Hi sweetie,
I feel like I?ve been through the wringer. What a weekend! I hope I?m not getting a sinus infection myself now from Kristin. She?s doing better but was still kind of emotional and weepy yesterday.
We looked at a couple of houses before your family came over. One house was really overgrown and musty and kind of ugly. The other was just beautiful! What did you think of it? Four bedrooms, very large, a big finished basement, lots of storage space, a garage, a beautiful deck, a pool in the back yard ? the rent is reasonable, too. I?m going to go ahead and make the offer. If it was meant to be, it?ll work out? Do you like that house? Let me know if you do! I still want to know what your input would be!
The printer has been going cuckoo; I got a whole lot of wingdings printing out over several pages. I wish I could translate them?maybe I can decode the stuff and see if it makes any sense?
Dave, Linda, Steven, Ann, and their kids came and spent the afternoon yesterday. It was so hot, so miserably humid. We stayed all afternoon at the pool, floating in the water. I enjoyed hanging out with Linda and Ann and talking to them. Our kids were miserable?kept fighting with each other. What a drag. And I brought the balloons out so we could send them off to you again, only I have a feeling you had the last laugh. I tied them to the table but the ribbons unraveled and off they went?and got stuck in a tree!
Kristin cried because she really wanted to send you a balloon. I tried to comfort her and tell her we could always get her a balloon to send to you. I told your brother and sister it would be just like you to free the balloons yourself and they laughed and agreed.
Steven and Ann live so close. It seems a shame not to see them so I thought I?d make an effort to invite them to come over again. I hope they do. And I love Linda and Dave?I wish they lived closer.
I was exhausted after the weekend. Being without you would have taken a greater toll were it not for your family and our friends. I still miss you terribly, my love, and I cry for you sometimes.
I?ll always love you,
Me
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I have also noticed that no one wants to talk about Rich. I think part of it
is people don't want to upset me *but* I think more than that it's exactly
what most of the others have been saying...talking about Rich makes death
and mortality real.
I don't think people do it to be hurtful. They're scared.
Never thought I'd be someone who'd scare people.
The people here on this board are very nice and it's where I feel 'normal'