For the record, I could barely walk yesterday. When meds wear off, the pain kicks in – so when not on-line, communicating the only way I could via FaceBook or Instagram, I was sitting with my ice-pack and tens unit. Mags told me today I could have used iMessenger on the Mac, but how am I supposed to know that when she’s not here to tell me these things?
This morning the walking went a little better. I was determined to accomplish something, so I cleaned: vacuum, sweep, polish, dust, fold, sort, put away and lots of other verbs. While doing so, I played both Dead and Company show – Wheatland and Shoreline – on the tv. 
I noticed my phone charge on the Find my iPhone was at a third, so I got busy – threw on some clothes and headed over to my neighbor’s home to use her phone again. She let me take her iPhone and text Leia at Live Nation a screen shot of where the phone was. Within minutes Leia called me back with the phone – angry that whoever had the phone had left it there instead of bringing it to admin as they should have. I was THRILLED. Headed to the store and bought 2 bouquets of flowers – one for Leia and one for Angela (who spent an hour at the amphitheater yesterday in the hot sun, looking for my phone) and headed out to Wheatland (Southern Oregon, as I like to call it).
And just like that, I had my baby back. Heading to Angela’s to get my wallet (don’t ask), I heard an Air Supply song and realized I’ve been singing it wrong all these years – it is not “Even the days are brighter, when someone you love’s inside ya”, rather it’s “beside ya”. Lame.
Picked up my beautiful daughter at her dad’s house – my god, but she is such an amazing young woman, this one. We headed to Safeway to grab some dog food and milk, then home where our pups where so happy to see someone other than me. Later, she wanted to put a face mask with me, so naturally as soon as I had it on my face, had Hungarian goulash heating in a pot on had my night clothes on, Ethan called for me to pick him up. It is so, so GOOD to have my kids home! Ethan got right to repairing things (my sunglasses, the closet doors which had rolled off the track) and sharing his stories of Florida adventures with me. The kid starts high school in a week, My god, how did that happen??
Picture: Dead & Co say good-bye
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