RIP Dana
Dana’s husband called today to let me know she passed yesterday. We talked for 2.5 hours. They were so well suited for each other, both conversationalist. He walked me through her last week, details that the bereaved need, and deserve to share. It wasn’t all bad, and it wasn’t all easy, but she finally had […]
Mom’s 87th Birthday
Yesterday was mom’s 87th birthday. As time goes by it’s getting easier to see her as she once was… Intact, wickedly humorous, independent, opinionated (she never lost that! 😏), practical, smart as hell, full of life hacks before hacks were a thing ~ I could go on for pages. Yesterday was a day to recall […]
Glasses
I’ve had a small paper bag of mom’s glasses riding around in my DH’s car for many months. The goal has been to drop them off in a Lions Club glasses donation bin. I used to see the donation bins at drug stores, but no longer. Some research revealed that, in our area, the donation […]
Plotting Phase Two
Our GC was here yesterday and we plotted the next phase of the project, on all three floors (including the attic). I have no more than two weeks to evacuate the kitchen, sitting room, dining room, and ideally, the living room. It’s going to be an epic mess, and a lot of fun! Given that […]
Nine Years
My dad passed nine years and two days ago. Sometimes this anniversary is a marker, an unbelievable reminder of the passage of time. Sometimes, like this year, it’s really hard. Losing my uncle, dad’s brother, another family member, plus one friend dying right now, another putting off dying unless there’s a miracle, a brother-in-law clinging […]
Rains/Pours
A friend and former colleague called me today. I haven’t always answered her calls as she’s been stuck on perceived injustices suffered at the hand of the company we both worked for. We’ve the same conversation for 10-years, and I wasn’t always up for it. Particularly when we had different experiences of our time working, […]
March 2022 Island Trip – Day 7
The alarm went off at 6:45. Including the usual closing up procedures, decommissioning Stella’s batteries, getting them in the truck, and loading just enough firewood around them to keep them from scooting around the bed of the truck, I made the 10:30 ferry. It was pouring as I closed things up. Never have I been […]
March 2022 Island Trip – Day 6
I’ve learned to pace the number of people I meet with on any given day. If I have too many appointments, I tend to retreat in a big way. “Too Many” depends on stamina and other inputs. Yesterday started feeling like too much when my phone wouldn’t shut the hell up, and was coming at […]
March 2022 Island Trip – Day 5
Today was a lot of little stuff. Lots and lots. Highlights were: My tenant letting me know the roof leaked again, the roofer sending Dave out with a Roof in a Tube to hold things together until they can do the reroofing deed, and walking Dave through the house to show him where the fans […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 