Tuesday in Review

Rewinding a bit to yesterday, I had a fruitful morning packaging up a slew of good mail. It was mostly Etsy orders, but I also sent a couple other good mail items. It was so pleasing.


I was rushing around trying to finish everything so I could meet Lori for lunch at 11:30. The time just flew by and I barely made it (I was 5 minutes late). But my food was waiting for me when I arrived and that was pretty great.


Lori and I had a nice, leisurely lunch together which involved her sitting with her hair over her face as a way of shielding herself from a former roommate. It was so funny. I didn't realize who she was talking about until much later and was shocked to see how homely this girl is now. She's not fat (hello, look who's talking?) but she has a terrible, short momish haircut and really high waisted momish jeans, she's only 31 how sad is that? I had seen her sitting nearby and would have guessed she was in her 40's.


Tuesdays are my day to help out at the school and since Landon's teacher wasn't there yesterday I ended up helping Whitney's teacher for 2 hours instead of 1. She had me making copies, assembling little books, and making die cuts for her. I was so glad I remembered to bring my iPod with me, otherwise it would have seemed like a long time. I was listening to A Thousand Splendid Suns and loving it. I already finished reading it last weekend, but I like listening to our book club books too, especially when they're about a foreign country because the narrator sounds like she's from that country and ends up pronouncing all the names correctly. Plus, since I forget so much of what I read (even though it was just last week) it helps refresh my memory.


I left after doing that stuff for Whitney's teacher and as I was leaving I turned around to see Whitney signaling me to come back in. She loves it when I help in her classroom and was bummed out that the help I gave wasn't actually in the classroom.

{This is not a good angle for me, but I had to get my
"I Voted Today" sticker in the picture. I have no pride.}

I left the school at 2:50, just in time to run down the street to the high school so I could vote. It was my first time ever going to the high school so I didn't know where to park or what to do, but I'm a big girl and figured it out. I ran into one of the girls I used to teach at church and talked with her for a bit. She was a young 14 back then and now she's 17! It's such a freaky time warp where kids are concerned isn't it. She's a junior in high school already. Wow.


I ended up making a last-minute dash to the post office (two visits in one day) to mail a couple other things and was rewarded with this view on the way home. This picture doesn't do it justice, but I love how the tips of the mountain turn pink in the setting sun.

**Did you vote?
Can you believe how fast kids change?
Do you ever try to avoid people when you're out?**