# Train ride

On the 15th this month we took the train to the airport in Frankfurt.
The last time we rode the train was early 2020. We took the ICE. It
was far from full, but not empty either. We had to wear masks during
the whole journey, but they said it can also be a normal medical mask
and not necessarily an FFP2.

Unfortunately my mother-in-law has been hospitalized and we got the
info that she was in a rather serious condition. My wife was afraid
that maybe she wouldn't see her alive anymore. So she cleared
everything at work on Monday and took the plane on Tuesday.

My mother-in-law has been released from hospital yesterday, but she is
very weak. My wife was very upset as she was told in the hospital that
she had half an hour to decide whether she wanted to take her mother
home or she would be transferred to long-term care. As my wife
demanded a doctor to at least tell her in what condition her mother is
and what kind of care does she need at home - she was just told that
no one is available. What kind of a sick place is that???

My wife and her sister decided to take care of their mother at home,
so an ambulance took her to their place. She is still not in a really
good condition, but they hope that she'll get stronger. I could nuke
the hospital.

My ex-boss suggested that I should just get in the car and visit them,
show my support to my wife if it is only being there. Sadly I do not
think I am fit for a 1000 km drive and there is also the fact that
they require you to stay in quarantine upon arriving over there.

Right after my wife left I had a rather unpleasant time. I think I had
a kind of renal colic with severe pain and the constant urge to
urinate. I tried to drink a lot and walk around in the apartment.
Luckily the pain went away, but it came back even stronger last
Saturday. Then I thought I had to call 112. I had luck once again as
after 3 or 4 hours it got better. Since then I have no problems so I
hope the little stones - if it were them - went away. After all of my
surgeries unfortunately I am susceptible to this, but I had no renal
colic before. This is again something new...

Oh yes, I was able to get my first shot against Covid. It was
administered by the company physician as there was still no reply from
the vaccination center. So I just deleted my account there.

Back to the train ride. On my way back - alone - it was interesting
that on the border of Hessia to Bavaria they said that as Bavaria
demands that you wear an FFP2 mask on the train so please everybody
switch masks. On our way to Frankfurt they said that a medical mask
was also sufficient as we were still deep in Bavarian territory. Maybe
the staff was Hessian. Anyway I was just building my base in
Subnautica...