Today was not one of our better visits. I walked into the nursing home only to be greeted by paramedics wheeling Rosie out on a stretcher. She was bundled up in blankets; only her face was showing. Her eyes appeared to be open and the paramedics seemed to be in a hurry, so I assumed she hadn't passed away. I hope I'm right. I hope she'll be back. I don't want that to be my last memory of Rosie. We still have lots of incoherent conversations to finish.
Hoocher fared little better than I did. We were visitng with Malina when the snack cart lady stopped to offer Hoocher a piece of popcorn. Then she handed Malina a few pieces to feed to Hoocher. Only Malina ate them right in front of Hoocher's nose. To add insult to injury, Malina started yelling about something and sprayed popcorn spittle all over the two of us. Hoocher is a lot more forgiving about this sort of thing than I am. I wheeled Malina back into her room and we left. Next week I'll re-introduce myself and today will be water under the bridge.
When we all got home, the boys both became irritable. They're not much for early mornings. We ate lunch and now it's nap time. I was voted down 2-1 on the whole nap issue, but that's what is so great about The Republic of The Outpost. While the No Nap supporters had a majority of the votes, the parental college is weighted heavily in favor of Mom.
Now I'm pondering how to avoid tackling the remaining 3/4 of THE BACKYARD. I don't think I can face it again so soon. Perhaps July.
Posted by Cathy at June 15, 2004 01:38 PMRope halter + beeve = grazed / fertilised back yard.
Posted by: aelfheld at June 16, 2004 11:44 AMI will just pass on to you some advice given to me by a cynical farmer on dealing with livestock. "Never trust an animal that is too large to stomp to death"
Posted by: DaveP at June 16, 2004 03:49 PMNoNap supporters need a Florida Supreme Court to right their 'wrong.'
Posted by: Chris Muir at June 16, 2004 09:08 PM