- Audit at work – stress and madness ensue
- Vacation – lovely blur because
- FIL fell while we were gone sustaining grave injury
- IT conversion at work – stress and madness ensue
- FIL not progressing, bring in hospice
- Struggle to continue on with major fundraising event
- Funeral
- Put on huge fundraising event
- Spend time with Precious Oldest, home for spring break
- Spend time with Precious Youngest, home for spring break
- Shake fists at the heavens that their spring breaks were different weeks
- Go to the doctor and find out stress has caused weight loss. Go figure
- Send out resume and get called for interview
- Then….Nothing
- Start lettuce and carrots, prune and feed roses, beef up perennials
- Begin kitchen facelift
- Find out that lack of running water/stove/refrigerator render me useless
- Realize I would have made a shitty pioneer
- Girls home for Easter
- Have 70th birthday party for my mother
- Get called f or a second interview
- Then…Nothing
- Get a call from Precious Oldest – SHE HAS A JOB!
- Praise sweet baby jesus that kitchen face lift is done save for painting the walls
- Realize day after day after day of dreary weather has stopped me from doing any further gardening. Will likely see first tomato around fucking Labor Day
- Start researching possibilities for new kitchen table and chairs
- The Saint informs me budget is blown
- I keep looking for furniture anyway
Oh people I could weep. It has been a ragged few months. I look at this pathetic list and notice a total lack of nuance yet my life is filled day to day with grace notes I can’t put into words. I don’t want to abandon this space. We shall see.
