not an auspicous start

h_postmortemus and i are planning to drive to baltimore this weekend in order to introduce sylvia to her greatgrandmother. she's 13 mos old now, so i feel a bit silly that it's taken so long, but it is a bit of a drive. our last halfway plan was derailed when ggma landed in the hospital and recommended that we wait to visit her when she would be back in her apartment. well, then the holidays hit and i got a job that involves working most weekends. so we finally get another plan going. i get permission from the gma to visit and when i got home from work at 9:30, i got an email saying that ggma had landed in the hospital again. well, screw it, this time we're going up anyways. i did a quick call to my uncle mike, who i have not seen in ages and he said that ggma is her same normal crotchety self and that she's not under any particular restrictions other than being in the cardiac care center and we are not to tire her out. blergh.