Friday Night Sights

Alex at Tae Kwon Do
Rain pouring down outside
Pumpkin cookies from Eat 'n Park
Dave making rice and beans for supper
Stray rice in a rootbeer float
A family of three and a dog watching Grease
Tigers losing the World Series
Orangutans and salt water crocodiles
arranged to make a Jack o'Lantern

Things crossed off my list

Finding a dermatologist
Taking a day off

Things I still need:
A dishwasher

I'm a 'V' or A Very Small Group

Tonight is the night that our small group usually meets. Frank and Tim and Steve had to work late. Laurie and Rhonda don't feel well. So we called Chuck and told him not to come. Dave is cranky and rather noncommunicative. If we were a Shel Silverstein poem we would be like this:
Laurie, our 'L', was home with the flu,
Frank, our 'O', had homework to do.
Chuck, our 'E', stayed home to play,
So I'm all of LOVE that could make it today.

Nevertheless,
'V' is very, very extraordinary...

All By Myself

I am feeling very alone here. I am never alone here. I want some time for myself. I am tired of being by myself. How can this be? Obviously it is because all of my sentences start with 'I'. Today I will mow the grass, wash two loads of clothes, go to the store, be home while Alex's friends come over. The sun is shining and I will smile and take the dog for a walk. I am going to plan a trip to NYC. Maybe I will even go there. But not today. And not by myself.

Holy Haircuts

Amanda and Brenda got haircuts together this afternoon. Here are the results. We are happy even though we currently have a lot of product in our hair. Our next big adventure for the day is to eat Chinese takeout. And then we will shop at Kohl's and save 20% on all of our purchases. Then Amanda will have to go back to college. All in all a great day.

Don't Tell Me Any Secrets

I used to have two secrets. Then someone talked to me about one of the secrets, so I assumed it was no longer a secret, so I talked about it to someone else who didn't know anything about it and if it wasn't a secret anymore then I think they would have known about it, so I think I told the secret. So now I just have one secret and a little guilt. I was doing very well, but obviously I am not as good as I thought I was. Sadly, it only takes one mess up to ruin a whole months worth of secret keeping. Some things don't come with do-overs. This makes me sad.
Now I only have one secret and it is not as much fun as it used to be to have it.
Don't ask me about it.

Little Red Flags

When he can't stand the idea of having two days without access to you every minute.

When he shows total disregard for your parents' values, rules and decisions--more than once.