May 30, 2014. Ridgeland, Mississippi. Organizing.

It comes easily to me. Always has. Yesterday and today I have arranged a dinner for our friends in Jackson. We will meet at 6:00 on June 4th, at Jaco's Tacos, a Mexican restaurant in Ridgeland close to our condo. Today Ken and I ate lunch there today to meet with Matthew, the man in charge of especial event, to select the food and beverages. It took us fifteen minutes to make our choices. While we ate our lunch, Matthew worked up the numbers. I am sure he wanted to know if we could afford it. We certainly did not look prosperous. Shortly after we approved the choices and the charges, he asked if we would prefer to use the large area at the back of the restaurant that is surrounded with windows. The first time we ate in that restaurant we sat in that large bright room so we were delighted that he offered the space to us. If it was not to be held on a Wednesday, we would not ever been offered that space. We got lucky. And Matthew paid our luncheon bill too. Our visit to meet Matthew paid off. Now I have invited our friends and they have accepted, so adults and children will gather for another first for us. We will entertain our friends and their children in Jackson without Andrew. And everyone of us will miss him.