Yesterday was a decoration day here.
They all came down out of storage. I opened each big box and triaged the colors
as they arrived in my hands. I was able
to get rid of one bag of ornaments. Guiltily. That was all I could manage, hastily, rushing
myself to divest myself of these golden things.
Trying not to look at myself as I banished balls I remember buying. I did shrink and consolidate the decorations
and retire two of the big storage boxes.
That’s a big step.
Then all but the reds went back up into the above the closet
storage for another year.
G went off to the museum for the very first time since
shingles. While he was gone, I worked on
the DC book in my messy crowded office
space. The boxes sat in the living room
waiting for me. G came home just as I
reached the 2/3 mark putting together the book.
He could only move, sit, talk, and be there for about three hours before
the shingles won.
What an awful disease Chickenpox and it’s long delayed
sibling is.
Maybe today I will open the ornament boxes.
- Keeping those on the east coast in my thoughts and donating.
I stopped reading in bed when I entered my grad degree program in history. Had too or else I would never get anything read. Reading can make me sleepy sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSuch neat little cubby spaces you have. Told my granddaughter Joy to check out your blog as she is interested in photography.
Worried about two of my granddaughters but Joy is okay.
Dianne
You are making me feel guilty as I have been having the change passwords duty roll in my head and the get shingles shot as well. I currently have a little cold so will wait until that is gone.
ReplyDeleteI've got so many passwords though. It makes me so crazy. I did change a few, but it's hard.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see G up and about now. I'm sorry he's still hurting. I hope you got the shingles shot.