Update on Cousin M

Thought I should give you an update on Urban Shaman's cousin M. Last I mentioned on this blog, he was in a coma after a snowmobile versus truck collision.

We waited 3 weeks without hearing any news about him -- the last bit of news is that he was still in a coma, his leg was still pretty bad, and he had double pneumonia. Yikes.

Finally after 3 weeks, I emailed my MIL to ask about cousin M. The response "Oh, he got out of the hospital yesterday! He starts physical therapy this week."

Very good news. But seriously, we go from thinking he's on his deathbed to being released from the hospital? It's like this family only shares the drama/bad news. I was just a little peeved. A little. But very happy for cousin M. Although I am still wondering how he is doing, since I haven't had any further news for a month. Oh well, I suppose if he was dying again or something, they'd let us know.

I have such weird in-laws.

You Shall Have Joy, Dammit!

The thing about having in-laws who are Mormon is that it can occasionally be amusing. Note I said occasionally, sometimes it is annoying.

The other day Urban Shaman received a care package from his mother in the mail. It contained some very cool, very hippie t-shirts, some DVD movies, books, and the following crap literature.

Finding Faith in Christ. With an enclosed booklet entitled "The Plan of Salvation" accompanied by a DVD.
Yes, so very important. Except those of us who live in the household at which the package was addressed are not even remotely practicing, let alone interested in this type of thing. Both Urban Shaman and myself grew up attending Jesus-oriented churches, so it is not like we are ignorant of this, it's just that we have chosen a different way of believing in and expressing our feelings about... you know... all that sort of stuff. I honestly wonder what they think when they see pictures of us all decked out at the Oregon Country Fair or having gone to Brazil for the spiritual workshop. Oh yeah... they probably think "holy moly, they need The Plan of Salvation!"

But that isn't all. Luckily a piece of more amusing crap literature was also present in the box.

And They Shall Have Joy. But wait! It's *gasp* all in American Sign Language! With real deaf actors! Wow.



Yup.