remember the mean wife of dad's best friend who said the awful thing to her step-grandson? (see previous post: "quite possibly the meanest thing..." - i don't know how to link it)

she was pulling her car out of the funeral home exit and a guy came along and slammed broadside into her on the passenger side.

she's ok, and the car is drivable, but damn! what goes around...ya know???

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i cleaned for margaret today. she's 80 - and still a spring chicklet. she can't do what she used to, actually still wants to, but her bladder is falling and the doctors have told her to take it easy. so she does, but she hates it.

she says her kids treat her like an invalid by waiting on her all the time. i feel so bad for her. her mind is still sharp and she's absolutely delightful to be around.

but today she said she's felt bad for a couple of weeks. she's had blood drawn and is waiting on the results. i can see discouragement in her face. she says it's depressing to feel bad, but then again doesn't know how an eighty year old woman is supposed to feel. she hopes this isn't the way she's going to feel for the rest of her life.

i do hope she's ok. i'm really becoming attached to her. she's like the mother i always wanted to have as far as i can tell. she's a hoot.

she said she wakes up sick to her stomach almost every morning. i asked her if maybe she could be pregnant and she said "shit no" and died laughing. *heh*

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i made salsa today. yummmmmm. and i had a latte from starbucks. two of my favorite things.

it rained for about 3 minutes and now it's all dried up and more humid than ever.

i have to go to the clubhouse tonight and go thru some more paperwork. i am now officially vp of the condo association. big whoop. my son asked me what that position paid and i said "a helluva lotta frustration". phone ringing at all hours due to maintenance issues. residents bitching about stuff that needs to be fixed and with no $$$ to do it with. the list goes on and on.

why do i do these things? i think things can be so much better around here. and i think i can help. i have some good ideas and i'm calm and level headed when i need to be. still, we'll see how it goes.

i dunno about walking tonight. i feel kinda icky just sitting outside typing. katherine got sick from the heat yesterday afternoon, so i'm making her keep a bottle of water in her hand at all times.

the red wine, tho? i'm down with that.