It's times like these where I miss smoking the most

I'm sitting by the living room window, typing on Mike's machine so I can feel the breeze. Koshka is playing with the cat toy tied to the chair. He loves bouncy, jingling mice. I've put away most of the groceries and I ate two of the dominatrix candies, since all the leftover Valentines candy boxes were on sale for cheap. All in all, not too bad of a morning. My worries that I might be pregnant are finally over and I'm thankful it was just all the travel and worries screwing with my cycle. All in all, a peaceful morning.

I finally talked to my mother about an hour ago. At the hospital, an x-ray revealed two bulging discs in my grandmother's neck. We've no idea if this is some recent injury or if some tomfool doctor just forgot to xray her neck at some point, but it must be an unbelievable amount of pain. Unfortunately the only fix is surgery and they will not do surgery in her current state. Her blood sugar is all out of whack and she hasn't been taking care of herself very well. My grandmother hasn't ever been very strict with watching her diet - she loves sweets of all kinds and delicious foods and Coca Colas. I think my grandmother also has a deep mistrust of doctors and internally rolls her eyes at them. It is not unwarranted, really. She's had heart problems almost all her life and their dire predictions have not ever really slowed her down.

She's so sad right now. My grandfather is out of his mind with worry. My cousin and my aunt are running back and forth trying to keep everything running, and keep up with a toddler of great energy. My mother plans to come back Tuesday to get the books done for work. She'll go back in a day or two and I will go along with her I imagine.

random meme because I am tired and unwilling to generate insightful content

A) Four jobs I have had in my life (other than current job):
Social worker, journalist, flood zone determination specialist, classified advertising clerk.
B.) Four movies I would watch over and over:
A Perfect Murder, Love Actually, Fellowship of the Ring, My Neighbor Totoro.
C.) Four places I have lived:
Amarillo (TX), Austin (TX), Lubbock (TX), Brno (Czech Republic).
D.) Four TV shows that I watch:
Project Runway, Death Note, Cops, House.
E.) Four places I have been:
Prague, Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, The Grand Canyon in Arizona
F.) People who e-mail me (regularly):
Mike, Tyler, Patricia, people who want to offer me a good deal on a Rolex.
G.) Four of my favourite foods:
Oranges, chocolate cherry pie, scallops, peppermint ice cream.
H.) Four places I would rather be right now:
Prague, at the lake, people watching in Tokyo, in bed.
J.) Four Things I am looking forward to this year:
Working on my writing, reading all about daysprings having her baby, reading more books, traveling back to Prague.
K.) Four favourite authors:
Josef Skvorecky, Edith Wharton, Peter Hamilton, Hideyuki Kikuchi.