The night would go on to be very short lived. A little before midnight, we got a call from Jessica's stepdad that her mom was in the hospital and not expected to survive through the night. She has been in poor health for a while, but it wasn't a call we were expecting. And it was certainly not something Jessica needed having lost her stepmom a little less than a year ago. So we quickly got ready and drove the two hour drive to the Bay Area in 90 minutes. We stayed at the hospital until around 5am and then, with her mom looking somewhat stable, went to the house for a few hours of crappy sleep. But in the morning, her mom was awake and talking, and breathing much more than the 2-3 times per minute she was breathing when she first got to the hospital. We stayed with her until around 3:30 before leaving to go home, convinced and confident enough that she had taken a turn for the better and was going to pull through again. One time while sitting in the waiting room, I took the shot below. I think it captures the coldness that a hospital can bring out sometimes. Cold and empty.
We were in bed by 8PM upon arriving back home after a very long night/day. Today was spent catching up on work and taking it pretty easy. Jess wasn't as lucky as she had to go to work. I might have worked even more than I did, but I was glued to the TV a lot with everything going on in Japan. While taking a shower today, I actually thought of today's shot. It wasn't quite the angle I originally wanted, but I am still pleased with how it came out. I do love playing! Something tells me that Machete needed to bring more knives to the fight!
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I think this is the first time I've said this, but I do not like this picture. I don't like the red eye and I don't like that you can clearly see how badly my eyebrows need to be plucked. I DO like the "Team Jessica" quip though... :-)
Worst wake up call ever... My mom is a tough cookie though, thank god. That was a long, exhausting day, and our butts spent quite a bit of time in those chairs. I like this picture, the framing is cool and your explanation of the coldness of hospitals really relays what we went through that night/day.
Hehehe, cute little boy in a man's body playing with toys! This is a good action shot, it looks real. What angle were you originally going for?
I'm so sorry to hear what you are going through with Jessica's mom. I'm glad to hear she is a strong person.
Thanks for 3 very interesting and different photos. I especially like the one of the hospital chairs, it does capture that cold emptiness.
And Jessica! I hadn't noticed an eyebrow issue until you mentioned it, then of course I went back up and looked again :-) But, really it is a very cool picture. Go Team Jessica!
Jess-I too, did not notice the eyebrows. Now that I have-yuck-what are you thinking? hehehe I got a chuckle out of Team Jessica. That is so Manuel!
I love the second picture a lot. Hospitals are so cold and sterile looking and I think you captured it well.
and.....my little boy! Always playing with his action figures. I love it!
I love those action figures.
I hope Jessica's mom is out of the woods and on her way to recovery!
Great shot of the hospital - although they're taking care of our loved ones, the place itself is cold and has an air of distress and anxiety.
I'm glad Jess' mom took a better turn. I hope she stays healthy now.
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