There was nothing about this day that made me want to wake up. During the night every time I barely came out of REM sleep I was doing the same bookkeeping entry over and over and over so I kept going back and back to sleep. When I eventually woke up I had a message from my dear friend Mary Lynn on Salt Spring and we called and talked each other. It was so good to hear her voice, it was so good to know what is happening in her life directly, right now. It is somewhat weird to have a friend who is not on Facebook, someone who you have to actually ask the questions and hear the answers and communicate with. I do love that about us, our old school relationship. I was left to feel somewhat grateful for being rem Ed from all that is SSI right now.
I watched a movie, The Half of It and it was charming, a take on Cyrano de à Bergerac. I went out and worked on the yard again A bit before going to Home Depot to source out fencing. There are lots of option, none just what I hope for. With the frost heaving here fences are a challenge.
When I returned I hooked up my new y and hose, brought all the arts of Jackie’s table in and put it together. I have so many amazing memories of being at her home when her husband and daughter were still alive and her son was visiting and we’d all sit around the table and play crib and have great dinners and when my son-in-law’s brother died he and his sister and their spouses came over and sat around that table and cried and drank and mourned. I was so grateful when Reid, her son, agreed that after her brain aneurysm when she had to give up her household that I could have the table. Our mutual friend, Barb brought it t La. La Hache, where I picked it up and brought it home and will treasure it for always.
I spent the rest of the evening puzzling and watching a movie The Lovebirds which is a funny little romcom sort of and now I will try to get some sleep as I go back to work tomorrow
triumphgal 