Vacationing

I am planning a vacation with the vet assistant for the end of july. She usually takes time off about every six months or so and allowed me to put forth some ideas as to where we could go. I had thought about pulling my dads camper out to Shawnee State Park. I had also always been interested in seeing baseball games at other cities. In the end, we have decided to go to Pittsburgh and catch the Reds-Pirates series at the end of July. My ultimate ambition is to try and catch all three games, not have to drive all over the place, and catch most of the area highlights. I'm not really interested in nightlife all that much, maybe some museums or attractions would be just fine. Just from looking at a map of nearby hotels near the stadium, I can see several park areas, and a couple of museums. We might be able to see even more if taxis become accepted in the mind of the vet assistant. I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully by then all the farm obligations will be satisfied for a couple of days. I am also expecting that my niece or nephew is born by then and that the old folks will be thoroughly distracted by the attention of a new member to the family. The vet assistant has got her sister to agree to come house sit for us also. I would eventually like to get out to St. Louis and Busch Stadium, but that might be another time for another year.

In other news, a family member has died. My grandfathers sister in law died this previous sunday and things are in motion. It was a pretty bad situation really. She had some form of alzheimers and eventually kidney failure sent her to the hospital this past weekend. Boy(his nickname), isn't all there either, but is in relatively good condition for being in his 80's. The thing I don't get is what my grandparents and such are thinking. They are wanting to blame the one daughter for not taking better care of the two, while the two boys seem to be off the hook. I can't or don't really see how parental care is strictly an woman issue. If I was capable and my grandparents were in bad shape, I wouldn't wait for my sisters to show up and interact with my grandparents or parents. As the vet assistant said, it might be more of a generation thing, with them thinking the women should be president of such concerns.

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