08-06-26 Penny
I didn’t get a lot of paperwork done today as I was dealing with mom and brother stuff but I did finally make a decision to move the gathering to the Friday night following the internment. I booked the Heid-out for catering and Dave Prinn for live music and my whole chest relaxed, and my shoulders softened.
I had a really good long talk with Heidi after the Rotary lunch about whether I should accept the position of assistant coordinator for the polio plus Society or not. We got into a big talk about the things going on in my life right now and she was awesome about both things. She and I are very similar in lots of ways as far as just speaking truth, although she may be a little kinder than I am. She told me I may struggle with the position offered because many times in organizations people think they want assistance, but then don’t wanna let go of what they have been doing by themselves or I could end up that they then decide to leave the position and now it’s all mine. So I should think about it. As far as the rest of the kerfuffle of this last while she looked me straight in the eye and said you are surrounded by love and when all this is over, you just flick your finger and make the others go away. She told me I was a loveable person I needed not to forget that. That really helped me to go make the finishing touches on the event for Mom. If it’s being left on my plate, then I shall serve up the plate that I want and what I want is to have everything happen on one day so that then we can spend the rest of the weekend visiting with friends and family. Rhiannon and Roger are going to put on a pancake breakfast the next morning for anyone who is in town and it just sounds perfect.
The speaker at Rotary lunch with Mike McPhee, who is the executive Director of Visit Cranbrook and he had some very interesting stats about the tourism industry in our area
There was also a presentation about our society project to build the seniors residences which broke ground today and so far we have $76,000 in donations towards it. We have a benefactor who is matching up to $100,000 which is pretty amazing.
I was geared up for my appointment at 3 o’clock to get my well done, but the Notary ended up having a tough week and getting behind schedule so we rescheduled for Monday and I headed off to meet Penny for an early dinner and visit. I think it’s the first time we’ve managed to do that with purpose rather than just ending up at Rotary conventions together. We met at the fire and oak and had cold brew martinis and delicious food and hours of conversation. She was a brat and made like she was going to the washroom but paid the tab. I had already decided I was going to because she was being such a good shoulder for me. We had a good laugh and a hug and I came home just to unwind as it was too smoky to go to summer sounds in the park.
triumphgal 