Tweet
Hey, who stole Mom's coat!
Okay, I'll 'fess up, it was me. 
I decided a week or so ago to take it to the dry cleaner's. The nursing home has "outings" and she used to be willing to go on the occasional lunch outing but she hasn't participated in that or any other outing for at least two years, so I figured it might as well stop taking up space in her wardrobe.
My own winter coat is washable -- both the lining and the shell -- and the last burst of warm weather here made me over-optimistic, so I laundered it. And swore I wasn't going to put it on again until next November.
And then found out why Mother Nature is called a 'mother.' I swear we had gale-force winds today, plus drizzle -- which started out as rain and then turned to SNOW, dammit! So you can imagine the temperature. My little cotton jacket might as well have stayed in the closet.
So I ended up wearing Mom's coat (which fits nicely, by the way) for the rest of the day, every time I went outside. Hope I didn't give a few neighbours heart failure when they saw the familiar wine-red coat marching up the front steps ...
And the wind is still howling out there. For the first time in a long time, I put my vehicle in the garage. Wouldn't surprise me at all if there's frost on the ground tomorrow morning ...
I decided a week or so ago to take it to the dry cleaner's. The nursing home has "outings" and she used to be willing to go on the occasional lunch outing but she hasn't participated in that or any other outing for at least two years, so I figured it might as well stop taking up space in her wardrobe.
My own winter coat is washable -- both the lining and the shell -- and the last burst of warm weather here made me over-optimistic, so I laundered it. And swore I wasn't going to put it on again until next November.
And then found out why Mother Nature is called a 'mother.' I swear we had gale-force winds today, plus drizzle -- which started out as rain and then turned to SNOW, dammit! So you can imagine the temperature. My little cotton jacket might as well have stayed in the closet.
So I ended up wearing Mom's coat (which fits nicely, by the way) for the rest of the day, every time I went outside. Hope I didn't give a few neighbours heart failure when they saw the familiar wine-red coat marching up the front steps ...
And the wind is still howling out there. For the first time in a long time, I put my vehicle in the garage. Wouldn't surprise me at all if there's frost on the ground tomorrow morning ...
Comment