SO here's some updates

I know I have been neglectful of you, and I am sorry. For quite a while I did not have Internet connection at home thus I could only log on at work and there's some new security concerns that bascially do not allow for blogging on company time. Thus the quick little updates whenever I could get a moment. But we're back online at home. Which leads me to the first item. The "we" in the previous sentence is not Eddie and myself. Eddie has moved out, back up to his mom's and Rob has moved in. All in preparation for the upcoming wedding of the year. :) I know they say it's just a piece of paper, but it's like we're already married. Being in a relationship teaches you so much - and not about the other person. But this should not be news to anyone. How do I feel about Eddie moving out? To be honest it's rather bittersweet. Eddie and I have been friends for over 26 years. We've been through it all. I am sad that this chapter in my life is ending, but excited about turning the page to the next chapter. When you've known someone for so long, you get used to eachother... habits, idiosyncrasies, humor and so forth. To learn to adapt to a newer person's own unique quirks gives you the chance to look at the quirks of your own.
Work has been challenging to say the least. I'm coming up to my three year anniversary and am convinced that I have really found a niche but getting on top of that niche has proved to have had a few bumps in the road. My company likes to change up the regulations by which the basics are acheived, and it's always interesting trying to keep up. More on that later.... I am not at work, so I realy don't want to wax on and on about it. So there. :)
Aunt Sally's passing has proved to be just the beginning. I found out last week that her brother John passed away, and her brother Ed is not well. And then there is Grammy. That's a whole other blog entry. She is declining so much and so fast, yet so slow. Does that make sense? Yet she is still the sweetest person that I know. Basically without my mother's consent, the nursing home put her on Fosomax, which is to prevent osteoporosis. Hello people she's 93... it's already happened! (This was a newsflash?) The important thing with this med is that you have to sit or stand for 60 minutes, and take it with 8 ounces of water. Grammy not so much. She took it with sips of water and then would lay down. And you guessed it - erosions in the throat so bad she couldn't even swallow water. Joy. So my 93 year old grandmother had to undergo a barium swallow which was inconclusive as no one told us that she has to stand for 30 minutes for part of the test. And Grammy cannot do that. So no more tests. That's what we have decided. The phrase is palliative care, which means keep her comfortable and out of pain but no new drugs, no invasive tests, no feeding tubes, and give her back some of her dignity.
Those of you who read this blog are well aware of the wedding updates posted separately so I will not duplicate my efforts on that part.
So there you have it - a brief glimpse into the update which is my life at the moment. More to follow, not that I am back on the information superhighway. :)
Peace out.