Act 1 Scene 3 - The Goodbye Party

Today was our Goodbye party for Cynthia. She has been our choir director for two years and is moving up north having retired.

So I get myself together, I am dressed appropriately and I headed to the store to pick up some snacks for the crew and head to my stepmoms house.

I get there to realize that, not only am I the first one here, but I am also the ONLY one here.

Isn't it strange that a party at someone's house starts at 4 and yet not even the hostess is home?

HMMMM.

so I pull over to the side and start trying to think. And I mean trying. I couldn't think where it would be and who would still be home that knew.

Crap.

So I suddenly recall that the party seemed to me to be hosted in Massapequa. OK good. That narrows it down to 2 houses. I rolled the dice and called Carol. Thank goodness she was home, they were just getting ready to leave.

Leave? Well it's not at their house!

OK that narrows it down to 1. So now I know where I am going.

I start driving again and get there in a few minutes. The party is lovely. The weather is like fall...it's in the mid 60's and there is a breeze. The entire choir except for 2 is there, my priest is there and we are having a lovely time.


I'm going to miss her, Truly I will. For those of you that remember the cute musician guy from a few months ago, this is his foster mom. Now He's not going anywhere, but I will see a lot less of him, not that I saw that much to start with. Funny how over time, I realized how little we had in common. It's still his loss!!!! ;-)

It's nice for she and her husband though. They have this lovely chance to spend some quality time together in a sleepy New England Town. I almost envy her.

On the way home, I am thinking, rather resentfully, that my night last night was intruded upon by someone else. Still driving, I talk this through with God. and myself. The reality is, whether I got that call or not, I was not planning to go. So being mad that someone else MAY have been there that I didn't want to see, was in fact, Stupid.

I actually felt better.

Because you see, I finally found the perfect birthday present and I don't want to be in a pissy mood when I present it. It's so lucky that circumstances presented themselves as they have recently. We watched the Concert for George Harrison recently. For those of you who haven't seen it, see it. It's the memorial concert done a year to the day after he died.

I was poking around ebay - you all know how I love that, and I found a signed photo of George with a COA. I have the perfect frame already. This is going to be really special. It's my best friends FAVORITE of all the Beatles. I can't wait for it get here, it's being shipped insured with a moneyback guarantee.

I have been searching for 6 months for something this special.

I feel good. I feel really good. I love giving the perfect gift. It's really amazing.

But I will miss Cindy.