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travels with Carl

It’s me again Margaret. hehe… Reminds me of this old Ray Stevens classic. So anyway. traveling today, out to see David. We live on the edge of the Bakken oil field. In order to get to where David is, you have to drive through a portion of the field. It is mostly Interstate travel. Today as I was motoring along in my van, it struck me that the road for about 100 miles in Western North Dakota is all one large bump. Or rather, as series of mini-bumps trying to pretend to be one large bump. Traveling this stretch of highway is how I imagine riding in a small ocean going vessel would be. Just as you crest one wave, there is another right behind it. Travels have been fairly uneventful thus far, although we did get an alert from our bank that there was suspicious activity on my credit

the uncopyright

the uncopyright One can view this two ways. either the facebook Terms of Service protects us and the copyright post is meaningless, or facebook is trying to gain control of our copyrights so that they can do what they want with our stuff. hmmm which is it? I tend to err on the side that it is all a bunch of ballyhoo that means absolutely nothing. In the end, if you don’t want your data to be used in any way shape or form, you need to turn off your computer and go back to the cave. Sounds rather harsh, don’t you think? It is a reality. If you put it on a computer and then connect said computer to the Internet, a person who wants your data bad enough, will get it. Freaked out yet? So I have the uncopyright. Due to the fact that I have a brain,

upcoming visit to see our son for Christmas

Today, I leave for the community where our son is in a residential facility. It is 500 miles each way. 10 hours by bus. When you have an auto-immune illness the trip takes twice as long. Frequent breaks are needed. Lots of rest periods. If I drive, I take it in two days with a hotel stay each way. In the end, it will be worth it. This is the eleventh month of him being in this particular facility. Every time we talk he mentions that he wants to come home. While I wish that I could be bringing him home this trip, in reality that isn’t going to happen. While he has made significant gains, it isn’t enough. When the time comes, we will need a step-down facility. A step-down facility is a transition between the current environment, and home. An intermediate placement if you will. If he