May 2022 Island Trip – Day 1
Upon my arrival I was greeted by waist and head-high grass. My AN had warned me… And he had knocked some of it down, but oh boy, if I mowed 4-hours a day for 6-days, that’d get it all under control 😂. I will strive for ‘ the up-side of not looking abandoned.’ Truth be […]
Exposure
We’ve had our first direct (that we know of) Covid exposure. It surrounded the construction project. Contact 1 exposure was 5/15. They tested positive on the 19th. Contact 2 was on the job 5/17-19, and they tested positive on the 20th. I worked closely with Contact 2 May 17th and 18th, and they stopped by […]
Two Years
Mom’s been gone for two years now. Quite the anniversary. It wasn’t a hard day. Reflective mostly, and I spent a lot of time in the garden over the weekend. Something mom derived great pleasure from. I have a picture of mom on my sewing table with her perennial garden in the foreground. While there […]
Photo Resignation
This morning I placed the pictures of mom that I scrapbooked into an album whose cover I created some years ago, That was enjoyable, fun even. Most of these pictures help me remember her as a vital, engaged, and often happy person. While I’m sure my mom struggled with some level of depression, my entire […]
A Comparison of Two Jobs
I’ve had this post cued up for over a year. It’s about the realization that my last two positions, for other businesses, helped me understand that I am not cut out to work for non-profits or small entrepreneurial businesses. I don’t mean ‘Oh, woe is me’ (tho there was a bit of that here and […]
Dad’s Birthday
Yesterday was my father’s birthday. He would have been 89. I thought a lot about him and missed him throughout the day, but wasn’t ever in a funk. Perhaps in part because the remodel was too distracting… Maybe that was dad’s plan! While not the best at finishing a project, dad was very knowledgable and […]
Housekeeper
Aside from a false start in February 2020 (for more than just Covid protocols) we’re starting with a housekeeper tomorrow for the first time in, probably, over 20-years. When we bought the house, the previous owner’s housekeeper stayed on briefly until she changed careers and went into real estate. I’m sure this job, for the […]
Driven to Scrapbook
We spent a number of hours on Sunday cleaning our studio and study. These spaces were especially impacted due to the structural construction done before to the upstairs kitchen work started. As I went through the study (my office), I was confronted with my own lack of follow-through regarding lots pictures and slides. Yesterday I […]
Notice
Monday evening my tenant texted saying she needed to move back to the mainland due to family concerns. She’s lost two siblings in the last 8-month, and is about to lose another, and yet another has dementia. We talked. She’s devastated. And she was worried about ‘breaking the lease.’ I told her not fret. I […]
Not Vaccinated
A musician friend called this evening asking, for his singer, how to approach vocal practice when dealing when what sounds like allergies, or the common cold. We talked through different approaches when I said, “Y’all are vaccinated, yes?” He said, “All but me.” I was stunned and asked, “Why aren’t you vaccinated???” He said, “No […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 