Five Years + One Day

I posted twice yesterday, but I didn't make mention of the anniversary, which I didn't realize myself until late in the day because I really didn't know what the date was all day.

My mother, the lady in the picture just over there on the right, died five years ago yesterday. It was Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, so in that sense, it could be five years ago today. Clear as a bell, of course, every minute of it.

The Sibs and I talked about it briefly before, but we talk about our parents often, so nothing new. Like me, I think she has way more trouble getting beyond Jack's death, since Shirl's was so obviously coming for a long time. His decline was much more subtle. Anyway, enough of that. Let me just note that it is the anniversary of her death and move on. Wednesday -- the 30th -- would be his birthday, this year the 88th. So I'll freak out over that one on Wednesday.

In the meantime, yet another trip to R's this morning, this time to pick up cartons I was taking back or taking to recycling, which I did afterwards. It's about a 20-25 minute drive over there, and it's becoming second-nature. But it looks like I have a day off tomorrow, both from work and from R, since she's on her way at the moment to visit friends from the UK who are visiting briefly with family in Pennsylvania, about 2 hours away, and she's staying with them overnight and until late tomorrow. So she gets a break from all the unpacking and settling in, too, although really, she's made tremendous progress.

Meanwhile, K and I did the food shopping, and I got the bills paid, and although I have more laundry to do -- some of it R's, what a surprise -- I'm actually pretty caught up on that, too. Tomorrow K and I are hoping to go see the Shrek movie. I haven't heard great things about it, but you know I rarely go to the movies in a theatre, and we've gone to the last two Shreks together, so we're completing the set. I'm sure I won't see another movie until the Harry comes out in July.

Have a good holiday weekend, all.

watching Wings on DVD :: entry #1477