I'm really trying to get some relax-time in during these next couple of days. That's because next week I'll start going down to the Harold Washington Library each day to nail down my planning for the year.
Yesterday, I reread Of Mice and Men before getting out of bed, since we'll be reading it this year in my classes. Then, I got to hang out with some of my favorite girls: Ursula, Flicka, Addie, and Hannah. We lunched at Handlebar, where we ate fried pies filled with pb&j. YUM, but we were sure moving slow on the walk home.
Last night, I caught the cleaning bug! That's hasn't happened frequently this summer, especially since it's been so hot. It's a bit odd to me how much fun I have cleaning. I have to attribute this to our Saturday cleaning days at home in Dyersville, when Mom would give us a list of tasks to accomplish, then she'd turn the music up loud and we'd go to work! We'd always have a smorgasbord of leftovers for a break at lunchtime: spaghetti and fried chicken, coleslaw and chicken salad, lettuce salad with cottage cheese, pickled herring and rye bread, usually with sun tea. Typing that just made my mouth water. Anyway, now I can't help but have a blast when I clean. I'm lucky that Joel likes to spend Saturdays like this also, and I imagine it will be a little like those good ol' days when we have our own house someday.
Today, I read The First Part Last for the first time, before I got out of bed. We'll be reading that book this year in Basic and Intermediate English. Today I have a lot of errands I'd like to run since we'll have weekend guests, our friends Jeff and Alison and their little one, Finn. They're from the Twin Cities - major Twins fans - so we're taking them to a White Sox game.
Today is sunny, and my bike, the green machine, looks pretty inviting.
Oh, and we ate sweet corn last night! It's definitely close to prime time in CornLand.
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