started out with the SJ Pride Parade... a much much smaller and less significant event than the northern cousin in SF. ah well. we had fun. only took about a half hour (after the walking actually started...). got a cup of coffee while waiting for it to start. on the way back to my car, i found a 10" tall gauze butterfly ornament that someone had lost. i need to figure out a way to attach it somehow inside the car. Linda stopped by to say hello.
i shopped a bit at the japantown farmers market on the way home and got more white nectarines, PLUMS, berries...oh YUM.
then, with a nice stretch of time at home (woo hoo!) i made significant dents in a variety of piles. more sorting, lots of stuff for the giveaway stack (which involved trying some things on first).
the major accomplishments (tissue alert)
a good start on Linda's side of the double sink in the master bathroom.
some things made me laugh as i tossed them: a can of mousse from Marc's (Linda's favorite discount store in Akron, so it was at least 10 years old), marked 3 for $1. ok. some lotions smelled a little off, and i have plenty of others. what do i do with the two lighters that have fluid but no longer work because the mechanism is broken? also what do i do with the bottles of oil in the kitchen that are past their prime ... i'm opting for just tossing the whole bottles in the trash rather than clogging up the sink with old oil. some things just can't re recycled as much as i'd like to.
in the bedroom was able to move the pillows that were on the side table. i remember clearly getting them at Bed Bath & Beyond when her level of discomfort rose and we were trying to fix that. they had been sitting there since a year ago April. also on that table was the water filter and tubing that had been connected to the oxygen concentrator. that was difficult. not tossed. not quite yet.
in the closet i found 3 generations of camp laundry bags, including (get this) a striped one that my mother (of blessed memory) had made, marked "Debbie Levine." wow. that's a keeper too.
in one of the laundry baskets i found Linda's traveling shorts... a pair of lightweight light blue denim...the ones she wore on that amazing 3 day trip from Ohio to California in May 2000. they had since been trimmed to remove some of the more unraveled edges. also a keeper. that was difficult too.
i think this was one of the longest concentrated periods of time i have spent at home in AGES. between going to los angeles and so many activities here when i am in town, i'm always on the run. it was nice for the time to be so productive.
much is yet to be done.
planning to go up to San Francisco for the parade on June 28. we'll see if that works out. depends on how comfortable i am with trip preparations.
