"It's really gross."

Sat., May 9, 1992

     Ez. is doing a lot better. Mine is sort of coming & going these days. Sometimes I cough up a lot of gunk & sometimes I wheeze like crazy & can't get anything up at all. Yesterday and today I've had lots of bright dark green stuff coming out of my nose. It's really gross. Guy says he's doing better but his voice still sounds kind of raw. Hopefully we'll all be well soon.

     This has been a pretty nice Mother's Day Eve. Guy got up with Ez. & let me sleep til 9:00. He brought me breakfast in bed (I had to request it) – just toast & bacon since I was going to a brunch at 10:30. It was for Rosemary Snowden & baby Zack and Ez. went with me. She was all over the place now that she's crawling. She did relatively well though. She fell asleep on the way home (12:30) and slept til 3:30! I was going to take a nap but decided that if I was going to do all the shopping I planned to do, I needed to go ahead. We'd already decided I could have time off today. I went to LeeWards to get some odds & ends stuff for the ABC book I plan to make for Ez. Then I went to a knitting store to see if they could repair my sweater. One I've had since college had two holes in the front of it when I got it out last fall. The lady said the yarn was so fine that her repair lady wouldn't be able to fix it. But she gave me a business card for a place on Mil. Hwy. near Best that she said had a person who does beautiful work & could probably fix it. I didn't take the time to go over there today.

     Next I went to From the Heart, the cross stitch store, to look for something to do for a quilt block. Ann Prescott is planning to make a quilt & is asking everyone from Empty Arms to make a block for it if they want. They didn't have anything I liked for it.

     Then I went to Piece Goods to get some buttons for the sundress I'm making for Ez. & some other stuff for her ABC book. And I found a Precious Moments book with a good picture for the quilt. A little boy angel is standing behind a little gate with Heaven written on it. There's a little girl in front of the gate crying & holding a handkerchief. The boy is pointing to a box by the gate that says 'old hankies'. At the bottom it says 'No tears past the gate.' I hope I can get it done in time. There's not really a time limit – I forget how she said she's going to do it. I didn't think to get any cross stitch fabric though.

     I told Guy I'd like my next day off to be a weekday cause everything's too crowded on Sat.

     We went out to eat at Annabelle's at Pembroke Mall for supper. It was pretty good. I had a sub & Guy had a club sandwich. Ez. had some fries. Guy fed her before we went. For dessert we went down to the Dairy Queen (in the mall) for ice cream cones. When we got home (after watching Star Trek) I got my Mother's Day present. Guy had given me a basket of mixed flowers – beautiful. Tonight I got a card from him & one from Ez. that were both so nice and a Bruce Hornsby tape. Not your typical Mother's Day present, but nice. So I guess it's been a pretty nice day. It sure seemed to go by fast though.

May 9, 1992