It's now Sunday, February 27th, 2011 here at home in northern Virginia at 4:05PM on a sunny, beautiful afternoon and I am really tired but pressing on anyway as my son is downstairs now with his friend Matt and I think my wife might be taking a well-deserved nap after working all day on school work and on our guest bedroom.
Here is what my father wrote on the inside cover of the sleeve of this Stuart Hill Legal Pad :
" Mags 31 Oct @ John Sakimoto from / City Express called / C 785-2440 / Must Call Him Tomorrow! / Mag - Fr Nancy : /
United Mileage Plus 505-399-2400 Must Call Give A Em C Card # get 40.00 Change !
He's added 20+19+23+24+21+ and gets 107, crosses out 460 and many more numbers and cross-outs - and what's it all mean?!? Your guess is as good as mine.
Then he starts on one of the yellow legal sheets of paper and writes : To Do : Monday and writes : ( Swim ) In Afternoon ?? No Tuesday, first thing ( Bills - Tuesday! ) and he has crossed off the words Swim - In Afternoon and also Bills-Tuesday! I guess this means he accomplished all these things. Great Dad. It's good to have lists like this.
I remember how you would always call me at home on Ellen Avenue and how we would talk. I miss that most of all. We used to have really nice and friendly chats and they added to me and to the quality of my day and to the bond between the two of us. Thanks for that. Thanks for loving and caring about me for who I was and still am and not asking me to defend any of it. I appreciated and still appreciate that. Cheers et a plus tard mon pere et mon ami, Tony , your son - ton fils ...
