So, I barely made it in under the gun for posting at least every month. I have been traveling and working, so extra time has been a luxury.
Anywho, let's get this going.
#1 Finished my traveling. California, Portland, Virginia and West Virginia. I have lots of space taken up in my travel journal. I am trying to write down as many details as possible, but let's face it, writing every detail gets tedious. I keep telling myself in 50 years, I will be thankful that I did the extra mile.
#8 Read The Girls Who Went Away. The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe V. Wade. It was a long read, but it was very good. The title says it all. It chronicles the stories of women who were forced to give up their babies because they were unwed and young. They would get sent to a "home" where they stayed until term. The babies were taken after a week and sometimes immediately. Young moms were told all kinds of lies about their children--where they ended up, the contact they could have, the repercussions of a forced adoption for both the mom and their child. Roe v. Wade not only gave a woman a choice to mature the pregnancy, it also made these kind of "adoptions" illegal. Again, excellent read.
#29 Had lunch with J. McGrath at Pom's. Yum. Also celebrated Bill's birthday at Dexter's. Since I have now joined the Book, I reconnected with my NY&Co girls. We had a great happy hour at Dexter's . Honestly, we probably had enough for 3 happy hours. I met up with the Disc Golf Widows Club for happy hour. Happy hour is my favorite two-word phrase where both words begin with H. It's fun.
#35 Gave Mark two love notes this month. The first came about when we were looking at wedding photos for the album, yes I know this is way late! Anywho, I printed two pics on the laser printer for mom to check the size. On one of them, I wrote Love Ya and sent it across the desk. It is now taped to the back of my computer monitor and Mark looks at it every day. AWWW! Ok, stop. The second happened when Mark was doing a work marathon for his new client and he said he need quiet, which is almost impossible. So I wrote him a note that said "I am trying to be quiet. Just wanted to say I love you. The only noise that I will make is when I crinkle up this paper and throw it at you" He laughed and all was right with the world.
#36 Gave Mark a foot rub as we watched M*A*S*H
#40 Watched M*A*S*H. It was funny, but in a dry satirical way. It ended fast. I mean the climax of the movie was a football game. Now, I am not a shoot-em-up kind of girl, but this was a war movie dealing with the surgical side of the war. I guess I was expecting a Saving Private Ryan moment that never came. I will say that Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould were perfect in their roles of BJ and Hawkeye. Loved them. I never watched the show, so I was a virgin to the whole experience.
Also watched Easy Rider. Slow burn, but the last 15 minutes of the movie makes it awesome. The whole trippy scene in New Orleans and the asses in the truck. I was not expecting the ending at all. It threw me for a loop, but that is what made this movie great. Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson were yummy to watch. As for my friend, Dennis Hopper, rest in peace.
