It appears that the cousin who was giving us news about my hospitalized uncle’s condition might have been being a dramatic Lying Liar Who Lies again. If so, I shall once again officially declare the woman absolutely appalling.

Today’s lesson:  Take anything a Known Horrible Person says with an oceanful of salt.

I won’t go into all of the details of why I am not giving her the benefit of the doubt in such an open place as this–perhaps in a password-protected post later, if even that.   But she has a long history of being an absolutely awful person.

Basically, my uncle may not be on death’s door, he may be heading home tomorrow, and he may last a while longer.  Or he may not.  I have no idea.

Whatever happens, I will keep you all updated.

Silver Lining: I am definitely incorporating some of my dysfunctional family’s antics into a character’s background, because I am a writer and that’s what writers do.  When life gives us lemons, we cut ‘em up and squeeze ‘em over our characters.  Poor Leandro. >.>