when i talk to people about my dad having been in the hospital, sometimes it feels like they are unsure about what to do. i mean, for example, the other week, we reintroduced wired to my dad. they'd met before, but my dad was three days out of the hospital at that point, and, shall we say, a little wobbly. so i was telling people about this on thursday, and i mentioned it because i thought it was interesting and amusing, that we'd all momentarily assumed that he'd remember, and then we'd all remembered that no, probably he wasn't remembering that part of january too closely. anyhow. i thought it was funny in that laughing at myself sort of way, and it seemed like other people were uncomfortable. who knows.