So, I've been bit(hing a bit lately about my mother's impending visit, the ticket debaucle, and our totally crap finances. What I have not said is that FDH, during this whole ordeal, has been completely pi$$y about the whole thing. His main issue being the expected length of her stay vs. our finances, which is totally understandable, and we're both a lot more comfortable with the current 15 day stay she's planning.

Today is my dad's birthday, so called him up to wish him happy birthday. He's funny because he can talk your ear off. I'm not a phone person at all; I see the phone as a necessary evil, for the most part. I wonder where I got that from because it obviously wasn't my mom or dad. Anyway, we talked for over 3 hours about pretty much everything: my mom, my ss, my late sm, how much he hates all three of them, how he now wants to be cremated, about why it's never wise to mix finances in any relationship, and on and on. Really, even though I don't like the phone, I do enjoy this conversation.

So FDH goes into the hospital today to pre-register or whatever for his surgery that's supposed to be on Monday. Registration has no information for him, so send him up to the GI clinic to figure out what's going on. Turns out the surgeon who is supposed to perform his surgery won't even be in town; in fact he's flying out *that* morning at 1 am! However, between the time when his surgery got moved up yesterday and then cancelled today, the original June 6th date is no longer an option - the ER for that date/time has already been re-scheduled for someone else. Freakin' seriously!!!!!!!!

So, June is looking to be very eventful for my family and me. It's kinda overwhelming, really, to even think about it, but here's the run-down thus far: