Aspects of Activity

Spurts of activity, then resting awhile--that seems to be Fiorella's pattern. So far today, she's read the paper and worked the anagrams, put five pieces into place in the jigsaw, gathered the tinsel from the front room and rolled it, moved laundry into the dryer and dumped another load into the washer, done her morning plies for the first time since Husband died, commented on Facebook, and called the pulmonologist's office to come pick up the oxygen equipment. Next on her list are boiling eggs for snacks, stripping Christmas off the tree in the meadow, and calling about the garage door, which she hasn't been closing at night for fear it won't open again in the morning.
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Husband had a taste for a wide array of food and liked to cook, while Fio, who has a limited palate, doesn't like to cook, which causes her some difficulty now that she's trying to clear out the refrigerator and la despensa. The unopened stuff is sitting on el mostrador, waiting to be taken to the local food bank, but Fio has had to ditch the rest of it, which makes her feel disloyal to Husband's memory.
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God bless Kathy and Michael, Fiorella's neighbors. They not only helped her find a good garage door company, but also walked her back to her house and took down Husband's Christmas lights along the driveway for her. There is no way Fiorella will ever be able to repay their many kindnesses.
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Fio's evening fires in the fireplace continue to burn well. She's aware that some guys can start fires without using strips torn from the newspaper, but she isn't one of them. She's a girl. 😉
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Great news--the garage door will be fixed tomorrow morning and the oxygen equipement will be picked up in the afternoon. At last!