LION OR LAMB (March 6)

The week got quite busy with doctor appointments and a fun-filled MRI. My drug of choice is valium which (apparently) just takes a bit of the edge off as I am slid into the gerbil tube and the symphony of magnets begins their cantankerous clanging. 

This week also heralded the sad passing of my Aunt, the last of my Mother's siblings, but only 15 years older than myself which is odd to consider. This resulted in a trip to the Detroit area in time for the raging blizzard. Not sure if that counts as March coming in as a lion as the first and 2nd of March, and actually the 4th were quite benevolent weather-wise. It's like winter has been holding back until we got through February which is when we normally start believing balmier times are just ahead. Instead Mama Nature turned around with a"gotcha" snowstorm and promises another one this week. Though the roads were clear and dry on the trip home I counted a dozen cars and one tractor-trailer gracing the sidelines traveling north on I-75.

Funerals are marked with sadness and hilarity as we mourn a passing and catch up with family we haven't seen for awhile and reminisce over shared experiences "back in the day".  We are still the cadre of cousins that share so much history. But why are our children in their 40's?  When did that happen?  Realizing my sister and I are the "oldest" of this generation is rather sobering. No matter we are 18 in our heads and still enjoy our booze. We agreed more weddings and less funerals for the future. 

Fun political story -  Marjorie Taylor Green who "literally" and classlessly heckled the president during the State of the Union address is whining that a couple of "lefties" harangued her when she was in a restaurant. You sow what you reap you creep. I love that it accidently rhymed. What a dipstick. Though I have to believe some of these folk's sticks ain't quite reaching the oil of intelligence.

Now that it's cool to believe in UFO's (we always did) I about pooped myself as I watched two bright lights, one with an orangish hue follow us home from Joe's house. Although cleverly mimicking an airplane, they did not move....they hovered-da da DA! Took a picture and went to my trusty source Facebook, where I discovered it was actually planetary bodies (Jupitor & Venus) having an old-fashioned hoe-down -- millions of miles apart, but together.  Metaphor for life and death.

Surprised the Joe-boy by picking him up after school to go bowling and dinner though he insisted we work on his homework in an extremely busy and noisy restaurant. Have to admire his willingness to have a good time coupled with anxiety that he get his homework done. But the way they teach them math is so bizarre these days. As he was able to eloquently explain to me how he reached his answer (which was the same as mine the old-fashioned way) I guess I can't complain.  I also admire his polite disdain as he requests an adult menu when they try to hand them the "kid's version" Peace out💚💙💛