No real news updates on my father’s condition. Suffice it to say the prognosis isn’t great. Its kind of a rock and hard place situation. None of the options are particularly appealing. But no matter what, this is the situation we are faced with, so we will collectively just find a way to deal.
I fly out tomorrow at the crack of dawn, which does mean I arrive in New York at a reasonable time. My brother is picking me up at the airport, but we still don’t know if we will be heading right to the hospital or going back to his house where my niecelettes will be eagerly waiting.
The girls are super excited that I am coming out much sooner than anticipated. They have an important school assembly on Friday and it is a huge deal to them that I will be able to be there. They have even told me what clothes I should wear, which is something I appreciate. I am a little intimidated by the need to pack for some unknown period of time. I may even break my own rule and check a bag this time so I can maximize my options. Plus, everything I need to bring is fairly bulky. Even though I am planning on going the layering route, I have gotten spoiled by packing for tropical weather for my past 2 trips.
I was sort of hoping that my focus would return today because I have a lot to get done before I leave the house at 5am tomorrow morning. So far, no dice. I have several emails in process and I have 2 meetings scheduled for today. I thought about canceling them like I did with yesterday’s meetings, but I am hoping they will just force me to pull my head together, even if it is only for a little while.
It is still early, but the highlight of the day has been a 20+ minute conversation with my niecelettes. My brother has taken to calling them The Distractions, because they have proven to be the best distraction there is. At a time when neither my brother not I are able to focus much on anything, it is good to have something (or in this case someones) who can take our minds off of what is going on.