So today I cried. It’s April 7th– Miss M’s birthday. And I missed it.
But there was Tiger’s cameo appearance in the Business Ethics Video
So there was that. Which led us to rent, for Three Dollars and Ninety Nine Cents, A Beautiful Mind— the 2001 movie about John Nash– at the end of the evening. Made it all the way through which is good b/c if I had quit 1/2 way through, I’d have been really depressed
Mind. That was after I had to don a mask and gloves to go restart the satellite up in the In-Laws home away from Incubator abode after the satellite lost signal on account of the rain. They are still in quarantine and I had done the weekly trek– N95 mask and gloves– to the grocery. That was before I realized it was 4/7
Anyhoo.
And now. Mr. Big Food has informed me that John Prine has passed.
Here’s another thing that ticks me off. Our nearest neighbor is about 1/4 mile away from us. But I can see his backdoor from my front door. And for the past three weeks, three or four times a week, there’s been a congregation of cars and trucks at his back door.
The editor of our local newspaper knows me. And when I dashed out a letter to the editor with the phrase, “Stay the F at home,” he called and asked it I really wanted him publish it, I
Mother of God how hard is it to find the word A-CQU-EST? Let’s try again. It’s not an uncommon word.
I’m done.
I swear to Christ if that little button down in the corner doesn’t stop popping up I am going to go…
Nah. I’m not really going to do that. But you’ve been warned.
They made some good tv shows in the 60s and 70s. And it’s been long enough ago that we’ve forgotten most of them! Just like brand new shows!
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I missed my daughter’s birthday one year. Her birthday is March 26, which fell during spring break every year. She was in high school. We were visiting friends and in Hobby Lobby that afternoon. I was catching up with my friend Patty and ignoring her. Hannah kept bringing me party hats and birthday plates–all ridiculously childish. She finally shouted “MOM! TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!” She hadn’t mentioned it at breakfast, thinking I had some kind of surprise planned. After lunch she began to realize I had no clue what day it was.
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Lord. So you know the feeling! Good to know I’m not alone. Thanks!
My birthday is in early December. Last year in November-December we were doing all of this traveling in Europe and on my birthday we flew from Bucharest to Vienna. All of this was a real challenge b/c John was still using his cane and Romania has its own set of challenges. Nothing. I fumed all day. When we finally got settled into our apartment and were toasting our success at making it, I said, “And happy birthday to me.”
That’s probably why I was so upset with myself.
I’m assuming, based on what you’ve written on your blog, that Hannah forgave you?
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They made some good tv shows in the 60s and 70s. And it’s been long enough ago that we’ve forgotten most of them! Just like brand new shows!
I missed my daughter’s birthday one year. Her birthday is March 26, which fell during spring break every year. She was in high school. We were visiting friends and in Hobby Lobby that afternoon. I was catching up with my friend Patty and ignoring her. Hannah kept bringing me party hats and birthday plates–all ridiculously childish. She finally shouted “MOM! TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!” She hadn’t mentioned it at breakfast, thinking I had some kind of surprise planned. After lunch she began to realize I had no clue what day it was.
Lord. So you know the feeling! Good to know I’m not alone. Thanks!
My birthday is in early December. Last year in November-December we were doing all of this traveling in Europe and on my birthday we flew from Bucharest to Vienna. All of this was a real challenge b/c John was still using his cane and Romania has its own set of challenges. Nothing. I fumed all day. When we finally got settled into our apartment and were toasting our success at making it, I said, “And happy birthday to me.”
That’s probably why I was so upset with myself.
I’m assuming, based on what you’ve written on your blog, that Hannah forgave you?