More Grief

This is Scarlette. She was born August 25, 1991. I took her to my parents' house as a gift to them that October. She was spoiled and much loved. I called her "Sissy" - because we're sisters - same parents. When my mom died nine years ago (after a series of strokes over several years), it was Scarlette who let Daddy know. You can see by the picture that she doesn't like having her photo taken. One day I was following her around the yard trying to take a picture of her. She didn't like it. She went around to the back door. I told her I just wanted to take a picture of her. She hissed, swatted my foot with her paw, then jumped through the storm door where she'd pulled the screen off one corner producing her own cat-door. Scarlette died last Wednesday. One month shy of her 16th birthday. She will be terribly missed.

There was a lot of grief last week. I cried for several days in a row over Scarlette and my friend from church. There was a very nice funeral on Saturday. Over the years there were many times at drama rehearsals that Cindy would come up to me and say, "Would you go run sound?" It happened a lot. They would need microphones and there wouldn't be anyone to run them. Saturday I arrived for the funeral and sat down in a pew. After only a few minutes, I got a tap on the shoulder and was asked, "Would you go run sound?" It was fitting. Running sound one last time for her. She will be missed, too.

I'm still trying to learn to knit socks. I have still been getting up in the morning and exercising. I'm eating my fruits and vegetables. Ready to see some results. Come on fat, get the heck out of here!

Fruit and Veggies

After work today I went to the produce market up on the north side. It's been there for years, but I never went. Now with all the talk of buying locally grown produce, I thought it was time to visit. I bought lots of yummy veggies. Came home and had a big salad. It was good. They have lots of other stuff there packed in simple zip lock bags. Some of it was snack stuff like you see in the supermarket - chocolate covered almonds, yogurt almonds, gummy bears, etc. I got some Sesame Sticks with Oat Bran. They are quite tasty. I threw some on my salad, too. The other thing I got was frozen hushpuppies. I love hushpuppies! Being allergic to fish, I don't get a lot of hushpuppies. I sure do like them, though. I had hushpuppies with my salad. Unorthodox, I know. It was really good, though.

A lot is going on at work. We're very busy. The station is in transition with new management and lots of changes are happening. It's exciting, a little nerve wracking, and who knows what's coming next.

All right, I'm getting off the computer now to go knit. Gotta work on that sweater.