tobermory's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-inky-dink Last night Steve and I went out to dinner with our friends Bob and Diana � Bob was the �minister� at our wedding (I use the �� because he�s a mail order minister, but we did check and it IS legal in Illinois). In an odd coincidence, Diana�s mom also died on the exact same day as my mom. Bizarre. I know one of the restaurant owners at the place we ate at - he wasn�t in, but he had arranged for the host to bring over a complimentary bottle of champagne - it�s good to know people. We took the opportunity to drink a very nice toast to our moms. I realize that I�m probably telling you something you already know, but I just got speakers for my computer at work and I�ve discovered two sites - Live356 Internet Radio who have a station called Generation 80�s that plays really excellent classic alternative and new wave music, and Pandora where you can put in an artist or song that you like and they will �create� a radio station of similar sounding music that you might like. They have a convenient direct link to iTunes in case you hear something you like enough to buy. This internet thing rocks. I�m going in to the shelter tonight. It will be my first time back since January. Megan has kept everyone there up to date so they know what�s been going on, and many of my co-volunteers made generous donations in my mom�s memory to the charity we specified. Of course it helps that we specified the animal shelter where I volunteer. It was also where the d.o.g. came from. I�m hoping I don�t get too weepy. Bob was mentioning last night that it�s the sympathy and condolences that bring on the weepies and he�s so very right. It�s so touching that people care and reach out to you to try to help. Speaking of which, I have to write a condolence note � a good friend of my dad�s, Sam, passed away early this week and I want to write a note to his wife because I have a nice story for her. About 15 years ago I was at a White Sox home opener party and Sam was there and he saw me wearing my mom�s wedding ring set (she never liked wearing it and gave it to me in high school � I later had the diamonds reset for my own engagement and wedding ring). Sam asked me if I was engaged and I explained that I was just wearing the ring, and then he told me how he had to propose to his wife three times before she would accept because she thought she should go out and experience the world a bit before getting married. He described to me how beautiful he thought she was and how determined he was to get her to accept. I think she�d like to hear that story. Resolution Diary: 5:14 p.m. - 2006-04-06 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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