September 23, 2020

Day two.  It’s different walking in and smelling chicken dumpling soup having been without it for almost 6 months.  It’s delightful, inviting, warm, nostalgic even.  And in the morning yesterday, when I pulled the chocolate chip cookies out of the oven..oh my.  Oh my oh my.  Those little stinkers are part of the reason I had to go on a diet!   So yummy.  But again, it was a warm feeling to have that smell wafting throughout the kitchen and dining room.  Makes things at least smell normal, even if life outside the kitchen is not.

I always enjoy when an old friend or staffer stop by the deli.  To catch up on life, kids, work, fun stories that we can recall.  Last month I got a text from Fielding, he used to work here gosh seems like last year but I’m sure its been over a decade.  He was up with his beautiful wife Jenni and their children for the night.  We got to catch up Sunday morning for a half-hour or so, and it was a highlight of my day. 

Yesterday it was my friend Liz from Arizona, what a tremendous human she is.  Her kids, great humans, husband a great human.  We got to chat for just a few minutes, but I got to hear about how life has been treating her and the family this past strange 6 months.  Thanks for stopping in Liz, it was a highlight of my day.

I miss humans, human interaction.  We get a few emails here and there about caterings, but we have alway preferred to talk by phone or better yet come on down and let’s talk face to face.  Almost always over a cookie and cup of coffee, because reasons.  Timmy and I were never that great at email.  It’s not our style.  We need to see people, talk to them, laugh with them, smile with them, and at times grieve with them.  Email is so not real, I cannot hear the inflection of your voice when you are talking about a favorite sandwich.  I cannot laugh at the joke reading an email, because the punchline didn’t hit the same way it would if you were sitting here.  People need people, and not seeing you everyday is challenging for me.  It’s the right thing to do, but it is unnatural.  

This too shall pass.  It’s not going to be tomorrow, and probably won’t be today either.  But someday hopefully next year it will pass.  And we will be busy, we will be able to stop by your table and say hello, we will have all our stuff back!  So until then, I’ll keep my distance and keep you and I safe.  But know that in my heart, super huge hug coming your way.

Today’s quote comes from my friends John and Paul.  

Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes…