summing it all up

what a week... glad it's come to a close...
highs and lows... of life can sometimes get the best of me.... last week was one of those weeks... every single day...was over the top huge.... monday.... spending the day...at isis working on the hookah bar... sanding...grinding....drilling...cutting... 5 or 6 hours later it was installed to my satisfaction...
craig was in an out all day... checking on me...making sure i had what i needed... he was in an amazing mood...even teasing me for not having an Ipod... so he left his for my listening pleasure... sweeeeet!!!
mikeC stopped by to check on the progress a couple of times... we had dinner that evening at cattleman's...me in my cute little pink henley... and 501 levi's covered with black steel soot..... i was a mess to say the least.... that was the same night of my incredible surprise... tuesday morning... mikeC calls...telling me about craig...but no one knew for sure.... in shock.... i called craig's cell.... his wife carol answered... it was in fact true... he was gone...another person in our small community passes on.. 6 young men in just 4 months.... that afternoon...val and i made his final arrangements at the crematorium... not a pleasant experience... val began talking of his life... his wife...his son mark... crying..tears rolling down his cheeks... holding his hand...while he shared with me... sweet stories from years ago...
wednesday...was much better.... the bike ride was amazing.... i also had a rather important personal meeting that morning.... another rescheduled... this was good news... then a meeting that evening for an upcoming fund raiser....
thursday... lots going on...birthdays.... wakes... working here and there... the temperature had dropped from the low 70's the day before to the low 40's... brrrr!!!! craigs wake... a beautiful celebration.....galileo was jam packed with people.... only one person got up and spoke...sandi...thanking everyone for being there and introducing a song lyric they had found in the office which craig had apparently written monday.....the night was full with so many hugs...so many tears.. so many shots....what was i thinking.....
friday hangover... oh ouch!!! draggin ace.. mikeC and i had lunch..then went to check out ginormous boulders.....we found the coolest boulder ... mike tried it out...in several positions... like one tries out a bed mattress...he sat on it... he laid on it... he walked around it...studying every visible inch of it... deciding this was the one... it's being delivered monday.... i must admit the rock is a sculptural masterpiece of color...shape and space.... nothing short of beautiful....
by saturday... zombie mode set in.... spent the day alone for the most part... quiet... restful...
today.... preparing for the upcoming holiday...family converging at grand lake...30 or so of us... holy shit... happy happy thanksgiving...!!!