My mom got a room, which is a wonderful thing. Hopefully she can get some sleep now.

But the surprise to which I'm referring is this.

One of my stories has been nominated for The Unlocked Awards.



Five Times Xander Met Dawn by redeem147 (PG-13; Xander/Dawn)

She's doing pretty well. Her left side isn't working properly, but her speech is quite good. She's not getting any sleep, except for the sleeping pill they give her that produces freaky, scary dreams. It's very noisy in emerg, but she's staying there until she can swallow properly, at which point she can get a real room. In the meantime, she's in her own little curtained off cubicle which has enough space for a bed and a visitor's chair. That's all she needs at the moment (but some quiet would be nice.) OTOH, all the goings on is very entertaining 'like a soap opera.' Sadly, she has yet to meet McDreamy.

She's not getting daily MRIs (I wondered about that) but EKGs. Or maybe EEGs. One of those 'E' things.

The hospital seems like it's on the other side of the world to me (or other side of the city, which it is) but it's pretty close for my brother to visit. Coming home I took a much shorter bus ride to the light rail which connects to my subway line, and didn't take much more time than getting to her home. Of course, I'm booked at work until the end of December so I don't know how much I can get up there during the week, though they're very understanding at work. My job is so much better than it used to be.

In other news, loved Waters of Mars. I'm going to miss that regeneration. I suppose if I want to see him I can watch introductions to Masterpiece Theatre Contemporary, but it's not the same.

If you live in Toronto, you might be interested in the Music of Joss Whedon concert next Monday night at Bread and Circus in Kensington Market. $12. Also, Juliet Landau is signing at the Silver Snail on Saturday night ($25 per autograph.)

I went in to work and my brother went to the hospital. I've called them and told them I won't be at work tomorrow, because I'M going to the hospital to see her for myself. Apparently she's still in emerg, where it's easier to keep her under observation. My brother says she's getting daily MRIs. Thank goodness we live in Canada.

Apparently her spirits are good. Again, I'll see that for myself. I'm encouraged by his report, though.

I took today off and booked and appointment for an H1N1 shot (or seasonal flu. I was a bit confused.)

In the morning, my brother called me and said that Mom had trouble getting to the washroom by herself, and she had tingling in one hand. He suspected a small stroke. She was speaking clearly, though. He was calling to get a doctor to come and see her.

Later he called back and said that the ambulance was there to take her to the hospital and that he was going with. I wasn't even sure which one (there are two in her area.)

Since I couldn't do anything else, I gave him my cell number and went to the doctor. (It was H1N1, even though I had all the symptoms a few weeks ago. The shot couldn't hurt - and didn't. Gentle nurse.)

I had told my son and daughter what was happening, and my daughter called while I was waiting in the office after the shot to see if she and her sweetie could come and pick me up and take her to their place, in case we wanted to go over to the hospital. She fed me Swiss Chalet and we watched some Black Adder on her wall-sized TV.

My brother called and said that Mom was going for tests and he thought they might give her something and send her home, and that he might be very late calling me so they took me to the subway and I went home.

When I got back, my brother was home again and said that they're keeping Mom for 'a while' whatever that means. She's had one stroke and probably a series of them without knowing. She was in emerg waiting for a room and he'll call me tomorrow. Hopefully she'll be settled in tomorrow and I can go see her after work.

Life's what happens and all that. I'll keep you posted.

My least favourite character, least favourite actress...

I'm sorry for the cast and crew and those who are fans, but I won't miss Dollhouse.

Something odd happened the other day. A little drabble I posted on open_on_sunday got tons of comments, then recced on su_herald and now nominated for a Shades of Grey Award.

I have no idea why this struck such a chord. I didn't work on it very long. It didn't even have Spike in it. ;)

Wall drabble.

Tomorrow night is the monthly Buffy meetup, and as always, I look forward to it. We had a new member last time. Buffy - the show that keeps on going and growing.

In related news, looks like I have a roomie for Newark. I haven't met her before, but her emails seem nice. I like having company. Besides, we both love the same guy. That's gotta work out well, right? ;)

Getting very excited for Chicago. The Addams Family musical and Paul McGann. That's what I call a weekend.

I had to work today and there's no way I can order tickets from there. But my friend Magie came through for me and got us tickets to the James Marsters event in South Orange NJ in February.

:)

So, that's Paul McGann this month and James for Valentines Day.

Did I mention I like pretty men?

I wonder if the rumour about a Shahrukh Khan concert in Toronto next year is true?

My doctor thinks I most likely had H1N1 but she wants me to get the shot next week anyway. She says it can't hurt even if I did have it, since although I probably did we can't be sure.

I'm off Wednesday for Remembrance Day, so I'm going to go visit my mom (which I was supposed to do two weeks ago.)

And that's the news until now.

It's not even the same quiz as last time.

Ah, well.

Kristin Chenoweth is singing Christmas songs tomorrow night on Bloor St. here in Toronto for the opening of the Holt Renfrew holiday windows. :)

Howcome nobody told me Global has a new episode tonight? (It's half over.) Which means there's a new one on Fox tomorrow.