Wednesday 14 March 2007
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Getting Better All the Time
Ever notice how critics love to mislead and misinform? This review of 300 is a great example. The reviewer starts by claiming that 300 is a remake of a previous movie. It's only much later in the article that he finally admits that the film is actually based on a Frank Miller comic book miniseries. That stuff really annoys me.
I noticed that for some reason Friday's entry was listed as Private for some reason. I don't do Private entries, and that one was certainly never intended for Protected. I wonder how I did that. Oh well, it's fixed now.
Thursday was the 3rd anniversary of Mike's passing. Kitty and Travis set up a memorial dinner at Bill Johnson's Big Apple. I was asked if anyone else should be invited. I thought of a few people, but the only one that I stay in regular contact with and that lives locally still was Wayne. I was worried that he might bring up his Shadowfist thing with Trav, but I also knew that he'd be hurt if we had a memorial and didn't invite him. Rusty OKed it, but weren't we all surprised when we showed up Saturday evening and Wayne had Eric with him. Eric never even met Mike. Luckily, no one made a scene over it all. It was good to see everybody again, and it was nice to remember our great friend. We all shared a funny memory of Mike, except Travis who begged to have more time to think of something.
Afterward, Monte needed a computer file from Rusty. We stayed up way too late trying to get him a copy and still never got one for him. I slept in rather late the next morning, and arrived rather late to visit my grandmother in the care center. She was happy to see me, but I could tell that she was drugged somewhat. After visiting with her I rode over to mass. Fr. Milt gave the homily, and afterward he was kind enough to bless a new rosary for my grandmother. My mother had wanted to purchase the large wooden rosary last week, but the gift shop was closed. It was open this week, so I picked it up for her.
We gave it to my grandmother today, who was quite pleased. The rosary's big beads will be easy for her now that she can't use her left hand and has to use her off-hand for everything. She was also pleased that Father Milton had blessed it for her. My grandmother was in much better health and spirits today when I saw her. She was able to do 50 steps before sitting down, and did 4 such sets today. She also had all of the tubes out of her and was wearing her own clothes. She sounded like she was going to do everything within her power to escape as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the doorways in her home are probably too small for her with her new cane and knitting bones. I guess we all have a few days to figure it all out.
After that my mother, stepfather, and I met at my parish to enjoy a Christian Seder meal. That was a really great experience. I'd always missed previous Christian Seders at my parish because they're always held on weekdays. They do a bit of education mixed with the meal. There were families of all ages, and everyone seemed to learn and have a great time. The food was excellent. I definately would love to do it again next year.
Thanks to jada_marnew for the quiz:
You Are: 50% Dog, 50% Cat 
You're playful but not too needy. And you're friendly but careful.
And while you have your moody moments, you're too happy to stay upset for long."You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
