So let me just tell you that I'm exhausted, have been having spotty sleep for the past few nights due to feline emotional issues, and I only have a few minutes tonight. Apologies to my sisters if they read this; I love you a lot, but I can't keep staying up until midnight to do my blog... Gotta start doing it in the mornings, but for now, it's a quickie.
2 sisters, whom I shall call Betty and Schmetty.
Betty is the youngest of the sisters, and the chronological order, ascending is: Danny, Huey, Louis, Betty, Schmetty. Jesus, whoever named most of those kids has some issues. Oh wait - it was me.
Anyway, Betty was a big part of my childhood. We used to go see a lot of movies together, she got me hooked on Mork from Ork, Star Trek, and other geekstuffs. She was probably the first geek woman in my life who provided some great direction, fun and excitement. I believe Betty taught me how to drive...
So Betty moved out of the house when I must have been in high school (?), and ultimately married, had kids (mentioned a couple days ago, two of them), and ended up living in Virginia with her family. We rarely talk now, but I hope to be seeing her and the whole family this summer.
She's a great person. Warm, loving, good-intentioned, caring, considerate, creative, sassy in that Ziemer-style, smart, a mom of a group of kids that can be a handful, passionate, artistic, and fun to be around. I miss her - haven't seen her in years, probably close to 10, and I really hope I get to this summer.
The other sister - Schmetty - is the oldest of us. She changed her last name to something bay area like Dolphin, but she's still ok in my book. In fact, she's pretty awesome.
Schmetty lives in Sebastapol, up further north, somewhat close to Santa Rosa. She used to own a flower shop, worked in crafts shows both selling and making groovy stuff, and now produces a huge annual crafts show in Bodega Bay every year. She also works at a weight management program, running groups and such. But what's super-awesome is that she got into the Personal Training biz in the past few years. And I do believe she's doing pretty well with it, although we haven't talked in awhile.
Schmetty lives in a cottage in the middle of an apple orchard, and it's pretty damned breathtaking. She plays some mean Scrabble - almost as good as me - is the sassiest of the Ziemer's, outspoken, clever, witty, funny, ridiculous, wise, loving, considerate, patient and really just a great person. Jeez, I haven't seen her in awhile, and need to.
I'd like to mention, in a general way, that Schmetty went through an amazing transformation of being someone who didn't think a whole lot of herself and couldn't really "find her way" in her younger years to a woman who is a leader, who helps others all the time, who capitalizes on her strengths, and who always shares news that inspires me. We used to despise each other when I was a kid, and today I love her as much as the others, but a little less if she beats me at Scrabble.
Okay, that's it for now...
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