From Apology to History Lessons

Fiorella apologizes. She went through her 2018 blog entries and was appalled at the messy writing, especially toward the end of the year. Yes, she was under a lot of pressure at the time (did she have a sub-conscious precognition regarding Husband?), but she should have at least proofread herself.
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British friend Suzy was kind enough to reschedule with Fio, who forgot to call her on Friday, and they had a good visit over the phone yesterday morning, talking about their pets and their families and their lives, and laughing and laughing and laughing. Yes, there is a balm in Giliad, and it is laughter with a friend. Fiorella has been very fortunate when it comes to friends.
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Someone is popping off left-over firecrackers nearby, and Sonia Dog is concerned. Fiorella is too. There's been a lot of rain lately, but there are enough dead trees around here that it would be easy to start a wildfire.
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Pray for Fio. Now that the financial stuff has been cleared of the dining room table, she asked her accountant to send over information about what she should pull together regarding last year's taxes. Fiorella also needs to get a new will drawn up. Yup, it's death-and-taxes time.
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Fio got a good laugh out of Trump's lack of knowledge about our country's history, but it's also very sad. Where did he get his education? What school let him down? Fiorella cannot imagine any junior high and/or high school that wouldn't teach Civics and American history.