds bittersweet and lovely.

Anonymous said...

Happy two years of blogging! Glad you're still around. And it sounds like you had a good visit down south.

Sheepish Annie said...

Sounds like the perfect vacation; good times with family and lots of down time. And cheese grits. Yummy!!!!

Happy Blogiversary!

Rabbitch said...

Happy bloggiversary!

Is there such a thing as a "grit" or is "grits" both the singular and plural?

I ask merely for information. And to be annoying.

Anonymous said...

Happy blogiversary!

It is very early. My present to you is being able to type blogiversary without mangling it :-)

Big hug, dude.

Anonymous said...

Happy Blogiversary!

Sounds like you had a lovely visit with your family.

Anonymous said...

Happy Blogiversary!

BTW, I just saw a bunch of Big Mo's at the local Joann's. I am talking of the candy bar, of course....

Scoutj said...

All I saw was cheese grits.

FiberQat said...

Happy blogiversary!! It's a pleasure to read your entries even when they're sad.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the two years (minus a few days). I read ya' regularly...and one of these days I'll get around to adding you to my list!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on reaching the two-year mark! I'll hit two in August.

Keep up the good work!