Mismatched and Miscellaneous

Hey, Amanda.

The neighbor thing: weird. Definitely weird. Keep me posted.

L had her surgery this morning and is doing fine. J texted as soon as she was out of surgery and in recovery and let me know all was well. She's in the hospital overnight, but I had a chance to speak with her just before I wrote. I'll visit later this weekend and will get some quality time with my Sunshine in the process.

I went out with C after school, as planned, but the Thai restaurant wasn't open when we got there (during their break between lunch and dinner rushes)(another reason not to be a teacher). Instead we went to Pizzera Uno and had a fine time. Like so many other chains, they are trying to entice customers during the recession, so our early dinners were a bargain.

Today my period feels more like someone wrapping my bowels around my uterus than pulling connective tissue off my organs as it did yesterday, but the end is in sight. I seriously considered calling in sick tomorrow, and left lesson plans on my desk, but I don't want to be out two school days in a row, two days on either side of a long weekend. And, A, I'm not missing the Inauguration. We have permission to watch the swearing in at noon, but none of the festivities, and I'm in for the whole day. I followed all the campaigning and Tuesday I'll be champagning. When someone asks years from now if I remember where I was when President Obama was inaugurated, I'll say, Yes. I felt like it was an important moment in history, one of the most important in my lifetime. So I stayed home from work and watched every minute.

Thanks for getting another post in before your guests arrive. Check your mail for recipes; call if you have any questions (especially if you're going to make the farfalle with broccoli).

Love you,
Barb