My sister called me today. She'd called my cousin to firm up how many hotel rooms we'd be needing. My cousin clued her in on some of my hesitation over whether or not this trip was a good idea for me ( Read more... )

Joe gets a text Saturday night from his ex-wife. "Call me ASAP." Well, Saturday night we were sans teenagers so we ordered pizza and once we got the babies in bed, we settled in for some intense snuggling and a little uninterrupted TV time. Sunday morning, we hit the road early to go to his brother's house. It's 3 hrs to his brother's house, 6 ( Read more... )

Talking about money is really hard for most people. I'm not going to lie and tell you that my husband and I have this marvelously transparent relationship with our finances, we don't. Before his brain injury, we had a pretty good financial relationship. Since then, he just doesn't get it ( Read more... )

"It's my stunning good looks, that's why you married me sweetie ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned lately that I hate the VA? With a deep and abiding passion.

If you think the government has any business getting involved in healthcare, ( spend just ONE day following us around the VA. )

Damned if I could tell you why Joe got out of bed at 3 am, but he did, and he tripped and fell in the dark. Damned if I could tell you what he did or how he did it, but my mission when I got up this morning was to locate his neck collar. Could I find it? Nope. Does CVS sell them? Nope. They suggested Walmart. I hit Rite Aid on route to ( Read more... )

Got the first of what I'm sure will be many letters regarding Joe's claim with the VA ( Read more... )

You can just kiss my ass then ( Read more... )

My birthday is generally uneventful. I don't make a big deal about it, and excepting a couple of phone calls from people who keep neurotic track of important dates, neither does anyone else.

( Long-winded recount of today's events )

Driving home from an appointment yesterday, Joe asked me if we could stop somewhere and pick up eye drops. His eyes were dry and burning, but he's a baby so I'd have to put them in for him.

I just smiled.

Do you have a coupon?

Better, I have eye drops I picked up for free at home. 3 Different kinds actually. You can take your pick.He chose ( Read more... )