Well, it is here....the moment I have been waiting for since January 1st. The end of speech season! I am so happy for Jarod that he won the state title, that he avenged the fact that he didn't get one for one act, and that he is the first team in 14 years to beat Raymond Central. However, I am even happier that our home life will now be restored. I would say "back to normal," but I am sure many of you might agree that nothing is really ever that "normal" around here. What is normal anyway?!
So today I am going to celebrate first with a huge brownie and a cup of coffee (or 3) for breakfast, and then you can find me covered in dirt and filth cleaning up the remnants of fall from my flowerbeds! It donned on me the other night, when we tackled the first tenth of this project, that I now have an ipod that I could listen to in the yard. This is an addition since last gardening season. But I don't know if I can do it.....listen to my ipod in the yard.....then I might miss Barb singing or playing the trombone, my kids arguing in the sandbox (or playing nicely), cars driving by with a wave, the morning dove with her incessant "whoo whoo". Maybe after I have been out there for 4 or 5 hours the quaintness of it all will wear off and I may have to jam to a little "Chicken Fried" among my rose bushes. Poor neighbors!
You have just said perfectly why I almost never listen to my ipod. I think they're wonderful, but I feel like I miss out on so many other things when I have it on, so I usually just leave it behind.
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