Still hanging in there. (I’m not dead yet.)

I was discharged from the hospital late Monday. There…is a story. If you’re in my Facebook group you can watch the video. The short version is that the Bard is my adultier adult, codeine and I do NOT mix, and I really don’t ever want to have to repeat this experience. It’s a damned good … Read More

I’m in the hospital.

(I’m copying and posting a bunch of stuff here because this is the first time I’ve been able to open my laptop since Monday (3/25/24). Long story short, I’m in the hospital, pneumonia that went undiagnosed since January (likely due to a dental procedure I had back in January, because the cough first started 4 … Read More

Spouse health update.

Spouse health update.

Spouse’s gall bladder was removed on Friday, and while she didn’t react well to the anesthesia, they discharged her late Saturday and she’s on the mend. Which Princess Kiwi was also glad of, because her stomach was an absolute mess with the massive disruption to her schedule, so she used products like Exhale’s Delta-8 that … Read More

Happy Birthday, Russ.

Happy Birthday, Russ.

You should be turning 57 today, Russ. It’s not fair that there are STILL people walking the face of this planet who don’t deserve to be here, and yet you, and Jimmy Buffett, and others, didn’t get more time. We only got to celebrate two birthdays together for both of us, but you’ve been gone … Read More

Cradle to grave.

Cradle to grave.

Yesterday marked 32 weeks since “that” day and tonight I broke down in my kitchen while trying to scan in old photos from albums Russ’ siblings loaned to me. I was okay, at first.

Blessings beyond measure.

I left Florida around 3pm Friday afternoon and rolled (literally) into Iowa around 1:30pm the next day. Last night was Russ’ niece’s graduation. Today, I went with his siblings and other family to visit their parents’ graves. Then they drove me past their childhood home, and we stopped to get pictures. Well, the owner was … Read More

7 months.

Mostly packed for my trip to Iowa. I’ll finish the rest in the morning. Then I pick up the rental car and I’ll be on my way by early afternoon. This is going to be… Lots of tears, I’m sure. It’s not fair Russ isn’t here to do this. I can’t believe it’s been 7 … Read More

26 Weeks or 6 Months.

26 Weeks or 6 Months.

I got Russ to try boiled peanuts for the first time that last weekend. LOL He was not impressed. And I forgot what was left in his fridge. Amalie Arena is where the Jimmy Buffett concert was held that we were going to in December. 🙁 I don’t understand… Correction, I STILL cannot process I … Read More

One year.

One year.

One year ago. I took these selfies of us one year ago, Russ. It was not only a great evening with friends who I finally got to introduce you to after a year of pandemic isolation, but it was also the 1-year anniversary of when I collared you. You’d already long before collared me too, … Read More

Music and Messages.

Music and Messages.

On the way home from Viking training this morning I flipped my music over from my phone to XM, on Radio Margaritaville. Was talking to Russ and asked him to send me some songs. But it was in the middle of one of RM’s “Buffett Buffets,” an hour where they play nothing BUT JB songs. … Read More