one morning, drinking my coffee outside, i heard a crazy chittering.
there were three sparrows in the parking lot.
chase. chitter. flutter.
then toward my car. two under. one up and over.
then around the corner and away.
i doodled my way through election judge training
i have SCOBY eating sugar and growing me good bacteria in a big jar on my counter. i have little jars filled with kombucha tea, fruit and fruit juice to make my tasty pro-biotic brew.
my friend beth saves me the starbucks rewards starcodes from all her bags of coffee beans.
she gave me fifteen of them the other day.
starbucks.com only allows two starcodes to be entered per day.
i've been entering two at a time . . .
i'm getting to the end of them . . . and i'm close to earning a gold star!
(and find out what that means, exactly.)
two friends in the past two weeks have told me that they actually picture me with a nose ring
ben would smile about that and say, "see! you should get one!"
skype is weird
so good to see his face in real time, but made me want to cry
. . . so close, but 1700 miles away . . .
i like talking on the phone and texting better
the kids' room had looked like a total bomb went off in there.
we spent quite a few hours on it over the course of a couple days. now, it looks grand!
that was a job well-done - and, so far, they are keeping it that way!
they've been cleaning up after they play - it's wonderful!
i finished giving myself a haircut at 1:30 am . . . after talking to ben one night
the tree windchime? i gave myself permission to buy that
i've had my eye on it since last summer
there are two little birds at the top, sitting in the tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g
i love fresh air and cool water.
jumping in, climbing out. jumping in, climbing out.
the sandy bottom beneath our toes.
the moving-right-along of the river. a clear-glass wind-less night on the lake.
good friends. laughter. the wonderful work of playing and enjoying.
play and enjoy and be wonderful, my friends.
love, ~e