Jill

So it's been almost a week since I heard the news and I'm still processing. I've known Jill since I was 15 years old and I'm 56. She was only 64, so just 8 years older than me. *sigh*

I haven't heard any other news, but I found a copy of her will in my files and see that I'm the executor if her sister is incapable. Her sister is flying (or has flown) in from Germany and she will be fine. The whole thing is just surreal.

I met Jill when I was a sophomore in high school and she was my shorthand teacher. We've been friends ever since. I know that I'm getting to "that" age and these things will be happening, but the first one is always the hardest...I guess.

I keep going over, in my mind, all the things we did together, all the fun times we had. All the times we went out and got trashed and then stayed up half the night yakking, falling asleep on her couch (her house was bigger). It's so hard to think that she is gone.

Thank you all for your kind words. I really appreciate my online friends as much as I cherish my real life friends (and sometimes those crossover!).

Bless you all.

Wednesday and I'm Reading!

I want to get back to posting about more happier things.

I got a notice that a new book was available on my digital library; The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory. I'm not too far into it, but it's okay. I'm reading it as fiction with a slight historical bent. Since it's written in the first person, I doubt the veracity of it. But it's still interesting.

I forgot that I'd finished the 3rd Mary Poppins book; Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers. You know, there is a reason why you don't read these books in a row. They start to become the same. I'm glad I read them, don't get me wrong, but reading all three of those books back to back wasn't the best idea.

Anyway, that's where I am reading wise this week.