I've been spending more time in hospitals recently. My Dad was supposed to have hip replacement surgery two weeks ago. They wheeled him back to pre-op but decided not to do it when they heard a problem with his heart. Since then we've been chasing a heart problem. Finally, we got a diagnosis yesterday. His aortic valve isn't as bad as they thought but he does have a significant blockage. The doctors think open heart by-pass surgery is not necessary at this point so Monday they will go in and drill through the blockage and place a stent. He'll have to wait a year to replace the worn out hip he had put in 11 years ago. But he says he has been living with that pain for about 6 years now, one more isn't going to be a big deal.

So, I'm sorta stuck in Chicago for right now until at least Tuesday. I had brought my work lap top with me but in the process of trying to get it to connect to my Brother's broadband connection I screwed it up somehow and now I can't even get to Windows. Oh well, it will have to wait until next wednesday when the helpdesk can remote in and try to fix it. I've really been beating myself up about it but now that I've calmed down a bit I realize it's probably more of the stress of waiting for Monday to get here. And I put a lot of pressure on myself about the decision to stay in Chicago instead of heading back to Indy to go to work for one day (Friday). It just didn't make sense to drive home for one day then turn around Sunday and drive back up. My work ethic gets in the way sometimes and I just feel guilty. Or maybe it's just the engrained cathloic guilt. Who knows. Today has been an emotional rollercoaster and I have a feeling it won't get better until my Dad's procedure.

I'm picking up my sister at the airport on Saturday and we aren't sure where everyone is going to sleep. I suppose that will work itself out too. Then I realized today that I don't have enough of my own medicine to get me through to Tuesday. There aren't any I can't live without except my med for acid reflux. I might start getting hot flashes without my hormone but I will survive. It's everyone else that has to watch out!

I think that's everything. Just needed to get it off my chest.

ta ta for now!