Wednesday, June 10, 2020

6/10/20 Finally Going To Visit My Folks?

    It seems like forever, but we are finally heading out of town and going to see my parents.  It has been since about February which isn't that long for some families, but we usually see them every 4-6 weeks on average.  Our first plans were to go and stay with them during Spring Break since Wife and Javalina had different weeks off.  We figured we would hang out down there while Wife worked.  That is when the news of corona broke out, so my mom was super worried about my dad catching it, since he is kind of a Winnie, and she told us to postpone the visit.
    We then waited about a month and when we finally were getting ready to try again, I mentioned that Girlie had stopped by to get her mail and she said to wait another two weeks, then we had DD and his sister visit to cut everyone's hair and that added another two weeks, which we then visited my in-laws which caused yet another slow down of two weeks.  At this point, we could probably add another two weeks with DD moving in last night, but I think my mom is finally relaxing a bit and just saying F#*k it! and we'll see what happens.
    With the opening of Texas, as I was saying a couple days ago, it seems like being careful and safe are out the door in favor of getting back to life.  I am a little worried about the effects of the virus on us, specially me for being a fatass and Boy because he had Typhus (3years ago) and mono (2 years ago), so his immunity is somewhat compromised.  Of course, my dad is the one to worry about the most, he has now stopped smoking for maybe two years, but he smoked since he was 13, as he tells us.  Plus, he has diabetes, and he just doesn't do a great job of taking care of himself.  The only time he leaves the house willingly now (before corona became a thing) is to go to the little illegal casinos, so that says how much "exercise" he gets.
    I am just going to hope this visit goes well and that there are no surprises.  It is almost 4th of July and I planned on taking two weeks off at that point.  I would like to be able to go to the coast with ot without my folks for a few days.  I don't believe we went last year and it is a shame, I love being down there, even if we don't fish or do anything touristy.  My mom did talk about taking their RV down there and that would open the door for regular visits on their part, meaning, we could plan on visiting them on at least a few occasions.  We shall see if we can get past this first visit without getting labeled a carrier of disease.

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