I made a commitment this week that I absolutely would blog this weekend, so here I am. A lot has been going on--hence my absence. The sale of my quilting machine is finally going through; the crate is in my driveway, I'm just waiting for cash in hand, then the truck will come and pick it up. I will miss my old friend--I used to call her Hildy for some reason. I did decide to use the machine to quilt Bridgette's quilt, and it looks awesome. It's all finished, and ready to send out. Anyway, this means that I will have a whole room to do whatever I want to with. Kaleigh and I have been throwing some ideas around, but maybe we'll just live with it empty until we can make up our minds. The two of us aren't terribly decisive on a lot of subjects.
I've been super-duper busy at work for the last couple of weeks--with assessments, and conferences coming up, parent meetings, and all the other stuff going on. I need to do some research today for an article that Shonda and I are working on. Also my laundry is not going to do itself. The house is a mess, which I need to take care of, and the garden needs watering. Such is my life.
Let's see, what earth shattering ideas and thoughts can I write about today. . . I got nothin'. Maybe I'll just ramble awhile, and see what comes up. I had lunch with my friend Marybeth and her son Taylor yesterday--one of my FAVORITE things to do! We had mexican, the guacamole was fabulous, as always. The girls at the table talked a lot--Taylor mostly looked around in confusion--I think we kind of baffle him. I also went to the bookstore and browsed around a little--I may do that again today, who knows. I got a book with the idea that after I read it, I will pass it on to my mom to read during her treatments, but she's already read it--the stinker. I went to see her last night, and she really didn't want me to see her (or anyone to) but I insisted, and she looks pretty bruised up on her face, but not bad at all. She is in pain, but we watched a movie and she laughed at it a lot, so. . . not sure where I'm going with that sentence. I guess I'm relieved, I'm pretty squeamish and it wasn't bad at all. (not that I intend to make this about me)
I'm thinking about taking a little road trip this summer with Kaleigh up to see Brett and fam, as well as Hillarie and the baby--I think Kaleigh and I could use some time to bond a little better. She's very stressed with everything going on in her life, and I think it would be good to have a little time away with her. She's seventeen now, there won't be many more of these chances where she wants to spend time with me. I am always struggling with preparing Kaleigh for the world versus letting her stay her optimistic, immature self. I like her the way she is, but she is in NO WAY ready for real life. Sigh.
I've made up my mind--today I am just going to take it easy and relax. Not exactly relax, as I will be working around the house, but I'm not going anywhere and I'm just going to do laundry, straighten up my bedroom, vacuum and maybe quilt a little bit. Make a nice chicken dinner. With gravy. Sounds like a great day. Maybe a nap. Sounding better all the time.
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