It’s been pretty busy on the home-front, which means for a quiet week on the blog. Both of Ev’s grandfathers were in the hospital this past week.

First was Grandpa Soto, who had a minor stroke and was diagnosed with Alzheimers. (At 93+ years old, it’s not that surprising.) He was in the medical center at Manati, about 45 minutes away from here, and the closest good medical center (there is none in Lares, and Manati is better than Arecibo for medical care). At first things we’re looking too good, but they put him on some meds, etc, and he seems to be doing much better (though his recent memory is bad, his old memory is still there).

The day that Don Soto made it back to his home (nursing home) was the day that Grandpa Gonzalez when in to the hospital. This has to be about the 6th time that he’s gone in since we’ve been down here…about once a month on average. I haven’t heard what’s happening with him–probably more heart problems. He’s been having a series of minor heat attacks and strokes as of late. He seems to recover from them okay, but he’s losing his marbles pretty quickly.

Other than that, Ev has been working and I’ve been doing software consulting, which has kept me very busy over the last couple of weeks. Even though it’s frustrating at times, it’s nice to be working again. I really like the idea of working for myself and picking up short term projects here and there. It’s a lot more rewarding that “working for the man”, that’s for sure.