I was working in Taipei for most of two weeks. Now I'm working in Kaohsiung, a city of about 2 million toward the other end of Taiwan.
DIL in Portland, the sweetest girl, has been feeling awful for ... well, months. Years. Finally got a doc opinion that kidney support surgery would help. He's done it once before, and it worked. Yeah, makes us nervous. It'll be laparoscopic, so minimally invasive, we're hoping.
DIL will have to be flat for about two weeks. She takes care of and home-schools granddaughter. Son is a Walmart store manager, so at work his fair share of the time. Grandma is flying to Portland to take care of the house and girl while DIL is down. Since I'm used to the whole plane gig, I arranged the ticket for her. (Pssstttt... I want her to be comfortable, so I got her a seat in business/first. Don't tell her. It's a surprise.)
I'm coming back Friday. We'll have all of five days together before she takes off.