ok, so i am back from a shopping/lunch outing with my mother....we drove to lexington.......and had lunch at her favorite place...red lobster.........i had a bowl of soup.......crab bisque.....because i am so very tired from yesterday.....and really not all that hungry.....having gone out to breakfast with my spouse and the running crowd.......i have not done this in 4 years, by the way....they gather at the red rooster.....and occupy at least 3 tables shoved toegether........i had my favorite breakfast....blt with pickles on the side........most of the others have pancakes, or omelets.....or oatmeal.......i prefer my starch with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo......and the pickles are just because the blt tastes so much better that way..................so i was not yet hungry at lunchtime......... we then went to tuesday morning, another of her favorite places.......i bought a stool that i can take apart and recover with a piece of needlepoint that has been laying in wait on the secret shelf in back of the sofa in our room.............i bought the kit at liberty in london......which means that it dates from andrew in the 6th grade, maybe......that was the year that we went to london, then chunneled to paris.........so i guess it is time that i finish the project.............so back to cincinnati, having had a day to think about it..........my friend jane is doing pretty well...............considering.............considering that her house was not built to accomodate an electric wheelchair........she gets around and does for herself exceptionally well.............we talked straight from 1:15 pm to 6:30 or so when her sister maris had to leave and i realized that i had to get on the road as well.............and drank more than we should have consumed.......over 5 hours....i guess we could have done worse..........we dined on steamed artichokes stuffed with chicken and walnut salad.......with penne/grape tomato/black olives on the side..............first with champagne and then on a bottle of mondavi sauvingnon blanc.....the same such bottle that i blogged about a while back for making up a grape varietal name to add cachet to plain old s. blanc...................ah well.........by the time maris came we had moved onto frescati.....but only a taste at that point......................maris' divorce continues.......i did enjoy having the chance to tell her that she was too good for him and that he will regret losing her.............which is true.....it is disconcerting for women my age, and with children roughly in the same age range as mine......to get divorces from spouses who strayed............talk turned to her plans for her 50th birthday......2 years away............i appreciate women with survival/coping plans that involve travel........... she intends to spend here 50th in paris, whether she is alone or in company of a significant other...............yep, paris is always a good idea...................i have never seen fit to wait for milestone moments to go to paris......................so for something big like turing 50.......i am leaning more toward this new zealand windjammer cruise/backpacking scenario that i read about in outside magazine.............and timing is right....as a february birthday doesn't lend itself to paris...........i have been to paris in january, march april, june, october and november...............i see no need to add february to my list..........considering how miserable january can be................new zealand should be lovely then...................but i digress..................maris looked marvelous, considering she is in such flux....and plucky as ever...............i wish i could have had more time to catch up with her, but i really needed to start on home........of course, when i got in the car there was a missed call message on my phone, with no #...just the time of the missed call......gentle readers........i consider cell phones to be a safety tool/convenience item...........few people have my number because i rarely have it on except when it suits me to do so.....so to whomever (whoever?) called..........i am so sorry that i missed the opportunity to chat....................
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