Michael played so hard yesterday, he
has been pretty subdued all day. He wouldn’t go with me to walk this morning.
We got a lot of housecleaning chores
accomplished. We cleaned out the coat closet, which is more trouble than it
appears, because it’s a large walk-in closet under the stairs and we tend to
just toss junk in there. We gave a lot of coats to Goodwill, that we don’t ever
wear. In Georgia you only need a coat a few months of the year.
We have an antique tea cart that was
my grandmother’s, and it has a glass tray in the top. Well, the glass was
broken many months ago, and I finally just lifted out the tray and we took it
to the hardware store to be fixed. I hope the guy can fix it. We have a
wonderful, locally owned hardware store in Tucker, and it has everything in the
world. It ain’t Home Depot, but since I no longer work for Home Depot, I don’t
feel guilty about going into Handy Hardware!
This afternoon I spent a lot off
time getting my room cleaned and reorganized. Since I am working from home at
the moment, in my own way, I set up my desk in a more professional way – well,
except for the pink screen cleaning bunny that stays atop my computer monitor…
Heard from a couple of folks who are
planning to come to my book signing party Sunday, which is great. Mother and I are planning the food. I tried
making her shrimp spread recipe tonight but it was nowhere near as good as
mom’s, even with her sitting there telling me what to put in! grrrr….
Our movie tonight was a personal
favorite of mine, A League of Their Own. Alesia
had seen it before but Michael had not. Even though Tom Hanks was cast against
type as a curmudgeon, he is very sexy in that role. I realized when I was
watching that it was one of Tea Leoni’s first films – she plays a Racine
player. It’s also fun to spot old Penny Marshall buddies like David Lander and
Eddie Mekka. I like the fact she puts her friends in her films.
It was so bizarre to hear that
Farrah Fawcett was dead, and almost at the same time, that Michael Jackson was
dead. That will cause a circus in L.A., which is sad. His children don’t need
that.
Michael has been pretty clingy lately. I think he is feeling insecure with me not working. This afternoon he wouldn’t leave my room so I could finish getting it clean. I finally had to sit him down and ask him if he was feeling upset or nervous. He denied it. When his birthmom lost jobs, though, it meant they wouldn’t have a place to live, or anything to eat. I reassured him that we will be fine, that I can provide, and if we have difficulties, Bruce can help. We’re a family. We help each other. I held him for a few minutes and patted his back, and tried to be as loving and reassuring as possible. We shall see..
My dad had a great way of reassuring me. I wish he was here to comfort Mike. This is a great photo of him, because he looks relaxed and happy...
