three things.

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1. mom came home on saturday. she's doing as alright as she can do, given the circumstances. she's got three nasty-looking incisions that are glued shut, and a weird drain that's coming out of her side, that attaches to a collection....bulb (it looks like a grenade)...that's measured and emptied as often as necessary. due to the drain and the incisions, her mobility is super-limited, so my poor right-handed mommy can't do much at all. i washed her hair in the kitchen sink the other night because there's no way she's getting that done on her own. the drain should be out in about a week, though, which is good. and she's dealing really well with everything, thus far.
   
   it'll be a totally different story once the chemo starts...
   
   
2. i am completely blown away by the outpouring of well-wishers and helpful people. people i didn't think would be there for me...have been, in a big big way, and i can't thank everyone enough. similarly, all my mom's coworkers have been cooking us dinners and bringing by flowers and movies and stuff for her. it's amazing how many wonderful people we all know, who are just...going out of their way to help out our family.
   
   
3. i have three days left at this job (not counting today) and i really have no idea what to do with myself for the rest of the week. i can't really start any projects, i can't do any major website edits because there's no way for me to really follow through on them. so instead i fart around online and apartment hunt. i feel a little bad about this, but what else can i really do? similarly, i'm using this week to train myself to get up early so i can catch the train and so on....and even though i'm in bed by 11, i still completely fail at getting up at 7. boo-urns.