Pink Moan

July 8th, 2008 by Gnat

I’m back from Tejas, as of about 4:00 pm yesterday. Can I just say it’s good to be back in CA? Well, it is. It was great to see my family, but it was also a difficult time as my grandparents just had to put my great uncle in the nursing home. He’s 92, kind of out of it, swollen with lymphoma and mad as hell for being put away. He can afford home care, but alas there is no 24-hour nursing/home care service available in Crane, the tiny west-Texas town in which my folks live (and where I grew up until age 13). I made calls and tried to get my uncle back home, but nothing panned out. I think my folks will be transferring him to a nicer nursing home facility later this week. He’s not going to like it I’m sure, but hopefully he’ll be happier than he is in his current situation.

Marfa was fun! But you know you’re still in Texas (even in an “artist community” like Marfa), when you see pro-life signs around town and bumper stickers that say things like “Babies are not spare parts!” That was sort of depressing, as was the $20 tiny bowl of fettucine w/olive oil I was served at one hip restaurant in Marfa. I guess even in the middle of the desert one isn’t immune to overpriced cuisine.

Oh and upon my arrival in Midland, just after leaving the airport, I saw a bumper sticker on a big-ass redneck truck that read: “Just say NO to Osama, Obama and Chelsea’s mama!” Yup. That was almost enough to make me want to turn around and immediately high-tail it back to the lovely blue state of California.