Well, crap.

[brightrosefox]

Yesterday, I came home from work to find Adam sitting on the front step with Danny. They'd been watching a "Penn and Teller's Bullshit" marathon on On Demand while waiting for me (I love that show). Since Adam would be driving to Chicago in the morning, we went over to Danny's to hang out for the night. Danny showed us the highly disturbing "Conker's Bad Fur Day" on Nintendo 64.

In the middle of it, my cell phone informed me that I had a voice message from home. It was mom. My godmother, Carolyn, fell and broke her hip and is in the hospital in Manhattan.

Oy. The poor woman has had a sucky year. She had surgery on her foot for an ulcer, among other issues.
Carolyn and her husband, Kelly, aren't really my godparents; they're my mother's oldest friends. Mom is an atheist and Dad's agnostic, so it's not for religious purposes, just insurance, Literally. When I was very small, Mom asked Carolyn to take care of me if anything happened. Kelly works in politics and they have a large amount of money, which I think is the other reason Mom wants them to be my guardians: I'm in the will, and I'd be extremely well off if, well, they died. But I hate thinking about that. I hate thinking about relatives and loved ones being ill or hurt. Which is why I'm not please with this broken hip news. Carolyn is in her mid-fifties but she's always been spry and youthful, except lately with her health problems. She stays at home with the three cats while Kelly works a very lucrative job, and they take trips to Paris and Tokyo a lot. I love them like grandparents; technically I've always seen them as such. They have no children, so I am like their child. They lived right near college, so I spent weekends with them. I know Carolyn will be all right, but it still worries me. I love her. I don't like to think about her health failing. It would be as bad as my own parents getting sick or hurt. I want Carolyn and Kelly to live long, healthy lives.

And Adam is driving sixteen hours to Chicago and won't be home till at least late Wednesday. I need a hug.

Comments

[moronqueen.livejournal.com]

*sniggers* Love Conker's Bad Fur day...I think Jon has all the previews DLed on his computer. *G* It's a riot..

Aww...jeeze...that's so terrible...I hope she gets well soon...also hope she's on calcium suppliments, she's right in the osteoperotic years...*hugs*

[saturnineutopia.livejournal.com]

*hugs*