James left for Chicago yesterday morning, and since then the rest of us have been slowly slipping back into our customary routes. But the heat has been brutal: just vacuuming the park dirt out of my car almost gave me sunstroke. Working in the cooler basement, Tom finished two sections of kitchen countertop, but the living room is still littered with camping supplies that have yet to be organized and stored. In this un-air-conditioned house, it's just not possible to work at my usual pace.
Today Tom goes back to work, I go back to editing, Paul keeps applying for jobs, and James drives across Ohio and Indiana. We miss him so much.
And today is my twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. Twenty-ninth-plus, really because we have known each other since we were nineteen . . . since we were younger than our sons are.
Life is so strange and beautiful and surprising and painful.
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Have a splendiferous Wedding anniversary!
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How can that possibly be!? I remember that wedding so clearly! It was lovely! I also remember how hot is was. Even with all the shade it was blistering. And the cake! That poor, beautiful, delicious cake that started melting the minute it poked its nose out the kitchen door. Even with all that it's a top ten memory in the memory box of my mind. Happy Anniversary and much love!
Happy Anniversary, Dawn. May you and Tom enjoy many more wonderful years together.
Here, we, too, are experiencing scorching days. We were fooled by the earlier mild days of summer. This is more like July as we know it.
The heat is a reminder to us (a brutally truthful one) to slow down, I think.
Enjoy your special day.
Happy anniversary!!!!!
Belated happy anniversary, Dawn. Echoing every good wish expressed above.
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