Listen- a walk will cure almost any ill your mind can come up with.
I walked this morning and saw robins flocking and talking, fat orange breasts flashing in the sun. It was beautiful and when I got home I felt something quite akin to happiness.
Is that even possible?
It would appear so.
And then lunch with Lily and the boys and Russell and then Costco with all of the above and Hank and it was about as much fun as this old woman can bear. And THEN I gave Gibson a bottle and got him to sleep and put him in his crib where he turned to his side and curled up like a lima bean and I felt like the most successful grandmother in the world.
Okay, then there was the meeting at the attorney's office and wouldn't you know I'm the damn executor of the will? Please, y'all. Just...please.
Oh well.
Eventually it will all be a hazy memory of terms like Probate and Co-owner of Account.
Whatever.
And now we're getting ready to go back to town to play Trivia with Hank as our trivia master. Russell and Chuck and Mr. Moon and Lily and I. We are going to name our team The Brand New Orphans or something like that.
Gawd. We are awful.
No we're not.
I'm still wearing the black dress. I did wash it again. This is ridiculous. Then again, it occurs to me that I could possibly throw out everything in my closet except for this one dress and the shirts and sweaters I wear under it.
Hmmmm.....
I won't. Not yet. But it's a thought. Goddamn it, it's a thought.
Have you already posted a picture of you in this fabulous dress and I missed it? Please post one (again)! I have dress envy and wish to fully imagine it as it is.
ReplyDelete"and wouldn't you know I'm the damn executor of the will" HA, isn't that just the way it goes :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good day. Kick some trivia butt!
I'm happy that you continue to replenish yourself. Have fun tonight.
ReplyDeleteOK. I get it finally. Black dress. I prefer to wear colorful clothes to funerals and memorials services and the like. I never thought mourning had anything to do with color.
ReplyDelete"...he turned to his side and curled up like a lima." So precious.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at Trivia night.
xo
Yeah, I'm curious about this black dress, too. A photo is required.
ReplyDeleteYou sound good. I'm glad about that. Having fun and being with the grandkids and kids is so good.
ReplyDeleteNOLA- No. I haven't posted a picture of me in "the dress." It's just a black jumper. Knit. I change up what I wear under it. Yesterday I wore turquoise tights under it. Owen proclaims my colored legs, "Silly."
ReplyDeleteJill- The will was made twenty years ago which explains THAT choice.
Nancy- I was so tired it was ridiculous.
Ellen Abbott- I wish I had this dress in red and green and purple too. I've even searched online for such a thing.
Ms. Fleur- A precious little overalled lima bean.
Steve- Believe me. It's not very exciting.
Syd- It's the best. Babies and kids. For me, at least.
I'm so glad you have that dress. It just makes me gleedful thinking about it. And I was thinking the same thing about a walk. I took a very cold, very long one on Monday and it helped me through some tough stuff. I just felt so lucky as I walked, for strong legs and clear breath and a body that can move through the world with not much trouble these days, anyhow.
ReplyDeleteLoved the lima bean line.