Birthday #4-Mt, View, Cal.
Happy New Year! Well, it actually started yesterday, but I was too beat to write anything. It’s the Year of the Monkey, so hopefully it will be a fun and good one for everyone,
Today I went back to work, and it felt good. My workmates kindly waited for me to start the fire in the fireplace, because they know how much I like doing that. Then I set up the little jars of Tapinade and poured some of the Sesimi/wasabi marinade, all for visitors to taste, and hopefully to buy. We had a wonderfully successful day and we each carried a nice bottle of wine home with us. This is known to be the slow period among wineries, so we have been very very lucky of late. I was sorry to see Toshi go yesterday when friends came and picked her up, but in a way I was happy to be able to pack up all the Christmas decorations and start getting my apartment back in shape. One of my weaknesses is a loathing for clutter, something that always caused friction between my “ex” and me.
Speaking of him, he was living in Mt. View, Calif. when I was in Japan teaching. One Christmas I came back and stayed in his house so I could enjoy the holidays with some of my children. Most of the visit was very pleasant, and then on my birthday he gave me the money to buy some clothes. I ended up with a stunning top of colored sequins and black velvet pants. Since I attended many Embassy parties in Japan, this was a wonderful gift for me. New Year’s Eve all the kids were gone, so there was just the two of us. I almost hoped maybe we could recover a little of our old romantic feeling, but he left me alone in the house to attend a neighbor’s party. Next day he was putting things away on a shelf above the garage when he fell off the ladder onto the concrete floor. It was lucky I was there, because I drove him to the hospital and waited while he was checked. Shortly after that I returned to Japan, so that was one more of my birthdays, although I can’t remember which one.
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