oblige me
bethany came into the room with a box of treasures. "mudsy, labee, come see." she motioned us over with an air of hushed holiness and shining eyes. mom obliged. "what is it?" she wondered. a box of treasures. a box of delights. a box of promise. a box of treats from brekka bakery. "i've already tasted them all," she confessed. then bethany pointed to each and uttered their names like an adam in the garden of eden naming all the creatures. tuxedo cake, chocolate ganache, dubai pistachio cream brownie, and a praline coffee one. "are we going eat them today?" asked mom in wonder. bethany nodded solemnly. "are we going to share them and each take a slice of each?" another nod of assent.
and so it was that after gobbling up the delicious chicken thighs that mom made for supper with new potato gems and salad, mom said to me. "i think you should bring the cakes and a knife and forks". and we partook and were satisfied. i declared that the pistachio cream brownie was my top pick followed by the rich chocolate ganache, and then the tuxedo cake. we left the coffee praline to bethany.
our ritual of after dinner boggle has been added to. after boggle we take our blood pressure. today mine was 123/83.
martha called. "i did what you said, cupcake," she said to me. i'm always pleased with obedience to my commands. "what did i tell you to do?' i asked. she referred to my advice to start some conversations at her dinner table. she said everyone eats in silence. "i asked that guy if he'd rather have a cat or a dog. he said dog. and i asked whether he'd like a small, medium or large dog." apparently he then went on a long tangent about his old dog and she stopped listening. haha. but she said she complimented him on his big brown beads and he gave her a bracelet that he made. mom said "you aren't falling in love are you?" she said he wasn't her type. but good if she's making friends at her new place.
i can hear the snow geese outside. they are on our side of the park. i saw them when i was coming upstairs. they look like white boulders on the lawn of the park.
this morning on our walk a huge flock of snow geese flew over head. i showed mohammad. "they are escaping the snow." he suggested.
i'm so grateful we have a way of connecting every day. it helps me endure the separation from my beloved.
theresa's cat jeffs has been having medical problems and now he is on a strict diet. so she brought a bunch of cat food and treats to the unit. almost everyone has a cat. only steven and mary don't. so we all took something. i took two cans of wet food and two bags of dental treats for miss mei-mei. the little miss finally has enough courage to jump up on the dresser. it's beside the closet and she likes to jump up there and meow while i am choosing my outfit of the day. she gets some absent minded pets and scritches while i muse about my outfit combinations. i'm really missing my favourite jeans. my go to jeans. my faithful foundation jeans.
on friday i convinced a member, patrick to water the plants with me. since my nickname at work is 'lala' i signed us up on the unit board for this task as 'lala and papa'. it still makes us laugh.
mei-mei just yawned. pee-ew! stinky breath!
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