My mom had surgery this morning. All I know is my sister sent a text that says, “took half of one lung. think they got it all.” Since she is in the hospital I know she can’t take cell phone calls. I will have to wait until she goes outside for a smoke break or calls someone else in the family to relay all the details.
Bad News Via Text
by WesleyThis morning I got a text from my sister. It didn’t say anything except two words, “it’s cancer.” I was totally freaked out. Who has cancer? What is she talking about?
I tried to call her back and got no answer. I don’t even know what that means. Is she not answering because she is talking to someone else? Did she not answer because she is too upset to talk? Does she have access to her phone or is she in a hospital where they don’t let you use cell phones?
I was going crazy with worry and not getting an answer on her cell phone. Si I sent a text back, “Pls call ASAP.” But so far have not heard from her.
Learning About Plugins
by WesleyMost of what I need in my blog comes in the basic WordPress download. The only think I worried about was selecting a theme that suited my mood or my personality. I think I did well, with that pick.
But now I realize that there are some good extras you can download and install, called plugins. The best plugin is an anti-spam plugin called Akismet. It does an excellent job of monitoring your post comments for spam and it just deletes them for you. It works like a charm.
I’m about to try another plugin called All In One SEO. I’m not sure it will do any good for getting my blog better traffic and noticed by more people, but it can’t hurt.
Calendar Conflicts
by WesleyThis week was a busy one with concerts shows almost every night. Of course, I could not go to all of them. In fact, on Wednesday night there were three different shows at venues all across town that I wanted to attend.
My friend, Jenny, had told me about a benefit concert for the songwriter and musician, Kevin Sharpe. He has been battling cancer and is having trouble paying for all the treatments, which are incredibly expensive. The tickets to his show were only $20 at the door and there were 38 songwriters and performers featured in the lineup. Plans were for each performer to be able to play or sing two songs. With each song lasting about 3 minutes, that worked out to about 4 hours of music by a variety of top musicians and singers. Wish I could have gone to that one!
As it was, a different friend of mine was having a show at the local comedy club. Since I had committed to his show first, I went to that and had to forgo the benefit concert. Wish I could have done both!
Too Many Bananas
by WesleySometimes I think my mother buys a bunch of bananas to just torture them slowly as they all ripen so quickly and no one eats that many bananas in her house. Every time I go over there I see a bunch of 5-6 ripe bananas in a large bowl on her kitchen table. And then a couple days later she throws them out because they are over ripe and then she buys a new bunch at the grocery store when she does her weekly shopping.
When I was over there yesterday I teased her and called her a banana sadist. She doesn’t buy them to eat them – she buys them to watch them die a slow death. She got a little defensive, so then I asked if maybe she thought of herself as a banana rescuer instead? She buys them because she feels sorry for them in the store, and brings them home so they have a chance?
Or maybe she buys them to put in the bowl to be a pretty centerpiece and fool everyone who comes to visit into thinking that she eats a lot of fruit? I think that next time I go to the hobby and crafts store that I will buy some artificial bananas that look real and put them in the bowl at my mother’s house. I might do that as a joke and see how long it takes for her to realize that they are not getting over-ripe and are not real. LOL!