Catherine and mama were in the kitchen talking.
John was in the living room reading the morning paper. Catherine was talking
about her family.
“Would you like to know more
about my family?” Catherine asked Mama.
“I’d like to know more about
your family. Do you have grand parents?” Mama said.
“I have a brother and sister.
They are younger than I am. Brother is in college. He has one year left to go.
Then he wants to be a hospitality management person. My sister will go to
school to become a kind garden teacher. Mother does a lot of volunteer work at
the hospital, and my Dad is an international jewel dealer. I have many aunts
and uncles. My grandparents are still with us. Grand daddy my father’s dad
would give us horse back rides until we were tired. When he would see us he
always had dimes. He would give them to us. We had tubes that the dimes fit
into. That was our banks.” Catherine said.
“You are very fortunate to have
such a big family and that they are still with you. My parents aren’t with us
anymore. I have a twin sister that lives in Bandie that’s by Lake Superior in
Minnesota. We see each other once a year. This year it’s my turn to go see her.
Next year she will come to see me at my farm. You have met my two sons. In
papa’s family he has his father who is in assisted living. He has arthritis in
his back. We take him to the farm when the weather is nice. Papa’s brother is a
banker and lives in Denver, Colorado.” Mama shared.
“Do you remember when I
mentioned to you about going to town to shop?” Catherine reminded mama.
“Maybe I can purchase a dressy
dress for fancy functions. What about lunch?” Mama asked.
“How about a light snack?”
Catherine responded.
“Maybe we can have supper when
were done shopping. We will bring something home for John to eat.” Mama said.
“Mama could you be down stairs
in a half hour? Wear something comfortable. The weather man said it’s going to
be 85 degrees. I have a couple of things
to do before I go shopping.” Catherine explained.
Catherine
chooses her white caprice and a navy blue top. It was a think cool t-shirt and
silver long necklace and a bracelet. She wore shoes that had a half inch heel.
Catherine went to her apartment and did her chores. She went to the parking
lot. She drove to the entrance and waited for mama. She saw her and stopped the
car and got out to open the passenger door. She checked the seat belt, it’s the
law.
“They are trying to get the
people to use the bus.” Catherine said.
Parking is scares downtown and
very expensive. The bus will let them off at Macy's. They went into the store
and headed for the women’s petite side. There were lots of clothes in that are.
Mama tried on 5 dresses and finally decided to take the first one she tried on.
“I better get some new shoes,
white will do nicely.” Mama said.
They decided to try the shoe stores and didn’t see any
that was special. Let’s try J C Penny as they have changed their stores. You
might just be lucky. They were lucky.
“Let’s go to the restaurant on
top of that tall building, it’s called the Wise Building, named after Louis
Wiser he was a big architect.” Catherine
explained.
They sat down in the restaurant area and the waitress
came over and asked if they wanted drinks or menus. They said both. Catherine
had a beer and mama had a Tom Collins. They get their second wind after a drink
and something to eat. The waitress took their order. They had a shrimp salad
and oriental chicken salad. It looked very good and tested very delicious. When
they left the building they saw the new library and new night club. The library
was nice and relaxing with windows on one side. You could sit in over stuffed
chairs and read or look out the windows and see the ducks and geese in the
pond. They had potted plants on top of every section of books.
It was
now 3:30. They decided to call John to see how he was. Catherine got out her
cell phone and punched his number and he answered. He said he was fine and he
had been working on his case work. The messenger had delivered it this morning.
He decided to take an hour off and relax a while. He asked them if they had run
out of money yet. They said no and if e wanted anything to eat from downtown.
He told them he wasn’t hungry and it was too hot to eat that kind of food
because it would go bad in the heat. Then they said goodbye.
While
they were eating they over heard some girls talking about a soft ball
tournament at the local field. Catherine talked about being a star pitcher in
high school. She had gone to the state tournament and gotten first place. They
decided to go for the bus and head home. It was much cooler on the bus than
outside. Both were tired and just wanted to relax. Catherine was thinking about
John’s mother she was such a nice lady/ when they arrived at the bus terminal
they gotten their packages and headed for the car. Catherine had to press a
button on the remote to locate the car. As they drove back to the apartment
Catherine asked mama is she had a good time as she did. Mama said she had a
lovely time. When they got to the
apartment Catherine said
“I’ll leave you out at the
entrance with the packages. Then I will park the car and take you to the
apartment.”
She parked the car and walked to the entrance and they
walked to John’s apartment. Mama had the keys to John’s place. They walked into
the apartment where John was watching a civil war story. He’s a history buff.
Catherine said good night, that she had a full day at work tomorrow.
“I had a lovely day with your
friend, I’m going to hit the hay.” Mama said.
Mama went to the bathroom and washed her face and hands
brushed her teeth and put on a night gown. She was thinking about John and
Catherine. She likes her. I have to ask her about how she handled the little
boy for physical therapy. John and brother like her.
By G&G 2011-12,
By G&G 2011-12,
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