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Hey...just me, checking in. I don't know where the time goes, but its definitely going fast these days. The end of May is upon us. Crazy. This weekend is filled with graduation parties and ceremonies celebrating those that have died in service to this country. To some people, it's all about the three day weekend.
My weekend started Friday night by getting together with my brother Terry and sisters and heading down to Ypsilanti to plant flowers at my parents and grandparents gravesite. It was cold, windy and rainy but we went anyway. With all of us pitching in, it didn't take us very long at all to accomplish the task. We even had our traditional "toast" to Mom and Dad while we were there. That always brings a tear to my eye.
Terry went home but the rest of us headed to IDK to meet up with my nieces Shelly and Lori. It was Lori's 42nd birthday as well so her family - daughters Abby, Emily and husband Jason - were there also. What a fun night! Some people find going to cemeteries a very somber affair, and it is. But when the Schulz's are there, it's a celebration of the life that my parents lived and loved.
Tom, Ella and I went to the Schutt gravesites on Saturday. A bit of a difference in attitude. The Schutts are very stoic people on a good day...but Saturday was even more so. Ella was in rare form. She was in a real down mood; everything was very negative and portrayed the air of doom and gloom. Tom was affected by it. He doesn't talk a lot anyways but Saturday he spoke even less than normal. He could at least bail out and go home to do field work for our neighbor. I still had to take Ella grocery shopping and out for lunch. It was a loooonnnnng couple of hours. lol Needless to say, when I got home I turned on Sirus 80's on 8, cranked it up and started cleaning! I used all that frustration and took it out on my house. Boy did I get a LOT accomplished yesterday! :) So much so that when I finally had a chance to sit down and relax around 9:30pm, I had a glass of wine...which quickly turned in to four! Hey!! I deserved it! AND...AND....there is still some left in the bottle, so cut me some slack, k??!! :)
Today I had coffee with my friend Becky. She's one of three great friends I have. I don't get to see her often enough, although we do talk as often as our schedules allow. It's graduation in town today. I had several to go to...however, I forgot the announcements and cards at home on the counter. (You can keep those comments about age and forgetfulness to yourselves!).
So what's on tap for the rest of the weekend? Not a dang thing. Tomorrow is a wing it kind of day. I'll wake up, drink some coffee and figure it out as the day progresses. I may go to the gym, read a book, watch a movie or take a nap. What I won't do is slave away doing housework.
My weekend started Friday night by getting together with my brother Terry and sisters and heading down to Ypsilanti to plant flowers at my parents and grandparents gravesite. It was cold, windy and rainy but we went anyway. With all of us pitching in, it didn't take us very long at all to accomplish the task. We even had our traditional "toast" to Mom and Dad while we were there. That always brings a tear to my eye.
Terry went home but the rest of us headed to IDK to meet up with my nieces Shelly and Lori. It was Lori's 42nd birthday as well so her family - daughters Abby, Emily and husband Jason - were there also. What a fun night! Some people find going to cemeteries a very somber affair, and it is. But when the Schulz's are there, it's a celebration of the life that my parents lived and loved.
Tom, Ella and I went to the Schutt gravesites on Saturday. A bit of a difference in attitude. The Schutts are very stoic people on a good day...but Saturday was even more so. Ella was in rare form. She was in a real down mood; everything was very negative and portrayed the air of doom and gloom. Tom was affected by it. He doesn't talk a lot anyways but Saturday he spoke even less than normal. He could at least bail out and go home to do field work for our neighbor. I still had to take Ella grocery shopping and out for lunch. It was a loooonnnnng couple of hours. lol Needless to say, when I got home I turned on Sirus 80's on 8, cranked it up and started cleaning! I used all that frustration and took it out on my house. Boy did I get a LOT accomplished yesterday! :) So much so that when I finally had a chance to sit down and relax around 9:30pm, I had a glass of wine...which quickly turned in to four! Hey!! I deserved it! AND...AND....there is still some left in the bottle, so cut me some slack, k??!! :)
Today I had coffee with my friend Becky. She's one of three great friends I have. I don't get to see her often enough, although we do talk as often as our schedules allow. It's graduation in town today. I had several to go to...however, I forgot the announcements and cards at home on the counter. (You can keep those comments about age and forgetfulness to yourselves!).
So what's on tap for the rest of the weekend? Not a dang thing. Tomorrow is a wing it kind of day. I'll wake up, drink some coffee and figure it out as the day progresses. I may go to the gym, read a book, watch a movie or take a nap. What I won't do is slave away doing housework.
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