Cuised on up to Minnesota to see my father-in-law, Garth Crouch. Not a very fun drive up (yes I said drive) as we went through some entertaining states (NOT!!!), Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, & Iowa. The trip took 15 hours, wooooo weeee!!!! Man was I warn out. My wife tried to help me out with the drive, but she was too tired from working before we left. We were happy to make it up to St. Charles though and my mother-in-law was very happy to see us.
A few hours after arriving we went to see daddy Crouch at the nursing home and it was a rough time for us. I have seen him in there before during the middle stage of his condition, but in this final stage it was tough. He seemed to be pretty comfortable as they want him to be before he goes. We went back to the house and chilled some more to finish out day one.
Day two started with me, the wife, and mom going up to the Twin Cities to pick up Erin at the airport. It was good to see her. It has been a long time since her wedding. We we back into Rochester and met with Grandma Crouch (Garth's Mother) to have lunch with her. It was nice to see Bernice, too. We ate, had conversation and of course left. We went home watched a few flicks and ended day two.
Day three was short because me, Jen and Naomi for we had to head back, but before we did we went to see Garth to say goodbye for the last time. The first visit, although he was comfortable, he was not very responsive, but the second visit was much better. We played some of his favorite CDs, talked to him and to each other. One of the best things that happened was when I walked and started to talk to him. His eyes were closed, but she slowly opened them. Then he slowly gave a smile. I don't know if it was towards me or he just saw a figure in front of him, but it made my day. We finally said goodbye as he snored away in his bed and headed out.
One thing I wanted to point out before I end his chapter is on Garth roommate. His name was Russell and he has a pretty sweet set up on his side of the room. He has digital cable pumping into a 42" Phillips plasma TV, Cable internet going into his Sony Viao desktop computer, Photo printer and a few accessories. Everytime he had the TV on though he only had it on "The Weather Channel". I have to admit I was pretty impress especially for a man in a nursing home.
Well, it was time to had back to Texas and boy did it suck. Drove through dismal Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Man those states suck it bad. To top it all off we ended getting trapped in rush hour traffic in Denton, TX. We were stuck for almost two hours, but we finally made it home.
It was good to see everyone, but I really don't want to go through that drive again. Ouch Ouch!!!!!
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