I hosted Mother’s Day, as usual. What was not usual was that Jake couldn’t make it in this year for that, or his birthday, which is this week. What a bummer. Amelia is graduating this week, and they’re in the middle of moving to a new rental house, so I …
My mom did Easter this year. It was a small gathering of my parents, brother and his family, and my sister-in-law’s mother. No Jake again this year! I guess I won’t see him until our summer cabin trip, but you never know with him. Anyway, it was a nice evening, …
In recent years, I’ve gone out to dinner with my parents on New Year’s Eve. This year was no different. Jake is still in, so he went, too. It was just the four of us. We went to The Boulevard Grill, which is always great. Afterward, I dropped Jake off …
I usually put up an artificial tree, but this year Jake and I cut down a tree from my yard. For whatever reason, JARI was handing out seedlings many years ago, and Brian got one, so I planted it in the back yard. It turned out to be one of …
Another Thanksgiving is in the books. I hosted again this year; I guess that’s my thing now. Jake, my parents, and my brother and his family were in attendance. No Amelia this year–she had to stay at school because it’s her last year and she’s doing her clinical rotations. It’s …