The Life of a Newly Wed

Examples:

*Wedding Ceremony location flooded 8 weeks before the wedding.

*Memorial day plans totally changed after last night work trip for Mark

*Moved from TX to PA months earlier than expected

There are much more but I just can't think of them right now.

My parents went to Illinois on Friday for my cousin Steve's party. He was turning 50 and he has down syndrome so it's almost unheard of that they live that long! It was a huge family gathering of which I was one of the 3 that did not make it. My family on my Dads side includes almost 75 people is not more!

My Uncle Ralph went into the hospital on Monday. He has had some major heart problems, which runs heavily in my Dads family. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and things seemed like they were going to be okay. Well he wasn't able to get out of the hospital before the weekend and so everyone went up to the hospital to see him. When my mom called me on Friday she said that Ralph did not look well at all.

I get a call from my mom on Saturday afternoon and she seems very distraught. She said that they have only given Ralph a few days to live and they don't know what to do. So yesterday was spent trying to make different flight plans and figure out what was going on. I don't think that anyone who is in Breese, IL is thinking straight enough for me to get any good answers of what is going on. When Mom called last night she said that Dad was going to stay in Illinois and her and my brother were going to come home.

Well when my mom called this morning she said that they are all staying and that I should try and get to Illinois as soon as I can. Mom was trying to figure out that how she was going to get more clothes for them and possibly funeral clothes.

So my plans have gone from flying from Pittsburgh to Atlanta to Dallas tomorrow and staying till the 3rd to flying from Pittsburgh to Atlanta to Dallas to St. Louis tomorrow. When I get to Dallas I will grab the extra suitcase with my parents and brothers clothes from my FIL and go jump on another plane. It's going to be one long day with an even longer Christmas. Needless to say this is not how I planned on spending Christmas.

I know I sound so selfish but I just don't see the need of jumping on a plane if he's not dead. We thought Mark's grandpa was going to die last year and they gave him a day to live and here he is a year later just fine.

This is our first Christmas as a married couple and I will be in St. Louis and Mark will be in Texas. Mark wont be coming to St. Louis unless my uncle dies.

Well I have to do more packing!