The weekend was a blast. We went swimming and saw Paranorman. It was ok. Ms. Sun started school today. Her grade had been divided up into 3 decent size classes but this morning they decided to lump them into two. I am not happy about that but what can you do I suppose. My heart is a bit heavy this week.
Three years ago today I was so pissed at my dad. He didn't wait for me to get off work to help him put a riding mower on a trailer and instead ended up dumping it on top of himself. In 15 minutes I would have been off. I could have said "hey that's retarded lets get some help" or at least been there to catch him and laugh. That didn't kill him it was just a precipitating event. He was fine just very bruised and sore, no blood just wounded pride.
I called my mom today when I got off because yesterday would have been their 40th anniversary and I missed it. Today we had a laugh about the calls we got that day. While he was under the lawn mower he could reach his phone so after he called 911 on himself because no one was around, he called my house phone and left me a "help I've fallen and I can't get up" life alert style message on my machine and then laughed and hung up. Later he called my cell and told me he was at the hospital with mom. I was pissed because he put himself in danger and I was pissed that he now had an excuse to ditch out on the trip we were going on in the morning. He did punk out on me, but thank god, because it was bad enough driving home from Mississippi by myself it would have sucked if he died down there. I have also come to realize that it was good that I was away at my brothers because I would have been of no use to my mom and the wife really was a great comfort to her.
I try not to remember these milestones but my body remembers these times no matter how I try to shut off my brain. Still miss the old man from whom I have inherited the best and worst of me.
The fish fry and the meeting of my mom's boyfriend's family went fine. More home school kids regurgitating facts because they can't hold a conversation with anyone outside their family. Nice enough people and they live two blocks from us. The fish was great all caught by my grandfather out of a spring fed pond higher than the fields around it so no run off. At least four different kinds all delicious. I have been snacking away left overs for three days.
The Ziz starts kindergarten in two days she is super excited. I have to try to nurture that love of school because I never had it and it is so much easier if you enjoy doing it. Stay in school don't do drugs.
And yeah, man, the cosmos work in mysterious ways. *sigh*