Over the weekend I was rather stunned to have a call from my two of my oldest friends. I hardly ever hear from them as they have lived far away from me for decades. Very sad!
The last time they popped up, I had accidentally posted something which was intended to summon help, quietly. My post was caught by them and they were on the scene at the drop of a hat, despite the full day of travel to get to me! Swede and Dutchman also responded, so an unexpected test of our call for help system! Good friends whom also had a good laugh at my error. Sigh.
And here they were, for they had read about my getting out of rehab and were wondering what the heck had happened to me to have caused a one month disappearance without a note of warning first. Though always welcome in my house, I wondered how they would react to a one legged Kris ...
But, their visit went extremely well and it opened up huge areas of my memory to me! So, I am sort of solid now from 1973 through 1987-ish. A little foggy still on much, even in that time frame.
He was a brilliant chemist and at one point had to whisper to ask me what in the tarnation was going on with Gaelic Girl. I am sure she thought she was doing just fine, but she was so stressed out that I am surprised she was still upright! But, she carried on, he understood that she has some real challenges and I just hold on to my sanity at this point in time. It is all anyone can do given the situation - and I have to have care - no choice about that one.
I was sorry to see them go but their flight out was the same night. I wish they could have stayed. As the wife observed, she first met me at a picnic where she ended up driving me to Emergency because my girlfriend at the time decided to stomp on my bare right foot in spiked heels. Yeah, shattered foot. That was pretty miserable memory! eepah! Poor ex-right foot.
And my non existent foot has been hurting ever since she said that ...
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