THANK YOU, PAULA

Fiorella is on the run right now, and not just because she's got a Christmas card to design and presents to buy, but because she had a good, solid talk with friend Paula. Apparently, your girl is a people person, and like a flower needs water, she needs friends to wind her up, which isn't a good survival trait in a pandemic that seems to have no end.

Son L has a new job, which we'll all have to get used to, and which means Fio will probably have to find some other way to get to her doctor appointments and prescription pick ups. Then, of course, there are the trips to Fed Ex she'll be making to get acquainted with the people who will be running off her Christmas cards. And last, but not least, she'd like to visit the local Lutheran church over the holidays. 

Actually, in truth,  she'd like to have transportation available whenever she needs it, sigh. Anyone out there want to gift her with a chauffeur?

Back to reality, your girl is still arranging the last shipment that came in from storage and still has to check the garage for Christmas tree lights and decorations. Son L, of course, will have to be the one who searches out the attic. 

Hooray,  hooray! Fio's electric piano, which stopped playing normal piano sounds about ten years ago, has healed itself! Yes, and all the other sounds--bells, etc., are also working. Hmm...maybe it just needed a rest in a dark corner for a while.