A Bit Quieter Today

Once again, I got up before the 7.00 alarm, and put myself together in something other than jeans. The Other Chai got here before 9.00, and we went off to pick up E and go to the funeral.

A bit of background here. I have known the Other Chai for many, many years -- when I was a junior, she was my student teacher -- and we have had times when we were very close and times when not so much. But I have been close with E since the day we met, which would have been around 1980 or so, and from about 1986 on, E and the Chum and I were inseparable at school. E retired six years ago, the same year Joel did, and I don't see her often because she is the world's busiest Jewish grandma, but when we do see each other, we are in sync immediately. E is the one friend of everybody that I would tell anything to, anything at all, because she is not one iota judgmental and is always 100% supportive.

E is also the biggest Disney freak I know. She has gone to DisneyWorld with her entire family every year since the year it opened. Back then, they stayed in a camper and the six kids (hers and her sister's) slept in a tent outside. Now, circumstances have changed, they have a timeshare with I don't know how many rooms, and eleven grandchildren between them. And they all go.

Oh, one more bit of background. For years and years, I tried to get E and the Chum to go on a quick DisneyWorld weekend with me, because the three of us were best buds and would have such a good time. End of background.

So you know, I made plans to go to DW with the Other Chai, and then the Chum said, Oh, can I come too? Well, yes ... grrr, why didn't you want to go before ... but it's all worked out. And then this morning, we told E that we were going and she got all excited and said "When? What are the dates? Maybe I can ..." Okay, now it's getting too complicated for me. I doubt that she'll actually come, because she's always either traveling or helping out with grandchildren (who will also be off of school that weekend), but it was a moment.

Speaking of complications, poor R is at this moment trapped in the airport in Atlanta, where her flight from Newark was delayed in arriving and her flight to Las Vegas took off early, of all things. She's on standby for a later flight tonight, but her travel plans are sure messed up. She says the hotel in LV won't let her friends check into the room because the reservations are in her name. Talk about grr. Well, she's pissed off but she's not panicking, because this is not the one who panics. This is one who handles things. And the other one is due into Boston by train in ... ten minutes. Both away with friends for a long weekend. It'll be quiet here, but I do have a trip planned to Costco with the Sibs tomorrow, so that's something.

Okay, folks. Have a good weekend.

WATCHING THE SIMPSONS :: ENTRY #1565