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Joe’s Cobbler on Maple Street Uptown – I brought some shoes in for her to punch some more holes in the straps. She punched four holes and said no charge. “The day I start charging for holes, I quit. It’s my lagniappe.” On a not so positive note – I called Young Cleaners who used to be the main upholstery cleaner here in New Orleans – they flooded in Gentilly and rebuilt somewhere in Orleans…
E and I spoke at length last night about the acute anger I have towards N – main reason being how he deceived me into believing he was someone else. When we explored how I deal with anger, the truth is I am very slow to anger with those I love, very slow, but once angry, the anger simmers till it becomes a roiling boil – picture a turkey fryer and the hot peanut oil…
On this day last year, I was in my niece Sara’s house with her husband Michael, her daughter Rylee, my other niece Jana, and her boyfriend David, and my brother Bob, and his wife Barbara, my other niece’s husband’s mother, Jeanine, Nick and Val and Val’s mother Lorrie, Wade, their dog Zeus, and Steve & Arlene – we had arrived at 3AM from a 16.5 hour drive after having to leave under a mandatory evacuation.…
I can’t find J, because he left his phone in someone’s car the other night when he was out getting loaded. I need him to come get this trash and haul it to the dump. K said “I know you don’t like me to tell you problems” (sigh) “but, I saw a rat the other night when I was closing up.” I said yes, I saw him too, he lives under the house and I’ve…
The tile setter started today with his helper. I went by to bring P&T, Steve’s sons, extra Tung oil and Poly Coat and steel wool to redo the columns since the MORONS who worked for Schild Construction – Orion and what’s his name – wrapped the bubble wrap so all the water would stay in the columns when it rained. V was there doing the roof – he put the awning roof up and the…
Dinner with mom tonight – it’s Monday in New Orleans, so it’s red beans and rice for dinner. I brought the red beans and she made the rice. I’ve been a little miffed at her. My niece’s baby shower passed a few weekends ago, and she missed it because she just couldn’t get five miles down the road. Meanwhile she was bemoaning not attending some ne’erdewells wedding where she works (she’s known this woman for…
B opened up Sip in MidCity through a licensing agreement with the owners of Sip on Magazine – we love Sip. Every Tuesday night is Sip & Spin. One night the music that was spinning was all Stevie Nicks all the time – and seeings how my hair is so shaggy and I used to be her double in the 70s, this was one of my favorite nights. Also Summer of Love or French Hip…
G’s back from her brother’s wedding and she’s feeling like she can’t live here. She’s having anniversary issues. She’s having issues with no services. She’s mixed on the mayor’s response to NY and his apology. She’s not sure about a lot of things – B, J, being here, moving away. There’s one thing I can say to all of this – I don’t want to live in Knoxville.
Today was vacation day but not – had a special project to call in for at work and then the LaLa became overwhelmingly demanding. C, the tile setter, called at the last minute to say that he had a job cancel and now had a month and a half ahead of him that he was free and could do my tile. He came over and Steve met us there and basically he’s ready to go…