randomness

• Life is pretty much back to normal now, no big drama to speak of.. for the most part. Took my mom to the doctor today. She had a mini-stroke last week, but she's okay for the most part. That wasn't her first small stroke either.. I just don't always talk about those things. So she has to have an MRI next week on her cardioid artery.. if there's a blockage they can do an angioplasty to get it out, to prevent future bigger strokes. And she has the beginning of Parkinson's disease, that's why her hands shake. She doesn't need medication for that yet. She has to go back to the doctor before Xmas and if she's still shaking a lot, he'll put her on meds. Seems like my poor momma just can't win. She's kicked cancer's ass, and lives with heart disease, kidney failure and diabetes. She won't let this kick her ass either, believe me. I haven't really talked about my parents' ailments as of late, but I don't like worrying people and I've already had enough drama the past week myself. For now all we can do is pray.
  
• In other less depressing news, I finally went walking again this morning. First time in a week and it felt good. I should go again this morning too, before we do grocery shopping. I'm also getting enough sleep, surprisingly enough. Got almost 9 hours today. I had two dreams, one sad and one just odd. Dreamt that the vet called me and told me Turbo was ready to come home. And there he was alive and happy to see me. So bittersweet. The other dream was that I was at some party, and toasting a muffin. Some white guy with a fro and a porn stache started talking to me and telling me he was the drummer from Toto. (70s/80s progressive rock band.. FYI). Now that was random.