March 16, 2016
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Checking Off The Firsts
Today I went out to dinner alone. I was in the mood for Mexican but not in the mood for cooking it. Mexican cooking is time consuming when you don't have ingredients pre made. It occurred to me that I haven't been out to eat in about 4 ½ months, since maybe a month before hubby died. My son didn't want to go, he had a chiropractic appointment. I actually think he wants me to get all these "firsts" over with. So I went to a little Mexican joint that we sometimes went to. I got a booth and had Animal Farm with me to read. It was fine. One thing I did notice was how much more quickly you get done eating when there aren't two of you talking.
I got home and looked at the photo of hubby taken at dinner a month before he died. He was still looking pretty well. Lots of weight loss of course, but not yet as ill as the last week or two. I smiled at the photo remembering where we were and why I took the photo. By then I knew our days together were numbered and I took lots of photos. I tried to remember what we talked about but couldn't. But most distressingly, the time has come that I can't summon his voice. I know it wasn't very deep, and it had just a hint of sexy raspiness. But I can't really hear it in my head. I tried to remember things I heard a lot and was finally able to envision both the sound and cadence of things I heard the same way for many years, like his outgoing phone message, and when he was out and would call me, "hi, it's me, I'm on my way back, do you need me to bring anything home?"
Feeling better now.
Last evening we had storms roll through. Not being originally from the Midwest and having experienced 2 close calls since living here, I have sort of a tornado phobia...if there is such a thing. It popped into my head that William was also my tornado warning guy! How would I know when to gather pets and head to the basement? Well the answer of course is that there are tornado sirens. They are ungodly loud but I was afraid I might sleep through it (ha!) so as a back-up, I downloaded an emergency alert app for my phone. There was rain and hail, lightning and thunder boomers, and heavy winds that continued on into today, but nothing alarming.
And so life goes on and me with it.
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Congratulations on taking that big step of going out to dinner solo! I love that you have so many photos. I was sad when my mother moved and her answering machine message was lost. It was my father saying that they couldn't come to the phone... She had kept it initially because she didn't want anyone to think she was home alone but later kept it just to hear his voice.I know what you mean about remembering the voice. My sons sound like their father on the phone so I have that reminder.
I always worry about tornadoes too. The Palm Sunday tornadoes came pretty close to our house when I was still at home. So I'm a radar watcher.
So sorry that you have to go through the firsts alone. I guess we all have to eventually if we're not the first to go.
Blessings wished for you!
First steps are the hardest, but you did fine.
I was in the insurance claims industry. I actually handled some tornado claims. Awful!!!!