Oregon Bound...T-minus this weekend

Just told both my Parents that I am going to Oregon this weekend. My dad was cool by it, he usually is, but my Mom is this terrible combo of worry and loneliness. There's nothing I can say that will make her feel better and I don't blame her. With me gone, she will be here by herself all week because my dad is away on work except for on the weekends.

With everything that's happening I can't feel anything but like a bad son seeing her like this, but it's just something I have to do. I need a vacation from Texas. I need a vacation from this area. I need a vacation from everything in life right now, and Oregon is just about as far away from here as I can get right now.

I just called my Dad and asked him if he could come home early a few times next week during the week or just take a couple days off to come home and he said he'd see what he could do. I hope he can, because that would make me feel a ton better about going. I don't want to drive 40 hours and have the only thoughts be worrying about my Mom.

I think I'm developing an ulcer.