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| Don't call me Chester! |
| 06.21.08 (11:22 am) [edit] |
JT's been of the habit of calling me "Chester" lately, because I have a hitch in my git-along when tired. It's an odd thing, since my stroke I've got a few little things: my smile's crooked but adorable; I limp sometimes; my driving's really quite different from what it used to be; my voice is much softer; I'm really much sweeter, though this can be provoked [I assume this list goes on!] Anyway, you know how it is, when someone calls you something, and you know its meaning *suddenly* you act on it! I'm this way in spades - you know, when we're biking, and JT says "Darn this head wind," I suddenly struggle where before I might have been blissfully unaware of it. What's really interesting about this, he says he's more likely to say "Isn't this headwind cool and refreshing," and I hear ... well, you know. So just a little note from Aunt Chester, "Don't call me Chester!"
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posted by: squirrelzone (reply)
post date: 06.24.08 (6:15 am)
I wouldn't think of calling you "Chester" Maybe "Festis."
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 06.24.08 (8:25 am)
Reply to: squirrelzone
Hah! Now there's a name I can relate with!
Funny, even this *brief* entry got very little in the way of attention ... [sign,] s'okay though. I enjoyed writing it!
Aunt Festis? I think there's a ring to that.
posted by: squirrelzone (reply)
post date: 06.24.08 (11:00 am)
Reply to: akelso
Even the great SquirrelZone has known to have posted a commentless post ;)
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 06.25.08 (5:43 am)
Reply to: squirrelzone
Yes, and now I have four! How about that? So silly how these things work out. (Let me know when your next commentless post comes along - I'll be happy to return the favor!)
posted by: squirrelzone (reply)
post date: 06.25.08 (5:45 am)
Reply to: akelso
Certainly.
:)
posted by: Jan Elders (reply)
post date: 06.25.08 (5:33 pm)
Hi Andrea,
I've become a great blog reader. Had yours bookmarked and now have subscribed through Google Reader so I'll get all your posts.
I'm so happy to see you blogging again and I will look forward to reading it and commenting when I have anything to say.
Go Girl!!
Jan
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 06.25.08 (6:48 pm)
Reply to: Jan Elders
Alright then! I'll be sure to keep it up ... It's really good to be back. Feel free to say anything at all, Jan, as it all seems to just prime the pump as it were.
Welcome!
posted by: squirrelzone (reply)
post date: 06.26.08 (2:45 pm)
I'd like to dedicate a song in light of your current situation with a minor adjustment...
Pearl Jam: Don't Call Me Daughter
Alone...listless...breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl...violins...center of her own attention
The, mother reads aloud, child, tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room...can't deny there's something wrong...
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me Chester, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me...
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will...rise above...ooh...oh...
Don't call me Chester, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me Chester, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me Chester, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me Chester, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me Chester, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me...
The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go, go, go...
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 06.26.08 (7:31 pm)
Reply to: squirrelzone
Oh Squirrel! Now I'm dusting myself off from falling from my chair, to the floor, which is indeed in need of vacuuming ... and "Don't Call Me Chester!"
What a hoot!!
posted by: PastorDave (reply)
post date: 07.03.08 (9:58 pm)
We just got cable television, finally, and so I'm anxious to view some of the old Gunsmoke shows. Wait... seems I recollect that Chester was on a different show? Heck, now I'll have to "google" the subject and find out. Of course, it could send me to Wikipedia, which very likely could give wrong info. So, I'll simply wink and call you "Chester". Perhaps I'll give my next dog that name?
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 07.04.08 (8:42 am)
Reply to: PastorDave
I think Gunsmoke's what JT has in mind! As a matter of fact, both Chester and Festis come from Gunsmoke - but, *I'd* have to go to Google to be sure.
So how soon will your next dog be coming along? Chester, eh? Hmmm ...
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 08.15.08 (11:39 am)
Funny.. I just thought of you and that's why I logged in today.. and you had come along and said hello at the same time. :)
So... how much different can one's driving be from before? Hopefully, it has nothing to do with no longer staying between those dashed lines or pressing that pesky brake pedal. ;)
I bet your smile is adorable.
posted by: akelso (reply)
post date: 08.17.08 (2:04 pm)
Reply to: lindy
Oh, Lindy. Your words have touched me. Thank you! My smile's as it always is, only now even a little brighter.
Thanks.