Zane

[days_unfolding]

The Google Home Mini worked really well as an alarm. I'm going to save it, though, for times when I have an early appointment so that I don't get used to it. It also has a sleep function with nature sounds, but I found that annoying.

I almost forgot to feed the girls last night. I was in bed last night with the lights off when I started to wonder if I fed them. Sure enough, I hadn't. They need to tell me to get with the program.

Well, hell. The permanent crown isn't back yet. The dental office said that they tried to call me, but I missed the call. (It turned out that they called my work number. I just called them and gave them my cell number.) I went and got Zara's meds, frozen tortellini, and cherry turnovers from the discount rack. I couldn't remember if I needed milk, so I got some, only to find that I had plenty. So I'm freezing it. I'm going to go back to sleep for a while.

My dad e-mailed me that his cousin has terminal cancer and is going into hospice. I'm kind of shaken up by that. I don't know why because he's in his mid-80s, but he was one of my favorite relatives when I was a kid. I told my boss that if there will be a memorial service in Chicago, that I'd want to go. (Zane lives in Palm Springs, but he's from Chicago like the rest of us.) Dad said that I should call Zane, but I really haven't talked to him much for years and mostly remember him from when I was a kid. Called Mom and told her about Zane. She agreed that a phone call might be awkward, so I'm going to write a letter with some memories of him (some of them funny).

I'm exhausted. I'm going to go to bed early and get up early to work on the letter.