What a day, for all three of us.
It actually started
yesterday, when Elsa lost a favorite earring.
They were the type that hang off a sort of looped bit of wire that hangs
down the back and she had not used those teeny rubber things that keep the wire
from slipping through the ear. It fell
off sometime during or after lunch. She
looked and looked but it was nowhere to be found. She was still sort of wistful about it when
she got home, but not down. In fact, she
talked about the opportunity opened by losing the earring - it gave her a
chance to touch base with the person who had designed and made the bead and the
earring.
I would have wanted to get
down on the floor and kick and scream in the same boat, but she just said,
"Everything that happens opens a door."
There was a happy ending - she found the
missing earring this afternoon under her desk, when she was not looking for it
at all.
The big news from John is
that he just got a project from the Franklin Mint. Hubba hubba!
His two women folk - and countless stuffies - are popping our buttons
with pride. He will be working on it in
his studio here at Squirrel Haven, so I will still have no worries when it
comes to care.
My big news is that for the
first time I turned on the CD player, turned on the CD selection and managed to
play a CD. This might not sound like
much to you, but it is genuinely an epic moment for me. Modern day electronical equipment intimidates
me.
This afternoon, Elsa called
up from B&N/Willow Grove to tell me that she & John would be stopping
off for about an hour on the way home (John had used her car to go to the
Franklin Mint and drove her to and from work).
Not hearing any music in the background, she asked if I had the radio
on. I explained that it was turned to a
talk station and I could not figure out how to find the classical music station. Knowing how lonely late afternoon and early
evening can be for me, she suggested I play one of the CDs already loaded
up. Gulp. That meant turning it on and everything by myself.
I went over to the CD player,
while Elsa stayed on the phone. She
talked me through turning it on and everything.
I did not get it right the first few times, but I did not get
discouraged, but stayed "on task" as Elsa says and, by jove, I did
it! It might not sound like much, but it
meant a lot to me.
It is way past my bedtime - am up and
away. Love - Cybergabster
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