![]() Having colds made training a little difficult, but there was always more code work to do, not to mention writing work. I’d been living with Mae and going to college at that point. “Come to think of it, I remember when Darby first went to nursery school, Mae and I were getting sick all the time.” “He’s picking up new germs and bringing them home to us.” “She said it’s because we have a new kid in the household and he’s at a new school.” Sid coughed. “Those were ear infections,” I said, blowing my nose. “Didn’t we just do this last month?” Sid grumbled that evening as he poured hot water into three mugs with more of Grandma’s cough syrup, a blend of honey, lemon juice and Grandma’s home-distilled corn liquor. Kline, who pronounced it a cold and not the first sign of AIDS. ![]() Sid woke up that Monday stuffy and coughing, and went straight to Dr. By that evening, I was stuffy and coughing. I didn’t want to be serving the Eucharist to parishioners if I was contagious. I dosed him with my grandmother’s homemade cough syrup and skipped mass. He woke up the next morning, stuffy and coughing. “But we really need to work on keeping it down. “Let’s.” He got up and kissed the side of my head. You do plenty at that parish and you’re not even technically a member.” The last chords had barely melted into the air when we held each other and kissed, soft sighs escaping us. Again, we instinctively found the few solo lines, then finished the final chorus together. For the first time, Sid sang along with me. It reflects a lot of the feelings we have, the isolation we feel because of our side business. You and Me Against the World is kind of a weird tune for a love song, but it is ours. He began playing, and we finished the song, but then he started playing other, more familiar chords. He meant a musical rest, as in a pause in the tune. When we got to the line, “And built this cozy nest, to get a piece of-” Well, the next word is rest and I emphasized it because Sid was about to sing something else. We went through the tune, instinctively finding just the right lines to sing solo and when to sing together. Too high.” He played a couple chords, transposing the tune down a bit. But if it makes you and Nick happy, then it doesn’t matter.” He opened the book to the requested tune, kissed me softly, then started playing. I am.” I sat down on the piano bench next to him. “How about Two Sleepy People?” I got up and went over to him. “Yeah.” Sid went through the box next to the upright piano. “Do we have the Ain’t Misbehavin’ book here?” I smiled and put down the pair of pants I was working on. “And your arm?” I looked at him a little severely. He turned on the piano bench, flexing his right hand. He finds the sort of curse words I use when I’m sewing highly amusing. “Peewaddles,” I grumbled, as I tried to get a pocket flap to sit straight over the pocket. ![]() I sang along, too, where I could, as I pinned and ran the sewing machine.įinally, we each kissed Nick goodnight, then I went back to work. ![]() Then Nick got his guitar out, and the two played tunes from Billy Joel, Tears for Fears, including Nick’s ongoing fave, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Nick practiced the bass line of the theme from the Peanuts specials, with Sid playing the treble. Finished with cleaning up after the meal, I went back to sewing break-in pants, and grumbling about the cramped space, and Nick talked his dad into playing piano and singing with him. Nick, however, found a way to tease his dad out of his ill-humor. Kathy and Jesse had decided they needed a night to themselves, and I was all for it. Sid was still a little grumpy that evening when he, Nick, and I ate dinner together at our place. I swore I would never chaperon a teen dance again, and I will not.” Maybe you’d want to go as Caesar or Mark Antony?” I tried to wriggle suggestively. “What about it?” He was seriously less than enthused. “About the Halloween dance next week,” I told Sid as we ate lunch. ![]()
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