What the frig??

i talked to my Mom and apparently my one grandmother is in the hosipital. nothing majorly serious except pain in her back/legs...she's had a bit of a psychological issue over the past year or two (this was before my Uncle died, though, so it wasnt originally contributed to that), so we're not sure if the pain is a result of that or not. :-/ apparently she's been in there for a couple of days, which is odd because i just talked to her last week...yikes! my Mom's pretty upset because she feels like she's been trying to do what she can to help and no one's been listening to her :*( i know she and her mom have had a lot of rifts in the past, so that makes things hard, and she did start crying on the phone before we hung up.

am glad im coming down this weekend, because then i can make sure she's okay-->she's had a rough time also because two of her clients died over the past two weeks, and i think being a social worker as she is can take it's toll after a while. i always get a little uncomfortable when she starts crying--it's hard for me to do anything over the phone, so i usually let her go so she can have her moment...but when im there usually we can just hang out in a room and talk like we did after my Uncle's funeral etc. i was kind of at a loss of what to say, to be honest. this is why i hate living so far from my Mom--i talk to her every night but it's not the same as actually having her right there in person. i probably didnt help by mentioning my great aunt who i worked with at a convent when i was in high school for a graduation project; she'd apparently been rather comatose for a long time, but when i came to work with her she pretty much sprung to life and was talking etc...that's my dad's mom's eldest sister, and apparently my dad's mother was stunned by the effect i had on her, because it seemed pretty hopeless for a while. i was just thinking about it this morning, so i probably shouldnt have brought it up, but it fit the subject we were talking about. damn. of course, it doesnt help that my great aunt died shorlty after i started doing the volunteer work--maybe a month or two after, so that was rough. :*( and it was weird because the last time my grandmother took me to visit her grave, we couldnt find it for the longest time--i tripped over something and...voila! another paranormal experience anyone?

so yeah, definitely keep my mom & grandparents in your thoughts, everybody! im sure things'll be okay...it doesnt sound *too* serious, but it's still worrisome!