Weekend Update

We've been going over to my mother and stepfather's house every few days to have dinner. They have a much bigger house to the east of Atlanta that they bought just last year. They moved out to Atlanta from the Seattle area to be closer to us, which is awesome.

The problem with their house is that it's not very handicapped-friendly. To get to the living area, you have to climb some fairly steep wooden stairs. In back, there's enough of a grade to the ground that there are only a few feet of stairs to climb. We've been helping my dad to use crutches to walk around back and then up the short stairs, then transfering to his knee roller.

On Thursday night, we were leaving from a dinner. My dad made it almost all the way to the car on his crutches, but a two-inch rise to the concrete driveway caught him. His face had a short and unhappy encounter with the driveway. It was horrible and I felt bad for not walking closer and catching him in time. He got overconfident and was just moving too fast. Thankfully there's no major damage at all. He has a black eye, a fat lip and a few scrapes on his knuckles. This is our first accident and I hope the last one. He has started referring to my mom's house as "the death trap". Crutches are just no damn good.

Today I spent most of the day with my husband, my mom, my stepdad and a Mexican family doing massive topsoil stuff in mom's garden. The house they bought has awful plastic landscaping sheets in the front yard that need to be removed.

Tomorrow I'll be going to church with my mom, then we'll all go see Letters From Iwo Jima, which my dad expressed an interest in.

Yes, my life does revolve totally around my family. It can be a little bit oppressive at times, but they're all interesting people, on the whole their support is great and I think I'm incredibly lucky for having them. I'm also looking forward to having children so I can leave them with the relatives and run off every once in a while!