Back in Georgia
Jul. 29th, 2016 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34We just got back from a week in MS; we stayed with Josh's parents but were able to visit one day with mine, too. It was a good trip, but food was a little nerve racking. I don't think my mother-in-law really understood what eating gluten free means even though we talked about it several times before I got there. When we arrived at dinner time, she basically had nothing I could eat and kept trying to offer me a bun for my sausage or saying she wanted to pick up fried chicken for one of the meals or make an apple pie. I think she finally got it after we went shopping together the next day for food for the week and I showed her what to look for. I made sure Josh and I cooked the meal for mom and dad but it was very frustrating and tedious because mom's so sensitive, we couldn't use a lot of the dishes and implements we had on hand (plastic, wood, non-stick); I hate having to deal with cooking for mom at mother-in-law's house because there's so many potential contamination traps.
My dad probably has cancer. They have ruled out all of the easily treatable problems like pernicious anemia and internal bleeding and moved on to testing him for all kinds of horrible cancers like leukemia and multiple myeloma. We should have some results from those tests the beginning of next week. Dad seems upset but positive and optimistic. My mom is devastated, probably because she's a nurse and has seen too many worst case scenarios. So, nothing's for certain yet, but this is not looking good.
I was able to distract myself by watching most of the DNC. I don't usually post about politics, but I am definitely with her. I voted for Hillary when she ran against Obama in the primary and will vote for her again this November. I am annoyed at the way that the media, even outlets like NPR, are covering her acceptance speech. I thought it was a great speech that told us about who she is and where she came from (I had no idea about her mother's background) and gives context for all the advocacy work she's done throughout her career. Her list of accomplishments is so impressive. I also thought she did a good job of contrasting her experience and her reputation with Trump's. I genuinely do not understand why anyone on the planet would vote for him although I know many people who will. He is not a Christian. Everything he says and does runs counter to the values Christians say they hold dear. He is angry and flippant about the degree of power he hopes to achieve. I am terrified he will be our next president.
My dad probably has cancer. They have ruled out all of the easily treatable problems like pernicious anemia and internal bleeding and moved on to testing him for all kinds of horrible cancers like leukemia and multiple myeloma. We should have some results from those tests the beginning of next week. Dad seems upset but positive and optimistic. My mom is devastated, probably because she's a nurse and has seen too many worst case scenarios. So, nothing's for certain yet, but this is not looking good.
I was able to distract myself by watching most of the DNC. I don't usually post about politics, but I am definitely with her. I voted for Hillary when she ran against Obama in the primary and will vote for her again this November. I am annoyed at the way that the media, even outlets like NPR, are covering her acceptance speech. I thought it was a great speech that told us about who she is and where she came from (I had no idea about her mother's background) and gives context for all the advocacy work she's done throughout her career. Her list of accomplishments is so impressive. I also thought she did a good job of contrasting her experience and her reputation with Trump's. I genuinely do not understand why anyone on the planet would vote for him although I know many people who will. He is not a Christian. Everything he says and does runs counter to the values Christians say they hold dear. He is angry and flippant about the degree of power he hopes to achieve. I am terrified he will be our next president.
