1/8/07 The Gators won the National Championship. It was beyond cool. It made me think of losing. Funny, but I always seem to be losing, everything except weight, and that is a loss, too. I’m almost always alone. I have no friends nearby, and I don’t know how to get them. I feel drained. […]
7/4/03 David, This was actually in the bag with your Gator stuff. I almost threw it away and then I realized it was a postcard. Anyway, I thought you might like it. Hope you liked the silly Gator stuff … The neighbors are setting off lots of fireworks. That used to drive Reebok crazy! Anyway […]
Took Mom back to Dic’s today. House feels all empty again. Jen and I watched the Superbowl there. Had a headache all day — hope it’s allergies and not bp, but my ankle is all swollen. Anyway, the Patriots beat the Rams 20-17, yea!!! What a cool game. Need to talk to Susan about EMDR […]
Yesterday I went to St. Augustine with Wendy, Beth, and Sue. We walked on the beach for about an hour, looked at 2 condos so Sue could rent one, went to a couple of thrift shops and had a very late lunch at Tavern on the Bay overlooking the water near Ft. Matanzas. None of […]
In which mom gets mushy
As soon as I moved to Los Angeles, Mom started to send me articles about the Gators which she clipped from The Gainesville Sun. Sometimes she’d toss in a few Peanuts comics or a sticker, little things like that. And always a note. Here is the note she included after we beat Tennessee 27-23 in […]
Took Jen back to Gainesville yesterday. Spent several hours watching football with David, Jen, George, Sylvia, Mom & Ron. David told me today that Ron was very impressed that we would do that, that no one in his family would go to him and just relax and spend time together. from a journal entry titled […]
In which mom writes a long letter about her desperate financial straits