recap

my best friend's mom, whom i've known since age 14, passed away from cancer on the 4th. my sci-fi geek friend, besides being utterly devastated, is also royally pissed that Star Wars Day will forever suck.

today would've been Dad's 74th birthday. he is very, very missed.

Houdini is hiding in the closet after getting her first flea prevention treatment. she's having a rough week, lol...first the harness on Sunday (she promptly flumphed to the ground and stayed there), and now this! she's going to get her claws trimmed sometime very soon, too, but not today. poor thing.

Mom and i went to brunch on Sunday, then took flowers to the cemetery for her mom and a few other relatives. it's a really pretty place...personally, i'd prefer not to be embalmed and buried in concrete, but if i had to be, then Parkview Memorial would be ok. what i'd really like, though, is to be buried in an eco-cemetery: put me in my favorite clothes, stick me in a biodegradable wooden box, and plant me. eco-cemeteries let you have trees or other plants as your marker...i wouldn't mind becoming a birch tree...or maybe a white pine...

if everyone shows up, i'll have 17 clients this week. hooray! i don't go in til 5 this afternoon, so i've just been pottering around the house before the storms arrive. took out the trash and recycling, pinched the runners off of the strawberries, washed the plastic storage bin that was Houdini's shelter before we brought her inside, ran a load of laundry, and measured the parking pad in the backyard. i've been doing some unofficial wedding planning (mostly just ballparking costs), and using the concrete parking pad as a dance floor (with twinkle lights and garlands of paper flowers) will save us at least $300. it's crazy, the cost of things. sheesh.

i've had weddings on the brain lately, lol...a lot of my clients fall asleep on the table, or just like to enjoy the peace and quiet after a day of teaching small children, which leaves me a lot of time to daydream. i know exactly what i'll be wearing (heck, i bought the dress ten years ago because i loved it), right down to shoes and jewelry, and i'm pretty sure what i'll do with my hair. almost everything else depends on Mom agreeing to let us have at least the reception in the backyard. i haven't actually asked her yet, but i'm pretty sure she'll agree, especially if i tell her all she has to do is mow the lawn and help me make cupcakes. (note to self: ask E if she's ok with cupcakes.)

it's getting cloudy, and the wind is picking up. time to finish what i can before the rain begins to fall!