Feeling Good

Today I'm feeling good. I don't know if it's one of those rare times when the planets align and my biorhythms are in sync or what, but I'm headache free, I slept great, and it's raining. All is well. It was weird to get up this morning to a quiet house. Landon slept in until 9:00am (which he NEVER does), I think it was because Whitney wasn't snoring in the bed underneath him. (This may be a good reason for looking more seriously into tonsil removal.) I headed straight for the computer and blogged happily for an hour or so.

I talked to Michelle for awhile this morning and we decided against a Creative Friday because of Eva's bowel issues and possible flu situation. I then talked to Amie for a bit and our conversation somehow jogged my memory about needing to go to The Franklin Covey store to get my sister Robyn's mother-in-law (from Australia) her planner refill so I could drop it off with some of her friends who are in town for Education Week at BYU. So Landon and I went to the mall to get the planner refill and to look for suits. Mr. Mac's was too expensive so we ended up talking all of your good advice and went to Burlington Coat Factory. We got a suit and two ties for $72. (That's less than most of the jackets at Mr. Mac's.)

So Landon and I dropped the planner pages off at the hotel, got a Krispy Kreme donut at the drive thru for a special treat, and braved the hellish Wal-Mart in Provo because I needed some supplies for my Activity Day water party this afternoon. I don't know why that Wal-Mart is such a melting pot, but good grief I felt like I'd left the country. I heard some sort of Slavic language, some Caribbean island language, Spanish, and something else I couldn't identify. There were beeping loaders, crying kids, and all manner of chaotic noise contributors. I made it through with only feeling slightly clammy and anxious. I kept thinking "this is Provo right?" Fortunately our stop was brief and the line wasn't long. I wanted to run to the safety of my car and take some cleansing breaths.

The skies were looking cloudy as Landon and I drove home, and by the time we were almost to our freeway exit it had started to hail! Not good when you're supposed to be hosting a water party in an hour. Wouldn't you know it? Don't I wish for cloudy skies and rain almost every day and am always rewarded with sunny skies and irritating heat? Go figure. So I had to scramble to come up with Plan B, so I opened a bag of Starbursts and a bag of dum dum suckers and set out a stack of board games.

The girls decided to play "Life" and had so much fun. I was the banker and we had just enough girls (6) so that everyone could play the game. It ended up being educational really because they had to decide whether to go to college or not, whether to buy car insurance and home owners insurance, whether to borrow money for a house, to pay their debts in a timely manner, and so on. It was fun listening to them.

Our very nice old lady neighbor from across the street brought over a bag of tomatoes yesterday, and then my visiting teacher brought me more tomatoes, 2 cucumbers and a huge zucchini today. Oh dear. I don't have the skills to manage this produce. Help!?

The house is so quiet without Whitney here it's kind of weird. It's not that she's so loud, it's that she has such a colorful presence that just having her gone changes everything. There's just so much of Whitney. It's so nice to have the chance to miss her and appreciate her quirky self. I think that's one of the reasons I love solitude and breaks from the kids. I enjoy missing them.


I got some great mail today. Remember yesterday I said I was insulted by the lame junk mail I got, especially since it was only 1 item of junk mail, not even the usual full load. Do you ever wonder if the post office holds the rest of your mail on those days? Why aren't good things mixed in with that crap? I don't know, but I don't like it.

Today I got a package from Diana, a card from Tasha, a new audio book, a DVD from Netflix and the new Pottery Barn Kids catalogue...now that's what I'm talkin about. I don't have to get a package every day, but even a new Netflix or audio book is better than a mailer from The Mattress Factory. So thanks to Diana and Tasha for their nice mail items and for thinking of me! I really appreciate that, and Twix are delicious.


Randy took Landon to the movies tonight to see "How To Eat Fried Worms." That's not a movie I could even consider watching. Just the preview makes me want to hurl. I'm still not over seeing that funky worm/caterpillar creature in the yard the other day. Gross.

**Thoughts???**