Simple Woman's Daybook, Cinco de Mayo, 2015

 

 

For Today...

 

Outside my window... birds are chirping. It sounds like spring.
  

  I am thinking... about Addison's best friend whose father passed away suddenly this week. My heart is breaking for their family, and Addie is so worried about her friend. When her friend told Addie her father had died, Addie asked what happened, "if somebody shot him or something". The friend said, "No, he was just really old."  He was 39.  :(

  

 I am thankful... for my family's health and well-being today. That's exactly what I said last week, but with the string of bad news we've had lately from friends, coworkers, and neighbors, I'm even more thankful.

 

 From the kitchen... leftover BBQ pork going in Nina's lunchbox this morning.
   

 I am creating... not much.

   

I am going... to work.

 

I am reading... Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. I just started it. I finished The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. It was one of Elise's middle school reading assignments this year, and I like to read what they do occasionally. This was a great book! I wish my 7th grade reading assignments had been this good. We had to read Great Expectations in 7th grade. That was torture. The Outsiders was a West Side Story type storyline with gangs, deaths, friendship, and family. There was plenty of meat for discussion and analysis, but it was very readable, and more relatable to a middle schooler. Good stuff.

 

 I am hoping... Addie's friend's family continues to get support from friends and neighbors. They are from Greece and don't have any family in this country.
   

I am hearing... a quiet house. Elise has left for middle school, but the other two aren't up yet.
 

Around the house... grout in the master bathroom! Progress!

 

One of my favorite things... um... grout?  It means I'm one step closer to having a bathtub and toilet again. So for today, grout is one of my favorite things.

 

A few plans for the rest of the week... lunch with a friend (I accidentally stood her up last week... hoping to do better this week), Girl Scout Progression Ceremony for Addison, and our neighborhood pool opening.

 

Here is a picture thought I am sharing... we had a major league hail storm last week. I don't think I've ever seen hail pile up like this before.

 

 

 

 

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Comments

[Jodi]

That's so sad about that family... 39 is not old. Prying for them.

That is a lot of hail!

Have a great week!

[jen]

39 is only 4 years older than me!

[Ann]

Jodi, Jen, I know... he was so young. From a 7 year old's perspective though, I suppose 39 is "very old". If that is how the little girl can make sense of it all right now, that works for me. (Even though that must mean I am very very old!)

[Ellie]

Oh my goodness, I really feel for that family. I was 12 when my dad passed away in a car accident at the age of 37. None of my friends could relate to how I felt, and it was hard enough losing him, but having my friends being so awkward was also difficult. I will pray for Addie's family, it is so very hard. That was some hail storm you had, wow! And I am also glad you have grout, woot!!