My deadly Valentine


Speaking of Valentine's Day, it was pretty uneventful for us this year. Sören came home from school Tuesday saying that seven kids in her class were sick that day, and one of them was Ruth, who sits next to her... Uh, get ready to stay home with a sick child. Wednesday her fever and vomiting started. Ug.
Of course, I was out of town until late Tuesday night, too. Maxzilla's brother died of spinal cancer last week, and I went to Missouri with him to go through the funeral. That affected me more than I thought it would. I stayed pretty quiet, meeting the family, listening to stories, and trying to just be there for the mourners. But I think I got infected by a deep sense of grief and mortality, myself... I kept thinking about how much my sisters mean to me, and how hard it would be if anything happened to one of them.
Meanwhile, Sören's flu still hasn't abated. And another dear friend of mine, Shoeless Melissa, has now been in the hospital for six days with some mystery illness that includes plummeting white blood cell counts and soul-splitting headaches. Her husband is beside himself.

One thing I did give Ms Pope this year, however, in the midst of all this, was a mixed CD. I love the fact that I can give her a CD like this and she's not going to tell me that my taste in music sucks, nor is she going to wonder why I'm being all romantic on her... (Have you ever done that? Given a mixed tape or CD to someone and they're like, uh, thanks, I barely know you?? Ow)
Anyway, iTunes users can check out the songlist here...

Posted: Sun - February 18, 2007 at 12:05 AM        

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