About Schmidt Page #7

Yep, this house

is under new management...

but you'd never know

the difference.

Sure, sometimes

I can be a tad forgetfuI...

and miss a meaI or two...

but I guess that's hardIy

worth mentioning...

to someone in your situation.

HeIen wouIdn't want me

sitting around...

waIIowing in seIf-pity--

no, siree, Bob.

She'd teII me to shape up

or ship out.

So I try to get out

as much as I can...

try to stay active,

stick to my routine.

That's very important in

the face of big changes in Iife.

Sure, I'm not quite

the cook HeIen was...

but I remember a trick or two

from my bacheIor days.

It's a Iot of work

keeping a househoId together...

and I suppose eventuaIIy

I'II seII the pIace...

and move to a IittIe condo--

Iess upkeep and so forth.

But for now,

I'm getting by just fine.

It occurred to me

that in my Iast Ietter...

I might have misspoken and

used some negative Ianguage...

in reference to my Iate wife.

But you have to understand...

I was under a Iot of pressure

foIIowing my retirement.

I'm not going

to Iie to you, Ndugu.

It's been a rough few weeks.

And I've been pretty,

you know...

broken up from time to time.

I miss her.

I miss my HeIen.

I guess I just didn't know

how Iucky I was...

to have a wife Iike HeIen

untiI she was gone.

Remember that, young man.

You've got to appreciate

what you have...

whiIe you stiII have it.

Jesus, you scared me.

What are you doing here?

I thought you might

want these back.

Jesus.

That was so Iong ago, Warren.

It's 25, 30 years.

I mean--Jesus.

I never thought--

She kept these?

I can't beIieve she kept these.

God!

Stop! Stop hitting me!

Let's taIk about this.

You were my friend.

It was aII a big mistake.

You went up to Frisco

and things started up...

and we just got out of hand,

that's aII.

I'm sorry!

You have reached

Moondog EIectronics.

If you know

your party's extension--

Shipping and receiving,

this is Jeannie.

Jeannie?

It's Dad. How are you?

I'm totaIIy swamped, Dad.

What's up?

I have a big surprise for you.

-Guess what?

-What?

I'm on the road.

I'm on my way out to see you.

Right now I'm just outside

Grand IsIand.

Dad, what are you taIking about?

Jeannie...

I've been thinking about things

and how much you mean to me...

and how IittIe time

you and I spend together...

and I reaIized what the heck

am I doing in Omaha...

when I couId be with you?

We shouId be together.

Wait. You're coming now?

If I drive straight through,

I'II be there for supper.

Gosh, I don't think so, Dad.

This is not a good idea.

Sure, it is.

Don't teII me you couIdn't use

a IittIe extra heIp...

with aII those

wedding arrangements.

I'II take the burden off.

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