an overdue atlanta post

i've started an updating post a couple times now, over the last couple days... but.. didn't get farther than the title before i was interrupted or lost interest... so. here is another attempt. and so far, i've gotten farther than the title so i must be on a role.

so erin, my sister is out of the hospital. we had a bit of a scare on thursday night with her blood sugar dropping super low and a very green nurse not knowing how to adminster the glucose shot. so not cool. scared the crap out of me.

then my mom got erin out of the hospital on saturday morning and by saturday night we were back in the emergency room. they ran all the normal tests, gave fluids, gave mega drugs and then said there was no medical reason to admit her even though she was visibly sick... so they sent us home.

and we have been home since. all of this such a nut shell version of the events. it's been a pretty emotional rollercoaster. what i do know is that my mom is a very tired lady. having lived here and taken care of my sister for sooooooooooo oooooo oooooo many years alone, she's hitting her limit of what she can do. and that has led me to seriously question my part in this whole thing. i moved to detroit about 6 months before my mom and sister moved to atlanta. i went to school. fell in love with detroit. met so many cool people that essentially became my family away from my family and i have now lived almost 10 years away from my mom and sister. comin back for holidays and vacations for visists. my mom has always done well handling things. always managed to happily juggle everything and completely earned the award for the most amazing mom ever. i never felt like i was needed per say. i was always welcomed to move to atlanta and my mom has always said she would love to be near me again. but i never felt led to move per say. until now.

now my mom is tired. and visibly needs some help. if not help, just support. and so here i am now looking for jobs in atlanta. thomas is here too. giving me support and looking to move as well. the job economy has been so rough in detroit and with both of us jobless and a very big need arising in my family... we are seeing what we can do. so that is the scoop. it's been a little tryin. and a lot of questions.. are we doing the right thing? what is right? it's just such a big step... especially after i JUST moved from ludington. but alas, family is family and i believe that you take care of your family.