Author Archives: Natalie Gelman

Celebration

Taken out to lunch. Taken out to dinner. Telephone calls. Cards in the mail. Cards on-line. Emails. For my birthday, I celebrated the people in my life.

Life is great.

OOPS

Was taken out to lunch by my dear friend Jane. When I got home, I realized I had left my purse at the restaurant. I had a client coming it and had no time to get to the restaurant. I called Jane, whose office is near the restaurant, and asked a favor.

She retrieved my purse.

My Loss

Julie got new ear buds. Every morning I call her and listen to Harold shake when his leash is put on, Henry meow when his breakfast is being prepared, and Harold clink as he eats his breakfast and his tab hits the dish. With her new buds, there is no background noise.

My routine is busted.

Illness

Came home from vacation and caught a cold. It has been raining for days, I feel weak, and I have a terrible cough.

It is time for change.

Less Than Whole

In anticipation of constant rain, Jules and I took some things to entertain ourselves when we were not at the pool.

Books, cards, Trivial Pursuit, and a 500 piece puzzle. The weather was fine, but Jules worked on the puzzle when were in the room. She finished it.

One piece was missing.

Critters

Jules aligns herself with all animals. They know it. In Cancun, as we walked around the resort, lizard types appeared with stripes on their backs. I cannot say if we saw the same one more than once. They paused as she took their pictures. Many of them. Some just regular lizards.

She bought a t-shirt with the striped one on it.

Tasteless

Jules and I went on our journey to Mexico. Always great being with her. There were many restaurants at our all-inclusive. We were disappointed that most of the food had no flavor. Jules was always asking for salt.

I suggest they put a hot sauce on each table.