Hard to believe it’s only been six weeks since my last visit to my mom’s, what with everything that’s been going on with my husband’s side of the family. This time I’m here due to another health problem: Mom had hernia surgery this morning.

Unfortunately, it turned out she had not just one, not just two, but three — count ‘em, 3! — hernias. The poor woman is in serious pain, although not as much as she was before surgical correction. It’s bad enough, though, that they’re keeping her overnight so despite my many offers she’s sent me back to her place.

Honestly, it’s almost as good as being at a hotel. Had I known this was coming I wouldn’t have bothered with that mini-vacay last week since that (for reasons I won’t go into) turned out to be more stressful than it was worth.

Thanks to an unwitting neighbor who’s letting me piggyback on his home wi-fi, I finally have internet access while visiting my mom. That’s a good thing, since it looks like I might be here longer than I’d planned.

Ah, well. At least Smitty’s is less than an hour away.