I’m having a hard day, dear readers. I miss my late boyfriend, and I am a stranger in a strange land. I’m tired, l’m lonely, and I’m second guessing myself. So just for tonight I’m going to let Chuck speak from beyond the grave, and give myself a break. So here’s a post from Chuck’s blog.
Her name was Irene Treadwell, “Reeny” to her friends. She was near on 80 when she moved back in with her grandkids to help with the great-grandbabies. She was a great source of help and inspiration, patient as the day is long.
Gamma Reeny would sit out on the porch swing and watch the young ones play and, occasionally offer some of her thoughts. That’s where the problem came in. You see, Ole Miss Reeny didn’t care a whit about who was around, or even their age. She had one way to speak her mind and that was that.
After the incident at church, where she stood up after a much too long-winded sermon from the Pastor, and yelled “Do you pee in the shower?” at the pulpit, we knew she was just going to be Miss Reeny, and we’d all be obliged to accept that and carry on.
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The View from a Drawbridge 
Get some rest. It’s hard at first in a new place, but soon you will have friends, and things will look much brighter. ((hugs)) you have done awesome so far, hang in there!
Thanks Jackie. A good nights sleep has helped my attitude considerably.
oops! Posted to Chuck’s page, which I really enjoyed and will check out more thoroughly later. Fortunately he lives on in his words.
He had a quirky style, and a quirky worldview. 🙂
Have you ever thought of asking all your friends and acquaintances if they could ask the folks they know in Seattle to meet you for coffee? You could ask them to tell you about their favorite places, or maybe bargain places? You might make some new friends and learn about the city, too. Or, make some cookies and take them to the folks that work at a coffee shop and invite everyone to have some. Don’t forget about meet-ups… I’m sure that you are going to know about fifty zillion people a month from now… but, it is hard in the beginnings. Someone as friendly as you, though, will do fine.
Awww, thanks Donna! My biggest hurdle is my insane work schedule at the moment. For example, next week I work 7 days straight, sometimes day shift, sometimes swing shift. Until that settles down (and I don’t see that happening soon) it’s really hard to have any kind of a social life. I’ll get there eventually, though.