Friday

 

Friday Sunset

It rained in the early morning hours of Friday and the rest of the morning was rather overcast.  But, we had some sunshine in the afternoon. Clouds were moving in later and the sunset was more or less hidden by them.  

M texted in the early afternoon, stating that two of his Friday clients had cancelled today's visits (probably due to the rain) so he was headed over to tend to my garden, earlier than usual.  I served him some of the muffins I had made and we chatted a bit.  Today marks the 19th anniversary of my mother's death and M was the last person to see her alive.  He had been tending to the garden, that day, too, and mother had come to the back door to ask how things were going and he had given her a thumbs up.  Then, she had gone back inside the house and sat in her chair.  M's aunt Katy, who was a neighbor, came over to check on my mother a short time later, and found her unresponsive, slumped over in her chair. It was M who called the paramedics and then, called me at work.  

I ordered more groceries, today, and picked up the items in the early evening.  I spent more than I should have, but, there were some good sales and I wanted to stock up.  I will do a grocery post, later.  

I picked up two frozen pizzas ($2.99 each) and daughter and I shared one for a late lunch/early dinner.  The other will be frozen for another day.  

I mended another wool sweater I had knitted - one of the sleeves had a cuff that was tearing.  I unpicked the cuff part way and reknitted it.  Luckily, I had leftover wool from that sweater, so you can't see the mending.  I have another sweater with a sleeve that is starting to tear along the inner edge, near the wrist, so that's another one I will have to mend.  But, I don't have any matching wool, so, I'll have to do some visible mending and make it look intentional!

Today, I am grateful for:

- Being my mother's daughter
- M's help with the garden
- Being able to order groceries online and have them brought to the car
- Pleasant store workers
- A safe drive to the grocery store and back

Today's joyful activities included remembering my mother.

How was your Friday?  What are your plans for the weekend?