She couldn't believe how much work there still was to be done. What had she been doing all these days besides wasting time? She obviously left her brains along with her common sense back in New York. She needed to go home. Seeing Tony was madness--fun, she had to admit, her pulse hadn’t raced like that in more years than she could remember--but it was insanity nonetheless. And getting to know Ben...She had to leave soon. She put on chinos and a tee shirt, and let her hair fall loose just past her shoulders. Dishes, linens, cleaning products, cosmetics, photo albums, not to mention all of Judith's clothing, still had to be sorted and bundled for discard or contribution to charity. No sooner had she vowed no more distractions when Miriam announced that a lovely way for them to celebrate, so to speak, their last weekend together would be to go to the annual Miwok Indian Festival picnic and barbecue at Settlers Park on Sunday. "Don't expect me to go with you, Miriam. I was never one for picnics," Lee had announced, looked up from the stacks of tax papers, receipts and home repair and maintenance records she was sorting on the kitchen table.
