It's hard to believe another whole school year has gone by. I swear the days rush past at lightening speed.
And yet, somehow, I never change, cough, cough....
Nope. I'm still the madcap goofy girl I've always been. Still trying to learn it all, do it all, have it all and then give it all away!?
Italian is coming along very nicely (multo bene!). Instead of singing out loud to all my country music faves on the car CD player, now I'm following the cues on the language tapes so I can 1.) be polite in a third language, 2.) get around town, and
3.) cafe klatch with the best of them once in Roma.
My trip to Michigan (yes, the very place I vowed I would never go again only a couple short months ago when it tried so hard to kill me!) is overbooked and underfinanced but go I shall and, once there, will do it up brown. This is touted as a "Celebrate Olivia" tour but of course ALL the grandchildren will be celebrated in turn and together as a crew.
My crew. In my crib. Good Daughter Amy has worked up a schedule wherein each and every child will have at least one night at the motel with Grandma. That comes with attendant restaurant foods most loved by the kids and a shopping spree of course.
What's a Grandma without a flashing debit card, I ask you??
Olivia will get special treatment this time to celebrate her graduation to middle school. On Saturday we'll be skipping town with her two best friends and heading for an amusement/water park on the west coast of MI for two days of Big Fun.
I am not a rider of anything that goes fast, upside down, or twirls so the girls will do the rides with oversight only on my part. I'll park myself on a nice bench under a tree in proximity to a cotton candy stand and they'll check in at appointed times to share their tales have food/drink with me.
There's a lazy river in the waterpark section so the girls'll know where to find me floating placidly on what I hope will be a sunny day in Muskegon!!
Ergo, the school year will end with a bang for Miss Olivia. Everyone else will ease into the summer a little more subtly but with just as much enthusiasm.
Including the Widow Judy!
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- Jude K.
- Family: I've been married for 44 years to a man who has no equal. We have three grown daughters and five grandchildren. I also faux-grandma two of my nephews; my sister died too young to know them. I have lots of immediate and extended family who are all a very important part of my life as well. EVERYBODY eventually shows up in Sarasota, thank goodness! Occupation: I'm a retired French and English teacher who found a niche in innercity Detroit and Highland Park, MI. Geography: I grew up in MA, lived in MD,CT,MI. I lived my adult life in and around Detroit. We retired to Sarasota, FL three years ago. UPDATE: On January 24, 2009 my darling husband, healthy as a horse, simply dropped dead at our home. He died instantly fresh from the shower and wearing clean underwear. (Mothers everywhere will appreciate that bit of news!?) My daughters and I, their children, all relatives and friends are devastated by this stunning blow.
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