Boomerang Girl

Fiorella spent most of the yesterday morning in a strange daze, either sleeping or weeping, Maybe it was the weather, which was hanging fire to a cold front. Maybe it was the recent visit she and Bastrop son had paid to housing developments he was interested in. Maybe it was that her house was a mess of half-finished projects, and friend "Tanya" was going to be coming over soon to check her blood-thinner score. Maybe all of the above, but whatever, half an hour before Tanya was due, the bad weather struck--sudden and hard--and Fio was revved into action. like it was the appocalypse. (which Blogger tells me I don't know how to spell).

Her brain flaming into action, Fiorella took another look at the realtors' offerings and decided she didn't like any of them because they favored HGTV flair over practicality and good taste. Then she ran around the house and collected all the leftovers of her Halloween decorations, labeled them accordingly, and dropped them in the big, black HALLOWEEN bag in the garage. Then she cleaned off some overloaded counters, took care of an investment form that had been lying on the dining room table for a couple of months, and prepared a list of what she would do after Tanya left.

YAY! FIORELLA WAS COOKING WITH GAS AGAIN, AND THE ANTICIPATION OF TANYA'S VISIT WAS WHAT HAD TURNED UP THE FLAME!

A little background her: Tanya was Fiorella's coumadin nurse back when there were such things, and she and Fio hit it off from the start, probably because they both like learning about other people. Then Austin Heartless exchanged its coumadin nurses for a self-proving system that the patient has to manage for himself, which Fiorella wasn't up to because everything inside her forbids her from deliberately hurting herself. Enter the heroine--Tanya comes over each month to work the monstrous machine and send the results in to Austin Heartless, and Fio loves her for it.

She also appreciates it that Tanya, who is a Registered Nurse now and very busy, is willing to spend a fair amount of time visiting with her.  They usually talk about politics--Marie now wears one of Fio's DUMP TRUMP buttons--but they also exchange information about their families, and--let's face it-- they also exchange juicy tidbits about Austin Heartless. Fiorella knows about scandals from way back wheen 😁😁