I have told my sister that I’d love to see the kids, especially the youngest, who just had a birthday and is about to move to Arizona.  They are going to meet at a modest restaurant in Queens Saturday evening, and we will join them there.  I am relieved to think I will see my niece before she goes.

I have been telecommuting on Wednesdays, and I am able to go through a lot of accumulated papers and dispose of them.  This helps, although it tires me out.

I also begin the process of emailing those friends who should hear it from me before it hits the grapevine.  One friend, who lives within driving range of my parents, offers to help them with computer problems and other such stuff.  Others arrange to be in the area soon so we can, at least exchange hugs.  I can’t do too much of this at one time, and I want to have some semi-public update arrangement in place before I put the word out more generally.  That way I can refer people here, to this blog, to cut down on individual email and phone calls.  I love my friends, but my sweetie and I don’t have so much energy right now.