02-06-26 Miss you JB
Today was weirdly, complicated but almost in a really nice way. I woke up knowing for well. It was one year since my dear Jackie died. But I didn’t have a deep sorrow. I honestly felt joy for knowing her and suddenly realized what I want my trip tattoo to be. I’m going to find something that has her initials in her own handwriting and designed the root of the trip as a constellation with her initials and 2025 in the center. There is a perfect spot for it on my left arm, which is not traditionally my travel arm, but my grounding and tribute arm. It will be perfect.
I mostly worked on one file today which I always find satisfying. After work, I stopped and had a beverage and food with my Bar fly friends and was invited to join Mark and Johanna at their table on Sunday for the Super Bowl party, which takes away a lot of the anxiety of going by myself. I do enjoy their company very much so I’m looking forward to that.
I came home and baked an appetizer to take with me to Poker night out at Tim and Shawna‘s house. It was a nice group of 10 and I made it to second place so came home with $110 which was 70 more than I went there with so that was a bonus. When I got home, just after midnight, I walked over and got my mail for the week to find a cheque for $50 from BC lottery corporation. I had mailed them a scratch, and when that wouldn’t scan properly and it honestly didn’t take very long to get the money.
One of the things I’m very grateful for is that right away this morning I reached out to Reid, Jackie’s son. At the end of the evening, he messaged me that I was the only one who had reached out today, and that it meant a good deal to him. I am sad for him, though, as he has a great deal of extended family in Alberta and he is alone at the coast. She also had some good women friends in the day. I now know that I will continue to reach out and connect with him no matter what.
triumphgal 