I am back. It is another walk down memory lane for me today. It was 20 years ago today that I saw The Who in concert at Exhibition Stadium. That is the real highlight of the memory. The trouble with that show, where I was the only to wear earplugs (we had front row floor seats) and before the show my friends made fun of me. Afterward, as their ears were ringing, I was commended on being so prescient. I learned my lesson a year earlier at the Pink Floyd show. It was a Friday and my ears were still ringing come the Tuesday.
As I said, that was the highlight. The lowlight was my pals picked me up from in front of Women's College Hospital. I had gone there from work to visit my father. Two days earlier, June 21, 1989, he received a preliminary diagnosis of leukemia (acute myologenous leukemia, to be exact), was admitted to the hospital on the 22nd (where the diagnosis was confirmed) and received his first chemo treatment on the 23rd.
It was not a fun day, to say the least. It would make for a less than fun summer. Between articling (in the litigation rotation, blah), ball hockey and visiting my father in the hospital each evening after work and on weekends, there was not much time to "enjoy" the weather or what were typical, for me anyway, summertime activities.
He did make it through the summer and so did I, so that was good. Now, 20 years later and I still have not forgotten. Then again, I have dredged up 25 and 30+ year old recollections, so 20 years is really a short time in my mind.
Just wanted to share that with y'all. I hope you are all keeping cool and tomorrow promises to be a real scorcher. Ciao!
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