Category Archives: Message

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Moving experience

Wednesday whales
Between Phil and You
December 22 at 6:15am
Good morning! I hope your day is starting well. Another gray, windy day here, but above freezing! 34 degrees. They say more snow. Yippee. Have a great day!
December 22 at 11:18am
Hey, there. How’s your day going?
You may not believe me, (I hardly believe it myself) but I woke up feeling fine! Haven’t taken any pain meds… not sore. Just a little tired. I may have had the most amazing surgeon in the world. Older sister called; she’s bringing me seafood supper! So good news all around!!
Phil December 22 at 12:07pm
That’s fabulous! Got a house full of movers. Busy days. 
Moving so many years worth of stuff is a pain
December 22 at 3:13pm
Oh, Right! You went back to the beach when I wasn’t looking. 🙂 Hope the movers do right by you.
Phil December 22 at 3:39pm
They are doing ok. I’m drinking gin and tonics to keep me mellow
December 22 at 3:45pm
Yikes. You’re on to mixed drinks? Eep. 🙂 It’s snowing here again… be glad you don’t have to mess with that!
December 22 at 9:07pm
Hope your evening is going okay. Did they finish?
I survived dinner with older sister. She was in a good mood (unusual) and left about the time I wanted to strangle her. 🙂 Ah, siblings. Brought me a stuffed clam and the fisherman’s platter – fried shrimp, whole clams, scallops and schrod! Yum.  Got so many phone calls!  Everyone is checking on me – Cousins,  friends, and a college pal! I am Ms. Popular today. Heh.
Phil December 22 at 10:05pm
They are finishing now. Long day. 
My dad had a heart attack today. He is stable. Should be ok.

December 22 at 10:17pm
Wow. Must be emotional to see the empty house…
So sorry to hear about your father! Scary. I will pray for him, and all of you. Hugs.
Phil December 22 at 10:28pm
Killing me to leave here. Been home for so many years
December 22 at 11:11pm
oh, sweetheart… I hear you.
Phil December 22 at 11:32pm
Makes it all seem very real. I love this house. Such is life I guess.

December 22 at 11:44pm
I wish I knew what to say to make it easier…
Phil December 23 at 12:28am
Fact of military life. You have to move once in awhile. I was very fortunate to stay in one place for this long. No complaints. Just feel sort of empty now. It will be ok once I get to the new job and get into the house. This part sucks.

December 23 at 12:39am
Makes sense. Fitting to feel sad… honoring the place, the memories… the good times. Part of being alive. Ah, the stories those walls could tell, eh?
December 23 at 12:50am
I’d better get back to bed. Rest now? Tomorrow will be easier? Call me if you want to. You know I’d do anything to help. Where is my magic wand? * sigh* Sleep well, sweet man.


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Percocet & Cheeseburger

Tuesday tilting
Between Phil and You
December 21 at 5:19am
Good morning! I hope your day is off to a great start. It’s a white world! still snowing. and blowing! Snow coming down looks like a swarm of white bees, swirling in the wind. 28 degrees…brrr. Totally missed forecast this storm. Have a wonderful day!
December 21 at 6:29am
Off to MGH for surgery!

Phil December 21 at 6:48am
It will be fine Sass.

December 21 at 6:53pm
Made it home. Percocet and a cheeseburger. 
Slow brain but no pain. Bed now.
Phil December 21 at 7:17pm
Glad to hear it! Take it easy.
December 21 at 10:44pm
Hey, kid. Good day for you?
Awake again. 
Another cheeseburger. 
More percocet… hope that’s the last one. 
gives me vivid dreams of.. well, you know.
December 21 at 11:33pm
Heading back to bed. Sleep well, sweet man.
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Percocet & Cheeseburger

Tuesday tilting
Between Phil and You
December 21 at 5:19am
Good morning! I hope your day is off to a great start. It’s a white world! still snowing. and blowing! Snow coming down looks like a swarm of white bees, swirling in the wind. 28 degrees…brrr. Totally missed forecast this storm. Have a wonderful day!
December 21 at 6:29am
Off to MGH for surgery!

Phil December 21 at 6:48am
It will be fine Sass.

