The business of caretaking..

Sorry about the long delay in postings. I have been a little busy with this caretaking business. Ha! Life in Gettysburg can get real dull so I really have no excuse to not post just didn't feel like it I guess. Mom is doing ok. Although she wanted to go to the hospital today and things started to deteriate at that point. My step dad said a few hurtful things to me and now all I want to do is run away. Mom was dehydrated and so they hooked her up to a IV and a few hours later sent her home. My first plans were to go home this weekend but mom wanted me to stay for a special event at her church next Saturday (the 30th) so I am staying until the 1st. I am homesick for grandchildren, Bella, my own bed and of course hubby. Also things like going to the gym, sushi, visiting with a girlfriend at the local pub and all of that normal life I have in Baton Rouge. When I come home to Gettysburg I have a few friends that I look up but as small as this town is these few friends have a life and are busy so they have not had much time for me. The more I live in the south the more I see the difference in the lives of these people and the people that live down south. If I had a friend that came to town I would call on her/him often, see if there is anything I could do, ask if he/she wanted to go for coffee, drink, coke or whatever and try my best to listen to their grievances. All I have gotten from these few friends is "I will call you to get a beer" or "We should go get coffee" then when I pin them down to a time they are busy with parties, cleaning, or whatever. I am feeling a little lonely, taken for granted and homesick. Sorry for the whining.