i guess at this point this is the best descriptor of my week.
kevin’s dad’s visitation/catholic funeral mass/etc.
election.
i guess these are the two major things. fraught with crazy.
and then, today, hearing about leonard cohen dying. why didn’t i ever go see him in concert?
i must start paying much more attention to everything, or at least to the things that i care about.
because i never know when they’ll be gone.
last night i poured myself a glass of red wine and took it into mom’s new living room…and sitting there was another glass of wine i’d already poured.
tonight, i poured myself a glass of red wine, and…ditto.
two nights in a row. c’mon, grace.
i told kevin that he has a huge responsibility, being in charge of all my memories as my short-term memory slips to less than 5 minutes.
one (very) bright spot is that we got to spend time with kevin’s lovely sister christia, who kevin hadn’t spent any significant amount of time with for, oh, 20 or more years, and i’d only seen fleetingly at kevin’s brother’s wedding several years ago. christia even came down to springfield and spent the night with us, and even though it was very rushed, it was wonderful, wonderful to spend some time with her.
hopefully i’ll remember that i did. or kevin will remind me.
ok then,
me, mrs. friday night fraught hughes.