When you have an ear infection, and can’t hear very well out of the affected ear, and you tend to sleep on your side, sleeping with the bad ear up makes it rather hard to hear your alarm clock.
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Monthly Archives: November 2007
The farm
Just in case I never get here again: I wanted to take a picture. This is where my grandparents lived. I’ll say more later, when it’s not quite so raw. The thought of not going back is enough to make the tears well up a little.
It’s snowing
And I get to drive in it. Woo hoo.
Grandpa
On the Tuesday before Hallowe’en, at 11:20 at night, my phone rang. Through the wonder of call display, I saw that it was my sister in Winnipeg calling. That time of night, it’s probably not going to be good news. My grandfather had died at 11:00 that night. He was 88 years old, and he went, …