Follow-Ups

“A woman’s youth ends when she has a child.”
-as heard during the 2010 film, AFTERSHOCK

Sunday, August 21, 1988

Mom received a Sunday visit from Tony, Helen and the girls.   I was right there to take a group photo of them.   Sherri and Holly popped over as well.   Holly looked so cute with her head band on.

I also took a photo of me with Helen, Lauren, Leigh and Holly.   Leigh was a bit moody and uncooperative with the photo moment.  I thought she might have had a dirty diaper.   

My mom took hold of Leigh and calmed her down almost immediately.   That’s what a good grandmother can do.   I couldn’t believe it.   I had to take a new photograph of mom, carrying Leigh.   She miraculously calmed her down.  
After Tony, Helen and the girls left the house Sherri mentioned the new model homes that are open on Harbor Bay Isle.   “Let’s go see them!”  I stated in excitement.
Sherri did the seat-belt thing for Holly and we were off to see the new models.   

It was fun to see the décor in the new homes.   Mom likes to check that out.   I took a photo of mom and Holly on one of the floral decorated living rooms. In another model I loved this clean, white couch and thought Holly would look divine sitting there among the organized pillows.

Mom took a photo of me in one of the rooms.   It was a perfect Sunday to do this sort of thing.   There were no pressing commitments or follow-ups to pressure me until I returned to my desk on Monday morning.   I love a lazy Sunday.

I snapped another group shot of mom, Sherri and Ashley in one of the Bedrooms of the model home.   That one looked cute.   Sherri found a TEEN magazine planted in this room and called it ‘Holly’s future room as a teenager’.    I sometimes wonder if Sherri wished she had more teen year experiences.   She had Ashley when she was eighteen or nineteen, so I bet she sometimes misses the notion of her teen years. We returned to mom’s house.   Mom and I bid farewell to Holly and Sherri.    It was time for me to go home as well as I realized tomorrow was a back-to-work day.  I wasn't thrilled about work and was so happy about this Autumn and my forthcoming graduate courses. 

When I returned to the townhouse I found Michael Miller there in lounge mode.   He’s so easy to have as a roommate.   I like that because I don’t feel uncomfortable about going home.  He’s just like a brother to me.   He always seems to hurt himself and think nothing of it though.   He scraped his elbow.   I took a photo of that for the bloody effect of the memory. 
"Ouch!"  I said.
Mike and I discussed going to Berkeley next weekend with ‘Jim from the Gym’.   That ought to be fun; however, I still like to find happiness in solitude.  I feel that is always important.   To just curl up with a good book is a very wonderful, personal, private experience.

He sought seclusion and contemplation, while his destiny tried to propel him forward into the public realm.-Hermann Hesse, THE GLASS BEAD GAME, a novel