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Today’s Business: 2009-10-09

Friday, October 9th, 2009

06:50 AM: Looks like it’s drizzling today.  No outdoor work today, at least for the morning anyhow.

07:00 AM: Revised the  Dreams of BT   post a bit.

07:30 AM: Journaled for a while. 

08:20 AM: Listened to the Dr. Joy Browne podcast.

09:12 AM: Sister JoJo can’t go to Wal Mart today since her kids are home from school due to an in-service day.  No problem though, as I have lots of milk and stuff in the freezer to eat.  We’ll probably get there sometime next week.  However, she’ll be unavailable for shopping for the next two Fridays. 

09:20 AM: Mom called and we talked for nearly an hour.  Click   here   for more details.

10:17 AM: Added and revised the   Can Loving from Afar Survive?   post to the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog. 

12:00 PM: A late breakfast today that consisted of a big bowl of Cocoa Wheats and two big mugs of green tea.

02:00 PM: Listened to two more episodes of Dr. Joy Browne.  She’s become such a positive, insightful, and informative force for me these days, that I’d spend all day with her show if I had the time. 

04:06 PM: Listened to music on the iPod for two hours, in an attempt to untangle the jumble of thoughts that the   letter to [BT]   yesterday inspired.  I came away from this with an idea for my next letter which I’m setting to work on right now.

06:54 PM: Wrote 1900 words of a new post for the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.  This is a letter to [Prism], a counselor at camp.  It should be ready for posting in the next day or two.

07:00 PM: Chicken and stars soup with lots of vegetables, and a bowl of Cheerios with raisins and skim milk for supper.

08:37 PM: Just got off the phone with [Emmy].  She’s feeling better today though she still has some light cramping. 

09:30 PM: Sister Mary Ann’s husband called to say that they’d be over here tomorrow morning at 9:15 to move the furniture around here to make this place easier for Mom to get around in, with her scooter. 

11:58 PM: Watched The Young and the Restless and all pending episodes of NBC Nightly News.

The weather today: Rainy and cool with highs in the low 60s.  The sun appeared for just a minuscule moment this afternoon.  Otherwise, gray skies dominated the landscape outside the window here in the office.

Tom

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Mom’s Status: 2009-10-09

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Mom called at aroun 9:20 AM today and we talked for around an hour.  She sounded quite alert and happy, and really eager to come home. 

I mentioned that small ramp we’d have to build outside the south door to get her through the door, from the house floor down to the porch.  No big deal; this ramp need only be a few inches high, but does require our consideration nonetheless.  She agreed.

She had been looking forward to sister JoJo and I visiting today.  But she understood why we couldn’t come when I explained that JoJo’s kids had the day off of school because of an in-service day and that they already had a full day of activities planned. 

We talked about Gram and Pap Jewell and I asked her more than a few questions about those “good old days” and those good old people.  She enjoyed sharing the memories, and so, perhaps it would be good, while she’s still relatively healthy in mind (if not in body), to record her talking about her past and future legacies.  There are just so many blanks that she could fill in, and I got so caught up in the stories that I had to restrain the asking, so as to avoid firing the questions as though I was shooting a machine gun.  But she knows a lot of stuff that I’d like to know as well before she leaves us forever.  I just hope there’s enough time to get her to say all of it.

 

Tom

 

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