It has been a week of beginning adjustments in the Dishman family. The day after the funeral on Friday, John set off with David & Elizabeth & Shari (Susan's sister) to Atlanta (where David & Elizabeth live) on Saturday and then to North Carolina (Shari's home) on Sunday after church. John returned on Monday to make sure that the garbage got taken out according to specifications on Tuesday and to take Megan to the dentist in hopes of getting a price lower than $5500 for three potentially abcessed teeth. Today, John should had a nice bike ride in the morning and is probably paying bills, feeling sleepy, and instant messaging with David & Elizabeth (David and Peter put Trillian, an all purpose instant messaging program, on his laptop, and he actually seems to be getting into it despite initial protestations).
Yesterday the hospice folk finally came and picked up the hospital bed, oxygen, PEG tube pump, wheelchair, mattress, bedside table, and other paraphenelia, so the master bedroom looks much the same as before. It's quiet at home, but John isn't getting much sleep these days.
Tomorrow, John heads out with Jamison to take her back to North Carolina and her beloved UNCG campus for her final year of school. The summer has definitely confirmed that she does not want to be a Spanish teacher, but her long term calling (which seems to involve English Education) is still in the process of refinement and confirmation.
Posted by Peter Dishman at August 6, 2003 04:39 PM