Anticlimactic Week

I was going to be excited about my birthday this week, but life is what happens when you've made other plans. Over the weekend, Chaz's mom went in the hospital while she was visiting her sister in Beaumont. We wound up making a caravan down there, with Chaz and his sister's heading that way on Sunday, and me following on Monday. The good news is that they resolved the issue she was having, and she seems to be well on the way to recovery.  There's not really any bad news, other than the unease with which all of us are watching and helping each other as our parents age.  It's not really something we've seen modeled before, so there are moments of holding our breath and waiting for the other shoe to drop.  We dodged the bullet this time; we're only out the money for the trip.

Tuesday night we were back in Austin, and my birthday was on Wednesday, anticlimactic as it was.  Underwear was on sale at Macy's, so that's what I got myself, and Chaz made us a nice steak dinner. I've gotten a few belated calls the rest of the week; it seems life has happened to many of our friends as well this week.

Tonight Chaz and his sister are going to see Loretta Lynn in concert. They're going to have fun, I'm sure. I'm going to pack up some beer and run out to a friends place in the country for some grilling I think.  This weekend is the loud one in Austin. Both the Republic of Texas motorcycle rally and the Austin gay pride things are happening. Considering the temperatures are going to be well over 95 F (35 C) every day, I may pass on both events and find someone's pool to splash in.