Last post Sat, Dec 08 2007 2:15 PM by gollyboy. 6 replies.
My folks need me home asap, esply my mom who is fading fast at 90. i want to help my (step)Dad keep her out of a nursing home - That's our rallying cry, like "Remember the Alamo!" : "No nursing home for Mom!" What's really beauty-full about all tHIS, except for the travailing stress of planning and then traveling with my old frail/yet feisty cat, Gollyboy, and a few boxes of special belongings (and practical stuff: bedding, cage, etc.) - what's beauty-full is that all my life Mom was 'way too big for me and now she's not anymore and i just can't wait to pour all the hands-on TLC on her that i've always known how to give little people who don't talk very much ;)So, i've come here for any and all advice and help y'all can offer, o folks of my tribe!
i've been sorta daydreaming that one way to get there would be a chain of drivers and homes so nobody would have to drive very far. I mentioned it to a parent advocate and she said, "Oh, like the Underground Railroad" - and then apologized. But i quickly reassured her that that was exactly right, and so fitting since i've always felt like a slave anyway! (anybody identify with that, stranded on this strange planet, doing the best we can, striving to be a blessing v a curse to the big people?)
Another thought was that it would be a nice 2-way street if i rode with what i call AFFABLES: Autism-Friendly Folks Able to help, because being able to be honest with them would give them a window into an old autistic's head that they might not ever be privileged to see into otherwise! Not all that many of us up in years like me - 65 now. Been a Christian for 12 years and diagnosed 10 yrs ago(actually PDD-NOS due to lack of documentation of early years, but UTX was sure i was really Aspergers). So, here i am a still very-functional woman (toddler in a woman's body, actually!) who truly, TRULY needs to get home to Houston!
Thanx for reading. Be blessed by my Daddy in Heaven just for tHIS! nd if you can advise or help, WOW!
Just thought I'd wish you good luck-I'm down in Miami and definitely not a good cross-country driver but hopefully something will work out for you! Have you thought about a one-way ticket and shipping your belongs...you could check your cat and keep him/her under the seat in your car. I think Southwest was having a sale on one-ways not long ago but I know prices are high these days with the hospital. Hope you get home to your mom soon!
~Kara
I can't drive very well unless I know where I'm going
But dont give up!!
I know someone will be able to help you!!
hi gollyboy, i hope you have foud a ride. just wanted to say hi and welcome
Hi, Debbie & Kara & Joel! thanx so much for your e-COURAGE-ments. You have no idea how much they mean to me! Well...there's NEWS to report @ the first 3rd of the trip: twas sitting right under my roof! Yup! (yUP^ - as in, answered prayer!) The gal i share our home with is going home to Clemson next weekend and offered to drop me and Golly in Atlanta on Sunday the 16th! So, that just leaves two-thirds to go! and, gulp, 6 days to figure out the Rest of iT for me and Golly, B4 Pat's trip on Friday!
NOW, do y'all, my first friends here, have any suggestions? And, is there a way to move this post and/or alter/edit it to say Atlanta->Houston? Also, is there a way to get it seen by more people? How do i reach folks who live in Atlanta - there must be some, yes? Look! i DID get "Subject"line edited ;)
btw, i have sneaked peeks at each of y'all 3's sites, just no time to respond now...but, once gotten to TX - yes, i surely will! Looking so forward to having time to visit back and forth - y'all sound and look so cool! for now, thanx again for everything - mostly just being there! i intro'd Disaboom to a ARC rep. ;)
...and seaSon's Greetings (no matter how high or rough the seas, He Makes Way(s) thru the waves!)
in His loving Strength and strengthening Love,
Gollyboy & val(Jesus'n'me)
hi i'm back, how about if you post it in a blog at the top. more people might see it. wish i was going that way, but i am not. you can't find a sale on bus tickets? maybe ride at night or something?[sorry i don't travel that way but trying to think of something].well good luck and let us know what happens in 6 days ok?
hey, Debbie! thanx for coming back! my Dad had the same idea, about taking the bus the rest of the way. When i reminded him,"only service animals allowed," he concocted dark glasses and a cane for me, and a harness for little ole Gollyboy, the orange tabby German Shepherd! hope you get a laugh out of that image - i sure did!
But,the fact sadly remains, Golly's not eligible. Once upon a time, many decades ago i actually smuggled a tiny kitten from Austin to Houston in a small, but-roomy-for-him leather gym bag with the top slightly unzipped. We made it on Greyhound, took about 3 very pins-and-needles hrs. Rules are a lot stiffer now...i wdn't dare try it with a full-size monster with big lungs like Golly!
i'll check out blogging it later...thanx again, mi amiga!
