Reminder & Rules, Revisited

Assuming all goes as scheduled with our trip, this should be the last day of auto-pilot. These are pretty short, so I’ve included two of them!

Enjoy!

A constant reminder of the passage of time, Page 50
Published Sunday, August 12, 2007

“Did we go to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum three years ago?”

“Yes.”

“And that’s when we got Georgia*?”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t we almost hit Georgia with the ladder when we were trying to install the ceiling fan?”

“Yes. And, you nearly had a heart-attack.”

“We were installing the ceiling fan for my 30th birthday. We did that the day before my 30th Birthday Party. Remember?”

“Right.”

“I’m 33 years old. I turned 30 in March of 2004, and we didn’t go to Santa Fe until June of that year.”

“Uhhh…”

“So, we had to have gotten the print when we went to Santa Fe six years ago, but I don’t remember going to the museum on that trip. Do you?”

“We did? We had to have…I guess…”

“Keeping track of things like this will be so much easier now that we have a little walking and talking reference of the passage of time. She’s like a little living calendar.”

* “Georgia” is what we affectionately call the Georgia O’Keeffe print we purchased and had framed. “Pelvis IV” is the technical name.

Following the Rules, Page 52
Published Tuesday, August 14, 2007

“Ma’am, you see, the thing about the baby-doll is this…” a polite, yet very concerned and very serious-looking Security Guard said to me as we entered the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. “We don’t want her throwing it at any of the artwork.”

“Is the baby-doll okay if I hold her like this?” I asked, as I tucked the baby-doll safely under my arm and patted her hard plastic head.

“Oh, of course. That would be fine.” Situation assessed. Threat neutralized.

The puppy, of course, posed no threat.

Don’t tell Puppy. It would only hurt his feelings.