Early bird me?

What a concept!! Who knew that getting up so early would allow one to get a bunch of stuff done before 8 am??? Now that I'm' 1/2 way to 90, I'm amazed at my new learning curve. This am at 5:45 I had to take Jess to meet Debbie from Hickman Mills Church to do her job shadowing assignment. We had it worked out to do it yesterday between church services but I messed up and didn't get it okayed by the supervisor---like it was MY assignment????? Anyway, Jess hasn't ever driven all the way across the Metro alone, much less in the dark and the rush hour traffic, so I took her and Em and I will go back and get her later. Gas is cheaper now, it's all good.

We have enjoyed having Jess around this weekend. She has lots of stories to tell, so much more fun to hear her tell them in person rather than on the phone. Mark needs a visual directory to keep up with all the names. He has almost mastered the 5 main girls--the suitemates, roommate and best pals. But he is NOT interested in figuring out which guy names are important---lol. There is one name that comes up more than others, but they (Jess and Kyle) are "just talking". It takes a glossary just to keep up with all the "relationship terms." LOL. We are super pleased with Jess' level thinking and attitudes about the "guy thing". She has had many opportunities to "hook up" with one guy and she has been learning and thinking about who she is, where she's going and how a guy could mess up her plans, or complement them. I know it's only Thanksgiving of her freshmen year, she has plenty of time to regress and drive us nuts, but we're pleased so far.

I took Jess and Hannah with me on Sat to Jeff City so show Ami's Glass Pendants. Our dear friend, Judy, had a lovely spread of sandwiches and snacks. There were many of my old faithful Dix Rd ladies. So we collected a ton of hugs and sold a good number of pendants. We got to see baby Cole, who was lucky enough to be born to our sweet neighbor kids. So fun to see him, his brothers and wonderful parents, Matt and Gina. Of course we wanted to go down the hill and be "home" again in our old homestead. I was plenty tired driving home in the dark, had to resort to peanut M & M's and diet Coke.

Note to self: Make sure the family laundry is caught up BEFORE the college kid arrives!! ARGH!! Good thing my master's degree in laundry (ML) provides me the ability to get the situation under control. This will be discussed in my parenting book under the chapter, "Parenting and the College Student". It's different than the chapter on "Preschoolers" and "Grade schoolers", "Middle Schoolers" etc....When I go on the circuit with my book, let me know if you want tickets to Oprah. Surely they let the guest bring as many with her as necessary. Wish it was today, as it's Oprah's Favorite Things.....all the good stuff that no one else can afford given to the screaming audience. TV at it's best!!

Time to move on catching those worms, being an early bird. We'll be home all week, so I may update in a timely fashion. That may please the Blog Police, who shall go unnamed, Amie and Tawn. LOLOL. My other faithful reader, dkd, is having hand surgery this am, so my prayers and best wishes go out to him and his nursing staff on a speedy recovery!