columbus......

ok, so today i am driving to columbus and back.........ferrying my mother to a surgeon's appointment near osu........she seems determined that her shoulder surgery must be done in columbus.......and happily the state of kentucky allows direct relatives to use sick time for such medical occassions.......we will probably stop at the outlets on the way up and/or the way back....their are really nice outlets in jeffersonville, ohio........gap/ralphleauren/eddiebauer etc.........the drive will be challenging, but as long as i stick to safe topics.....the weather, the health failings of relatives, my brother's workaholic nature, my mother's health, her pets, and geneology......and avoid politics/religion/sexualorientation/popularentertainment
we will get along just fine........the nice thing about traveling with my mom is that there is little need for me to speak at all......just a nod now and then is sufficient......or at least until she runs out of script.....it is like she saves up every opinion for the outing..........i love her dearly, but i am preparing myself mentally for the journey anyway.........