A Parent Update and Downloading Songs

First the update so I can move on to happier thoughts. My mother took a fall a few days ago because a medication she was on wasn't at the proper dosage and thinned her blood out too much. It caused her to faint. Thankfully, she didn't re-break the hip she just finished rehab for or anything else. But once in the hospital, they discovered a bedsore she's been battling from infection for many, many months was seriously reinfected. So she's in a rehab center again for the next 3 weeks or more. My sister already has their room at the nursing home we have to move them to and you can't let them go or you won't get them back. Dad can't go alone as he's the main reason for the move - his dementia is so bad, my mother can't even care for him and he could never manage a new place alone. So, for now, he's being day sat by a college student home for the summer. It's been stressful for my sister - beyond imagination. And just when she thought she would have a break from 3+ years of caring for them while their health has seriously declined, things aren't moving along. I think if you've not experienced the exhaustion of caring for aging parents, you can't really understand. But I took care of them for just a week when they came to visit and were much healthier than they are now and I was tired. Their visit last summer to stay at my brother's wore he and his wife out, too. It's exhausting and I admire and am grateful for my sister's love and dedication toward them all this time - while she's been raising two sons and working as a professor and associate dean at a university. That's a lot of responsibility and a lot of hours in the day. I hope she knows how grateful I truly am.

Okay, on to the downloading of songs. So with Jay out of work, as he still is, we had no money at Christmastime. Our amazing ward family took care of us to ensure our daughter - and both of us - had a Christmas and it was an wonderfully spiritual experience for us. I had no money to spend on my sweet nephews and the one precious niece still under 18 (I don't buy gifts for them once they turn 18 or graduate from high school, whichever comes first). Then I discovered I could download some music for them, burn CD's and....wala! Of course, as luck would have it, I completed my niece's CD and then my drive bit the dust. In comes tax return time and we've replaced that, so for the past week or so, I've been trying to get my nephew's CD's downloaded. They are 10 and 17. They like several kinds of music, as do I. In fact, I've enjoyed a few of their "rap" music choices and am keeping copies of them for myself on my computer, too. But then they asked for some Lil Wayne. Oh man! What garbage. How this little, disgusting piece of trash has made money in the music business, I cannot tell. First, he's filthy. No, I mean big time filthy. So I've had to search for the "clean" versions of his songs because no way am I contributing to the distribution of that crap or the corruption of my nephews. Second of all, he can't sing. His voice is this croaking, nasty sound. So all his "songs" feature other singers. You know, people who actually CAN. I'm grateful to have finished downloading these songs and hope to never have to listen to him again. And Thank Goodness for Radio Station who continue to play the CLEAN versions of these loser's music......