December 21 at 6:53pm
Made it home. Percocet and a cheeseburger. 
Slow brain but no pain. Bed now.
Phil December 21 at 7:17pm
Glad to hear it! Take it easy.
December 21 at 10:44pm
Hey, kid. Good day for you?
Awake again. 
Another cheeseburger. 
More percocet… hope that’s the last one. 
gives me vivid dreams of.. well, you know.
December 21 at 11:33pm
Heading back to bed. Sleep well, sweet man.
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Collide

Monday at home
Between Phil and You
December 20 at 12:37pm
Good morning! Gray day here, 30 degrees and windy. Smells like snow but they say we won’t get much. Lots of snow there? Hope your meetings are going well. Thanks for the photos… gorgeous! I hope that view restores your soul on certain days. Have a great day!
TEXTS
Phil: [sent photo of his new living room]
3:15 pm Me: Wow!  Gorgeous wood floor!  And a fireplace… Nifty!
3:15 pm Phil It’s not too bad
3:16 pm Me: Room looks HUGE!
3:17 pm Phil: Probably 40 by 25 I think
3:18 pm Me: Yowza!  Your own bowling alley!
December 20 at 10:10pm
Hey, kid. You watching football? I forget where you are tonight… hope it’s fun. Busy day, got stuff done so I can veg out – laundry, bills, project stuff, bank. Sis took me on a tour of the Christmas lights on the homes in Somerville – they’re famous for crazy displays. Then a big Italian dinner in Everett.  Had hoped to sleep but totally wired. Hubby’s out. Call if you can… tell me story… heh. Sleep well, sweet man.
December 20 at 10:16pm
FYI – I asked Hubby to text you tomorrow, when I am out of surgery. If you get antsy, call or text him at [phone number] or email [email address]
Phil December 20 at 10:21pm
You will be in my prayers Sass. I have faith you will have no issues. What an amazing nite. Snowing, wonderful food, great people in the new place

From: Sassy
Subject: Collide
Date: December 20, 2010 10:27:47 PM EST
To: Phil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9ub9rpNK4

Collide lyrics
Songwriters: Griffin, Kevin; Day, Howie;
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you, yeah
I’m open, you’re closed
Where I follow, you’ll go
I worry I won’t see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide
I’m quiet you know
You make a first impression
I’ve found I’m scared to know
I’m always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find you and I collide
Don’t stop here
I lost my place
I’m close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find you and I collide
You finally find you and I collide
You finally find you and I collide
© TENTATIVE MUSIC

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Mileposts

Weekend wonders
Between Phil and You
December 19 at 9:26am
Good morning! You rolling along? I hope you have an uneventful trip. It’s above freezing here! Lots of high clouds. Quiet morning in the lot.
December 19 at 10:47am
You in Buffalo yet? Off to the shower!
Phil December 19 at 10:48am
Yep, Niagra Falls
December 19 at 11:42am
Wow! You’re making great progress! In PA now? I’m all clean and headed out to brunch at the Independent pub.
Phil December 19 at 11:44am
Enjoy! 40 miles from the line
December 19 at 1:39pm
Hey, kid! Where you – Ohio yet? Back from brunch! Bloody Mary with celery and ham/cheese omelette acquired! Also got to taste sweet potato biscuits with sausage gravy… yum! Seven of us… good times. One marine reservist headed to the sandbox next year. Lots of talk of DADT repeal. Then half of the runners from the local Jingle Bell run rolled in… sort of like holiday Rocky Horror fashion show. Wacky! Lost our waitress, had to get the manager to pay and dash out. Heh.


TEXT: [photo of the pub]


Phil December 19 at 1:43pm
Coming up on Cleveland. Listening to football. Good day

December 19 at 1:46pm

Wow! You’re really motoring! I’m off to see my dad. Go Team!

Phil December 19 at 1:48pm
Whoo Hooo

December 19 at 4:16pm
In Indiana? Good visit w dad. Headed home
  
December 19 at 4:49pm
Good start to that game!
December 19 at 5:43pm
Half time! Did you make it to your destination yet? Hoping you are close…
December 19 at 7:18pm
Woot! They did it!  They won!
Phil December 19 at 7:23pm
What a game

December 19 at 7:34pm
Did you yell at the radio? 🙂
December 19 at 9:06pm
You camped out in the house? Call?
If you’re too wiped, I understand. Sleep well, sweet man.
Phil December 19 at 10:40pm
Made it, relaxing with wine. What a haul. I am pooped.
December 19 at 10:46pm
Thank you very much for letting me know. I am picturing you in the empty house. Something very poetic about it. Must be such a good feeling to be done driving. And your team won!
Phil December 19 at 10:48pm
I am staying in a very nice suite around the corner from the house. Much more comfortable

December 19 at 10:51pm
Ah, much better.

