Spent the say at hospice and then getting internet fixed. Those that haven;t been in sanctuary section, my dad was admitted to hospice on Wednesday. Given his condition he probably won't be there for long, and isn't likely to be coming home.
During the 2-3 weeks that mom and dad were in Savannah at the hospital (~3 hours away) something happened and their cable modem died. We were able to convince mom to go home to sleep and rest, but didn't help when she got home and the internet wasn't working. Basically everything in the house relies on it. Computer internet obviously. I've got their TV going through an ONN streaming box, which works great as long as there is internat. The home phone is VOIP, and relies on the internet. Somehow they live in town and still in a spotty cell service area, so it's better than mobile internet too. With dad being in hospice, she needs to be able to connect when she isn;t there with him.
Got spent time with her, him, and seeing family that wanted to visit. It's weird. Obviously dad had a child hood and life before I came along 40 years ago. Some of the family wanting to visit I've seen once in my 40 years and it was just a couple of years ago. Another apparently even mom hasn't seen since I was a newborn. Still appreciate the support and that they made the trip from out of state, just wish that dad was responsive enough to show that he knew.
Anyhow, modem is changed out, so hopefully mom will be able to have some distraction when she is at home. Fixing it was certainly a good distraction for me today.
Now the battle going on upstairs is what to do with his truck. Not getting rid of the 99 Ranger, but it seems like I might be joining the group of late model F-150 owners on the forum. It's a battle between what he seems to have wanted, and what fits my needs better. From what mom has said it seems like he wanted ME specifically driving his truck while he was in the hospital, but that was when he was able to communicate and we thought he was coming come. I've already got 4 registered vehicles. The 2010 Kia Forte daily driver, the '99 Ranger, the '68 F-100, and the F-250. I don't need 5 registered vehicles to insure and maintain. I also don't need 3 full size trucks. So if I get the F-150, I'll have to consolidate.
A couple are easy decisions. Dad gave me the F-100 and F-250, and he recently helped me with the V8 swap on the Ranger. The Ranger isn't going anywhere for a long time, too many recent memories. The F-100 isn't going anywhere, ever if I can help it, I grew up with dad driving that truck and always wanted to fix it up. So I've got to figure out if want take the F-150 or keep the F-250. If I take the F-150, the Kia is going to and cutting back to three vehicles (for now). If I keep the F-250, I'll probably be keeping 4 and have find another car in a few years when this Kia is slap worn out, it's pushing 200k miles now.
It's also going to mean that I will likely end up passing the 85 project truck onto someone else. I never started on it, now the F-100 and a couple of other "bucket list" projects I have seem more important.
On a Ranger note. Between dad's '21 F-150 and '02 Ranger, mom said that she only wants to keep the Ranger. Have tried to convince her to keep the newer truck, but she won't have it. Likes the smaller one better. With that in mind I'll probably need to tear it down for timing chains/guides/tensioners in a few years. Might be more justification to pick up a manual 4.0L V6 Mustang parts car. Engine to prep for swapping into the '02, and the transmission for one of the bucket list projects. Maybe I can slip in a moddbox without her noticing? Dad would have liked it.
(If my post seems off or inappropriate for the situation, thinking about things and writing like this is kind of helping me cope.)
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