T.T.

1. The kids and I had dinner last night with our dear friends, the Copleys. (Hi, John! I know Asia told you not to comment because he thought it was a little bit creepy, but you go right ahead. It's my blog and I say so.) Mr. Copley is out of town this week too, so Rebecca and I decided we should get together whenever both our husbands are gone. It gives us more motivation to cook. Although Rebecca didn't cook a thing because her 12 year old made dinner and all I did was go buy a bagged caesar salad and some Chips Ahoy. Whatever. It was nice to hang out with them.
2. Jiminy, I've got lots to do this week. I mean REALLY a lot to do. Feeling a bit of stress.
3. I've been doing a 'Classical Stretch' workout in the mornings when I know I'm not going to have time to get up to the club... it's on PBS early in the morning. The woman who does it has a soothing, funny accent and I can really hear all my joints crackling and feel my muscles stretching when I do it. It's a good thing. Lots of ab work too, which can never hurt.
4. I made the kids go around the house on Sunday evening and pick up 15 things apiece to put away... just whatever they could find that wasn't where it belonged. 15 x 3 = 45 things. And it didn't even make a dent in all the crap that was all over the house. I made them do another 15 things each and then the house was finally sort of returned to it's normal state. How does that happen? Sheesh.
5. So with the 20th reunion coming up, there are people visiting my Classmates.com profile. I get an email whenever someone visits. Thing is, you can't see who it is without paying. I hate that. Don't tell me about it if you're not going to share. It's so weird to look at the names from our class and see people's names I literally haven't thought about in 20 years. Ted Perkins. Jeff Nemecek. Lance What's-his-name. Freaky. Seriously.
6. Trying desperately to fit in some ebay listings today, since today is a sale twenty-cents-a-listing day... we'll see how that goes. I've got to work too... agh!
7. It was nearly 70 degrees yesterday. I wasn't dressed for it and felt like a total dork with my long sleeves and zipped hoodie and socks and shoes. Spring weather is so unpredictable - I never know how to dress. Layers, I know. But that's so complicated... I just want to transition completely to flip flops and capris, but then my tootsies freeze and I feel ridiculous in the rain with my bare legs. It's a dilemma.
8. It's piano recital time... so I'm hearing the same four songs over and over and over and over and over again. Fortunately, I like two of the four. Unfortunately, the Star Wars Theme song is one of them. That gets a little old after about the three hundredth time. And then we have to get all dressed up and listen to them again? I never thought about the fact that my parents had already heard my recital pieces a million times before all my recitals. Just another silly revelation about parenting...
9. I'm reading 'a long way gone', right now, which is a book promoted by Starbucks about a boy who became a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Also just watched "Blood Diamond" last weekend. Seriously, people - how do these things happen in our world today? And why aren't we doing something about it? It hurts my heart.
10. Speaking of Sierra Leone, no, there's no new news about Tejan. We're just waiting, and continuing to pray for him. Join us if you will.

Happy Tuesday... smooch you all for your kind words yesterday. I needed them.