December 19 at 10:55pm
Did you eat today? My sister gave me a quart of Hungarian mushroom soup she made… had part of that for dinner with some of the pretzel crackers. Yum.
Phil December 19 at 10:56pm
Arbys on the road was it
December 19 at 11:06pm
Love their horsey sauce. 🙂
Wish I was there… would hand you soup and the rest of the cheese, and rub your back. You watching the Pats?
Phil December 19 at 11:08pm
Yea, hoping they get beat

December 19 at 11:10pm
Brat.

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Dinners

Phil December 17 at 1:38pm
Huh?
Phil December 17 at 1:39pm 
On my way west to see the folks! Wearing my new t-shirt 🙂

December 17 at 2:24pm
Yay! You survived the conference!
Feel like talking? Call me? I have nothing to do at work, as usual. Had a busy morning. Went to out for lunch with a senior staffer. Would love to tell you about it…
December 17 at 3:55pm
Great to chat. Turkey trot = Abby’s dance on NCIS. Hope the new shirt is comfy. Get someone to take a photo? Would love to see you in it!
December 17 at 11:35pm
Hiya, kid. Did you have a grand night with the family?
I went to see my dad at the nursing home. He seems well cared for. Hubby and I had dinner with my sister and her familiy at this Colonial home in Woburn that looks the furthest thing from a Chinese restaurant – bright yellow with frilly trim. But it houses the most authentic Sichuan place around. I ate hot & sour soup, pork dumplings and stir-fried filet mignon with mushrooms and onions and spinach. Yum.
Sleep well, sweet man.


Phil December 18 at 6:56am
Having dinner at the Land and Sea Grill Steak House in Saugerties. Oh my God!

December 18 at 8:45am
OMG! That menu looks amazing! Did you add to your lobster count? (your msg came thru Saturday morning…)

Phil December 18 at 8:53am
I did

December 18 at 8:54am
Good morning! Pretty morning here.. 25 degrees, sun, high clouds, calm… need to get a bunch of errands done – post office, bank, then go to project meetings. What are you up to?

Phil December 18 at 8:59am
The lobster bisque came with a lobster tail in it. I had the seafood fra diablo, escargo with button mushrooms


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9:03 am Phil: [photo of plate of food]

December 18 at 9:03am
I can’t believe how far you folks drive for dinner! My older sister’s partner is from near there. They were just there, as his mom is not well. It still manages to surprise me how tightly intertwined our lives are, in terms of places you know that I know etc. but when you’re up here, it gets really clear.
December 18 at 9:05am
OMG. I may have to get in the car. Lobster in the bisque? That is decadent! (I had a very strong feeling that you had bisque when I saw that menu…) And snails? Yum. I would’ve begged for tastes of all that! Oh, man… drooling now.

TEXTS
9:25 am Me: Whoa!  What is that?
9:26 am Phil: Lobster Fra diavlo
9:26 am Me: Envy!
9:28 am Phil: Was amazing!
9:29 am Me: Spicy? I’ve never had it…
9:31 am Phil: Oh yeah, was awesome

Phil December 18 at 9:59am
Saugerties is so pretty. All the lights. Not that far a drive, have eaten there before. One of my favorites. Great people own and run it. Amazing food, great service, very friendly.

TEXTS
9:59 am Me: Dessert?
10:03 am Phil: Crème Brule
10:12 am Me: Scotch?
10:43 am Phil: Of course
December 18 at 11:28am
Hope it wasn’t too much FB msgs and texts. It’s so fun!
Sadly, idea of surgery Tuesday is getting to me. Got out my health care proxy, and fell into “what if I die on table?” Eep. Who would take care of practical matters? So I made a list for Hubby and sis of where to find important documents. If I do it, he won’t need it, right?
Then on to “What do I need to say?” Dangerous territory. But a few texts from you, and I am back out of that pit. Laughing! Thank you, Philip. Photos of lobster are a guaranteed way to perk me up! 🙂
Off to work on my project!
TEXTS
4:32 pm Phil [photo of his family doing a holiday toast]
4:32 pm Me: Awesome!  Cheers!
4:38 pm Phil: [He sent me the same photo again. Drunk?]
5:26 pm Me: Cuter than lobster!
6:40 pm Me: Having sushi and Korean tonight!
Sent photo of a painting of JP Seafood in Jamaica Plain




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Day After


Thursday thick
Between Phil and You
December 16 at 11:53am
Hiya, kid. Hope you’re enjoying this warmer day. I am a little sore from driving 300 miles, fuzzy from not quite enough sleep and heart aches missing you… hope sleep will fix most of that.
December 16 at 2:20pm
Some good tips to remember as you transition from the South to the Midwest
Six winter weather lessons that Southerners can learn from Northerners.

