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First it was the brownie on my bacon. That was really freaky. I meant to bring the brownie piece with me but I forgot. It is still sitting out on the kitchen counter and everyone is afraid to touch it. Either that, or they're waiting for me to pick up after them, again. LOL
Then it was the bad thing. Finding out that my friend of 25+ years and neighbor of 6 years was dead. That was kind of weird. Especially since I've been trying to contact her for a while. I can't tell you how many times in the past few days that I've walked to the sidewalk to see if her car was up the street. I figured she was off on one of her adventures. I guess she is in some cosmic way. Last time I saw her she had promised me an evening of beer and other goodies on the front porch and, as you know, I love porch parties. I never got the party, instead I got the late night drunken phone call telling me what I good friend I was. She said that she needed to bitch and needed someone to listen to her. I let her rant for close to an hour. She got it out of her system and when she hung up she was laughing. So, it was just a real stunner to find out that our evening will never be. I was really pretty down until I got to your place - btw, thanks for letting us drop in with very little warning - and it dawned on me that I have a lot of memories of her to draw on. I think I'd rather spend my time thinking about the wonderful times we had together than to be sad for all the times we had planned but will never have. I know that's the way she would want it.
I also want to say, thanks for being a friend. You taking us in gave me some distance and a chance to think. I don't know if I told you guys but I lost five neighbors a couple of weeks ago in a nasty fire. Grandparents and three of their grandchildren. They lived around the corner from us. Man, that was hard. I think I just needed to get away from the neighborhood for a few hours to get a change of perspective. Not to mention it was good to get away from the rest of my house guests.
All in all, it was a very good day. Because we're evil, I think we can take bad situtations that would devastate or depress others and find the bright spot. I was so down earlier today that I was thinking about zapping another city but now I'm mellow again so I won't.
Also, thanks for welcoming my little sister. She talked about what great guys you all were all the way home. She didn't take her afternoon meds and she was a little goofier than usual. She really got her brains scrambled in the accident. She was given up for dead and they didn't call an ambulance for close to half an hour when someone realized she was still breathing. She's a sweetheart and she means the world to me.
btw, the Admiral says howdy and would like to see you soon. He also says, "thank you. Thank you very, VERY much."
Until I see you again, I'll try to manifest something more useful than a piece of a brownie.
Oh yeah, I liked your brother and your nephew but don't tell them. :yoiks:
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