Memorial Day of Bloom
May. 26th, 2025 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoI don't know if "excited" is quite the right word for how I feel about testing myself again tomorrow, but I'm doggedly determined to do it, anyway. Today I was inspired to look through my archives and see how other Memorial Days have been in the recent past. Apparently, I also had covid for Memorial Day in 2022, courtesy of a trip to visit my siblings, and in 2023, probably via a visit from our friend PropellorBeanie. Good grief. Last year was a better time, but apparently not a trend-setter, because here we are again. It was a lovely day. Sadly, I woke up at 4 am and couldn't go back to sleep. It gets light so early these days, and the birds express their hope and optimism so enthusiastically. As a result, I had to waste part of the morning taking a nap.
I did some texting with my sisters and my kids, in lieu of actually seeing people. I had one conversation with our neighbor Irish, at a good distance across the fence. He wondered if my paw paws had survived, because the ones I gave him still looked like sticks. I pointed out where mine were growing, and said they had looked like sticks too, until about a week ago, when they started to leaf out, and now they are thriving. I urged him not to give up hope, which is the primary virtue needed by gardeners. The Sparrowhawk and I sat out in our yard for awhile in the afternoon. It was very pleasant. Then we started cooking dinner. He gave the grill a good cleaning, and then grilled some steak. It was perfectly done and delicious. I made another batch of potato salad, some corn on the cob, and deviled eggs, and cut up the mushrooms, which he cooked. There could have been more sides, but I was out of energy. We ate out on the screen porch.
We had a delightful Zoom with the Diva. Then we had another Zoom with our book club, which just happened to be meeting today. I just managed to pop the frozen cherry pie into the oven before the discussion started. The Sparrowhawk went to the store earlier this week, because I'm still wearing the scarlet C. I carefully noted down all the things that were on sale for him. And then, he discovered quite on his own that PIE was also on sale! We were able to reward ourselves for our diligent reading by having pie when the meeting was over. The Sparrowhawk says his body is saying plaintively, "Haven't we done enough today? Could we just stop now?" So that's what we're going to do . . .
I did some texting with my sisters and my kids, in lieu of actually seeing people. I had one conversation with our neighbor Irish, at a good distance across the fence. He wondered if my paw paws had survived, because the ones I gave him still looked like sticks. I pointed out where mine were growing, and said they had looked like sticks too, until about a week ago, when they started to leaf out, and now they are thriving. I urged him not to give up hope, which is the primary virtue needed by gardeners. The Sparrowhawk and I sat out in our yard for awhile in the afternoon. It was very pleasant. Then we started cooking dinner. He gave the grill a good cleaning, and then grilled some steak. It was perfectly done and delicious. I made another batch of potato salad, some corn on the cob, and deviled eggs, and cut up the mushrooms, which he cooked. There could have been more sides, but I was out of energy. We ate out on the screen porch.
We had a delightful Zoom with the Diva. Then we had another Zoom with our book club, which just happened to be meeting today. I just managed to pop the frozen cherry pie into the oven before the discussion started. The Sparrowhawk went to the store earlier this week, because I'm still wearing the scarlet C. I carefully noted down all the things that were on sale for him. And then, he discovered quite on his own that PIE was also on sale! We were able to reward ourselves for our diligent reading by having pie when the meeting was over. The Sparrowhawk says his body is saying plaintively, "Haven't we done enough today? Could we just stop now?" So that's what we're going to do . . .
a nap is never a waste
Date: 2025-05-27 05:00 am (UTC)at least that's been my experience.
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Date: 2025-05-27 01:29 pm (UTC)