Greetings from JFK.. I’m on my way to Nairobi.. Been in the arport for about 6 hours.. and I don’t think I’ve even moved.. just sat here and worked.. Now they’re calling my flight.. how’d that happen ? Gotta board… but efore I do.. I want to say “HAPPY SUMMER” TO gABE AND ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS OUT THERE WHO’S LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS TODAY.. i CAN STILL REMEMBER THAT TRANSCENDENT FEELING of turning in that last test.. and knowing the whole summer was layed out in front of you.. I still get a contact laziness just thining about it..
Hope its a fun, safe and totally amazing summer for everyone !..
I spent the day getting reedy to go. It was one of this small projections into the future.. Where your entire today focuses on the tomorrow coming up. I guess in this case it was warranted . I’m going to be in Africa all week.. And that takes some getting ready… No doubt… Still l I’m looking for a bonus today when I get back to make up for the time I spent thinking about tomorrow
Actually.. I didnt spend all of my time getting ready today,.. I spent some of it working with Diane on clearing out all of the upstairs bedrooms.. We now have all 5 bedrooms free of storage and junk,. No small feat. The biggest job of that.. Was taking care of a bunch of SAMs stuff. We have boxes and boxes of his..and our lives.. Just before he died… All the way back to before his birth. School papers, umbillical cords. Poems . Teeth. Cap guns. Clothes.. What does one do with that kind of stuff ? Everything can’t be a relic.. We have to move forward… But the thought of throwing stuff away is equally hard.. As diane says though .. Were throwing out stuff.. Not him….
In the end we made great progress today.. Stuff all boxed and tagged for posterity.. Until the
next time we need to go through it…
Happy brith day gabe.. 17 years old…amazing . You are such a great kid.. I’m so proud of you…I love the way you brain works..I love your smile.. It’s really wonderful hanging out with you. I’m so glad you’re my son… ,
We just had birthday cake at 11:30 at night..now that’s a fun birthday.. We love you gabe !
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
9:15 on a Friday night and I just got a set off charts to revise.. I started to pick up my computers and start in on them.. But my brain refused.. Seriously. I told my brain that it was being lazy, but it pushed back on me.. I took my brain and sat at the table and pulled up the work and tried to read it.. But my brain told me to go pound salt….no way sez my brain.. It’s weekend… I tried some subterfuge.. Brain, I sez , do this thing for me ,and I’ll give you another glass of wine afterwards.. Brain was not buying it.. Brain sez I’m on strike” you do the work with out me.. So.. I try to call its bluff. I sat down and started typing.. But I have to admit.. Without the old brain, words just weren’t coming to me… . I appealed to my brain….look.. Help me out here..it just doesn’t budge.. No way..l union rules.” no work on Friday night.. Now way, no how….. You’ve had me working 11 or 12 hour days every day this week… No chance on tonight… Do it without me…
So here is sit.. Brainless..Maybe I can talk sense into my brain tomorrow
…guess its a perfect time to watch a dumb movie on Netflix..
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
Ps. Gabe turns 17 tomorrow..! Here he is as a 16 year old ..