TEXTS
6:01 pm Phil: [Photo of two lobster dinners from his conference]
6:03 pm Me: Yowza!
6:20 pm Me: Score – Philip 4, lobsters 0
6:27 pm Phil: Yeah man!  I’m kicking their ass
6:32 pm Phil: Getting chowder to go for later on.
Me: [Photo of Lazurus, a kitty]
6:46 pm: Stopped by a shelter event.  Kitty rescued from an apt complex in CT that was being demolished.  He ran out to their truck [a rare thing!] and hopped inside!
6:48 pm Phil: That’s cool.  3 pounds of lobsta gone, having a beer, got two bowls of chowda for later with scotch.  I’m a happy boy. 
6:49 pm Me: Envy!
6:51 pm Phil: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.  30 bucks for two 1 ½ lb lobsters, boiled potatoes and corn on the cob.  I love it
7:07 pm Me: Going out for Thai – soup and satay.
7:08 pm Phil: Satay is my favorite!  Enjoy!

December 16 at 8:56pm

Your day go okay? Home now. Feeling better… nap, kitty shelter visit, thai food with two women from my project team. Nice to chat with new people. And talk about the project instead of dad dying/breast crap. Hubby has friends over in our living room, so I’m sitting at my desk in the middle of that!
Phil December 16 at 9:07pm
I’m doing good. Got the laundry done. Having my soup enjoying a scotch watching NCIS
December 16 at 10:08pm
Did you like the Turkey Trot?



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Visit #2 Prep – Raw talk

Phil December 15 at 7:41am
Good morning! Friggin cold this morning! May be a few minutes late tonight. Meetings finish at 4:30. Downtown lot near the hotel sounds great!

December 15 at 12:00pm
Good morning! We’ve got the coldest day of the year. Windy, too. Old Glory flying straight out! Scrapping plan for outdoor activities. 😉 Don’t stress… I will wait for you. With cheese. and crackers.  Look for my car. 
[texted him a photo]
December 15 at 12:08pm
Here’s a funny ad from Legal Seafood – talking seafood! 

At Legal Sea Foods, if it isn’t fresh, it isn’t legal. Sometimes when you have the freshest fish around, things can a little too fresh.

December 15 at 2:04pm
Heading out. See you soon!


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Visit #2 Prep – Day before

Tuesday t-shirt
Between Phil and You
December 14 at 3:15pm
Hey, kid. Have they taken your last brain cell yet? Hope not!

Wicked cold today – hope you’re not outside much.
Having fun getting ready for dinner with an old friend. Went to buy you a t-shirt, got surrounded by 74,123 insignia clothing items! Whee!
December 14 at 3:18pm
Reading about places I could pick you up downtown. Several lots – you can park and stroll there, or call me to pick you up wherever. If you get a better idea from the locals, let me know.  Death to a lobster! See you tomorrow. Woot!
December 14 at 3:37pm
Checked my vacation days balance…two personal days I have to take this week or lose. So I get Wednesday and Thursday off! Feels like a good omen.  In more somber news, my dad was moved to a nursing home this morning.  They say it’s for five days of respite care, but I have the distinct feeling that he will never be home again.  I had so hoped he could die at home.  *sigh
Phil December 14 at 6:23pm
Will pray for you all.  Eating hot clam chowder and a big ass lobster roll. Yeah baby!  

December 14 at 6:30pm
Ooh! Wow… you really are doing your bit to decimate the lobster population this week! Hee! I’m chillin’ at home… waiting for NCIS to come on!
December 14 at 11:05pm
Hey, kid. Hope your dinner was wonderful and you got a chance to relax. Quiet evening for me. NCIS was a little silly, but I love all the Abby time. See you tomorrow! Sleep well, sweet man.
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Visit #2 Prep – Nervous Lobster



Monday management

Between Phil and You

Phil December 13 at 1:23pm
A little mind numb at the moment. Tuesday or Wed will work for our Lobsta 
December 13 at 3:47pm
Hey, kid. Want to have dinner with me on Wednesday? 🙂
I can pick you up – what time and where? LOBSTER!
Phil December 13 at 4:35pm
Sure! I am done by 4:30.

December 13 at 7:00pm
Sitting in a project mtg. Have my publicity hat on… Not listening – thinking about lobster and you. 🙂 
Suddenly nervous… silly, I know…
Phil December 13 at 7:18pm
The lobster is the one who should be nervous.