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| Colin and Morgan at home in the cottage |
My oldest son,
Colin, and his eleven-year-old daughter, Morgan, have come for the weekend with
the explicit goals of figuring out my finances yet again!, figuring out what to
do about my car and driving, and a couple of other things. They arrived about
noon, and we had an enjoyable visit until two. Then Colin announced it was time
for my nap, and they would run errands. Just before six, Morgan was here but we
had no idea where Colin was. He finally came in a bit later and when I asked
about my car, he said, “I went by to look at it but errands ran away with the
day.” I didn’t ask why he waited to do errands until he got up here. But there
it was—six o’clock—and we/d done nothing except have a nice visit.
Before I retired that
would have driven me wild. I would have complained about the errands and called
him two or three times to ask when he’d be home. The new me took a long nap and
decided he was the one who had come up here with a plan and he’d get to it
sooner or later.
Meantime, Jordan
and Christian hosted a formal dinner party tonight—well, at least as formal as
they get. Colin, Morgan, and I stayed in the cottage, though folks came out to
see us. Jordan sweetly served us dinner—best steak we’ve had in forever. I couldn’t
eat the mashed potatoes, to my dismay, because they had cream cheese in them.
But we are full and happy.
And we’ve pretty much
brought Colin’s files on my business up to date—Colin will be the executor
someday and is now my unofficial financial consultant so it’s important for him
to keep up.
Tomorrow he’ll get
my car out of Subie’s driveway and bring it up to my driveway. We’ll sit in it
and talk about how I feel—can I react fast enough to get my foot from gas to
brake in an emergency? Does the inflexible brace allow me enough ankle movement
to react and control the car? Will the walker fit in the back seat? If I talk
the walker and go somewhere alone am I in more danger of falling getting it in
and out? So many questions. A friend offered me an appropriate amount for the
car, but Colin’s wife said if I’m to sell it, I should sell it to them. So many
questions but fortunately we don’t have to decide tomorrow. Part of that lesson
I learned.
Meantime I will
sleep happily tonight knowing that I have one child and one grandchild under my
cottage roof.
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