Now Serving Number 17

Mom called and left a voice mail for me. Seems she found a man while on the way home from Miami. She married him (this is the 17th marraige) and is now traveling in Europe. So the message "hey...It's Irene...I got married...I'm in Germany...love you...bye".

No contact telephone number...no clue who the guy even is. She wasn't even dating when I saw her a month ago. And people wonder why I have issues? She ticks me off that I can't even tell her about Bruce. His mother and she are good friends. She's needed.

Jeff's offered to get dinner and we can have a traditional Irish wake for Bruce on Friday night. Brings up the old joke, what's the difference between an Irish wedding and an Irish funeral? One less drunk at the Irish funeral. So in honor of bruce, we'll have Tequilla on Friday night. It means a lot that Jeff was willing to be there for me right now. Of course, I haven't slept much this week, so the alcohol will probably put me to sleep.