Day 15: I drive home

When I woke up, Schmidt was sleeping on the sofa in the living room, next to Ma's bed. Apparently at 1:00 in the morning Ma had gotten out of bed and collapsed. He tried to put her on the commode, but she didn't need to pee. So he put her back in bed, but figured that the only place he could be to keep her safe was immediately nearby.

I dressed and packed—well, I had done most of my packing last night, including taking a shower so I'd be clean for the day. But I rolled up my pajamas and stuffed them in my bag, and then hauled my stuff out to my car. Drank two cups of coffee while chatting with Schmidt about what he figured was coming next. He offered to make me some breakfast, but it's a long drive and I just wanted to get on the road.

So we hugged and I drove away. I then spent the rest of the day (more or less) driving. Stopped for gas once, and for food twice. 

I was scheduled to have a call with Debbie in the evening, and we agreed to text to work out a time. In the event our phones both behaved sub-optimally in reporting text messages to us, but we finally got on a call after I'd been home about an hour. I was exhausted, but it feels like I spent the whole call ranting. In fact I was just going over some of the same things I've discussed in these posts here (though not this one!), but all at once and without a lot of buffer. Anyway, it was good to talk to her. Then I drank for a while to wind down, and went to bed.

The remaining updates come from Schmidt's emails.