Today – March 15 … 7:15pm
Good ol’ Julius should have taken heed when he was warned by the soothsayer. But no, he instead went on to the senate gathering where he was stabbed to death. In hindsight he really should have listened!
Looking back … March hasn’t, historically, been a great month for me or ones I love either. Tim was diagnosed in March, as was a friend’s mom. I lost a good girlfriend one March. I’ve also lost a baby and a dog during Marches past, as well.
I’d also like to say that it was a March day when I washed my jeans containing my really good diamond earrings in the pocket … but I’m not sure in what month that happened. Though it did happen!
The 13th has always been a good date for me … my lucky number in college. Tim was 13th of 16 kids. My first pug and one of my dearest friends shared their birthdays on that date as well.
And well, let’s just say though we are only mid-month, I’d like this month over.
And then there were four …
Two days ago on the 13th I had to put my beloved cat, Oscar, to sleep. He had suffered a stroke (or at least that is what we think) and his condition was steadily declining. I couldn’t put off the inevitable any longer. And so, without him that leaves my pet count at 4 … Mobes, Dori, Gertie and old Henry.
That same day, with puffed eyes and a stuffed nose (from the allergies from the cat and from crying) I entered the local ER to find out what was going on with my dad as he was having some difficulties with his left leg and promised me a visit to the hospital.
A day later/yesterday he had brain surgery. He’s ok. Remarkably ok. For a man who is nearly 85 he has made a most impressive comeback from a subdural hematoma and operation to reduce the swelling and bleeding. let’s just say the man has more brain power than I will EVER have. Last night his major concerns were his partially shaved head (Mr. Vanity!) and what was on the dinner menu in his intensive care unit. Yes, I’d say he was doing remarkably well.
Today Ted was biking and was thinking how negative things in his life were recently … and bam! He hit a parked car, tearing off the side view mirror (the third mirror-mangling in our family!) and wrecking up his body and bike in the process. He’s also doing remarkably well. Amazingly he is just bruised … nothing broken (except the bike and the mirror) … and he has once again managed to go to the ER in his new town. This marks the initial visit for him in WA … having visited/needed an ER in every state and country he’s lived!
In any case … Beware the Ides of March!
I’m off to the hospital to check in on Dad … and am no longer worried about anything happening the rest of today. Things happen in 3’s and we’ve already met our quota for these nasty Ides of March.