So, gonna be a good, sometimes great, week this week!
Why, juvat?
Well, Beans, quite a few reasons actually.
First, Little J has a meeting he has to be physically present for late next week in Sodom/Gomorrah on the Potomac. He managed to preload 5 days in Texas on the leading edge. We pick him up in Austin on Friday. That's going to make a lot of folks happy. We haven't seen him since late July.
We're going to turn that into a bit of a family reunion. The three factions will meet up in College Station the following week. Grandson #1 is due to make his appearance that next Friday, so Little J will probably not be around, but we can still have fun.
And...
If there's some work to be done around MBD and The Rev's domicile, well...It'll be nice to have another strong back to share the load.
So...We've got that going for us.
Anything else happening in your section of the Lone Star State, juvat?
Well, Beans, probably while you're reading this, I'll be standing in front of a Judge.
Oh, NO! What'd did you do now?
I dint do Nuttin!
Isn't that what you're supposed to say?
Nah, Beans, my sister's Intestate hearing is scheduled at 1100 TxDT. I have no real idea what going to happen. IMHO, and with a non-judicially trained brain, this should be about a 30 second deal. Sign some papers to give me access to her assets, if any (big IF), so I can pay bills and distribute any remainder to her siblings.
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| Her living room/dining room exactly as it was 4 months ago. |
It's taken nearly 4 months to get to this point. And I think the thing that actually got things rolling was me asking our lawyer what would happen if I said I didn't want to take on the responsibility. All of a sudden documents appeared for signing and this hearing got put on the schedule.
It better be a quick meeting. As an hour after that meeting, Mrs J and I have an appointment with her oncologist to discuss and start her chemo treatments.
Yeah, that prognosis came from outside of Pluto and rocked my world pretty damn hard. It's a colo/rectal squamous cell cancer in her colon. According to the surgeon who discovered it during her colonoscopy last Tuesday the probability of a successful outcome is fairly high especially if treated early. We had told him we were VERY flexible time-wise. He said it could take a couple of weeks
Here's why it's "good" news (ok maybe "less bad"), that meeting with her surgeon was Thursday, the procedure appointment was made Friday and will occur mid-day today. Fastest "couple weeks" I've lived through.
And...No Lord, I'm not complaining. Thank you!
She's handling it (outwardly anyway), pretty well. I've spent a bit more time out in the Horse Barn talking to them than usual lately. I think the Big Guy can hear me better from there since he's included in the conversation.
We'll see what we'll see. But...That's Life!
Peace out, y'all!
