HODGEPODGE MAY 1

 1. My very first edition of The Wednesday Hodgepodge was published on November 10, 2010 (linked here if you're curious). Tell us something about your life from that era. 

I very well remember this year, because when you started the Hodgepodge  a few days later I (finally) became a grandma of a little baby boy, I was 67 and Rick 69. I always remember his words when I told him the news, he said "It's too late" and I told him it's not too late ! Don't look at your birth date, you are still good enough to be a grandpa. Unfortunately I didn't know that he started developing Parkinson's disease that year. There were no specific signs, except that he suddenly didn't want to travel or go out anymore. I only discovered all this now, at the time, I thought he had changed so much because he was retired. Parkinson is a vicious disease,  it took more than 10 years before it was diagnosed.

The happy parents and the 3 generations

2. What's a song you love that relates to time in some way? 

I have no idea which song, but I still loved to listen to "the Queens" and Freddy Mercury and Elton John.

3. May is nearly upon us. When did you last need to yell 'MAY DAY-MAY DAY!!'? 

😄😄😄 I never yelled or even whispered May day - May Day ! I learned at school what this meant !

4. How do you feel about food trucks? Is this a dining experience you enjoy?  Do you have a favorite What's something you've ordered from a food truck? 

I like Foodtrucks, especially when I was still working. It was so easy to send Rick to the market an buy a nicely roasted chicken, or Greek food, or Thai food. There were always several foodtrucks on all markets.

He liked to walk around the stalls meet all available Italians and there were usually a lot. So I got my chicken and he had his chats with his landsmen. I have never ordered food from a food truck, nobody does. Or there are people who order but I don't know any. 

 

 

Spanish food

 

chicken, and take aways

5. We're bidding farewell to April...what are three adjectives you might use to describe the month you're leaving behind. 

Besides a moody weather and 4 residents who died, nothing special happened, except since 2 days we have nearly summer weather.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I got a message from my niece, Rick's sister's daughter, that her mother is now in hospital with a pneumonia. She is an only child and has no family anymore. Now I don't know if I should go in case my sister in law will not return home or if I should stay here. She is 94 and we always got well together. I could take the plane from Brussels to Verona and there my niece could pick me up. But with my roller coaster disease I don't know. I would have disabled assistance, and just sit down. But there are always strikes here, today we have general strike, but apparently our staff is happy and works. I think I'll wait and see !