What I Know Right Now

...and things I’ve learned this week.

1. As in-laws go, I’ve got it pretty good. I’ve known that for a long time, but this week I learned that, after spending nearly every waking moment with one or another of my in-laws, I’m now in withdrawal after not seeing them for 24 hours.
2. My mom is right. I really ought to be a bit more mindful of what I’m wearing when I leave the house to go out in public. I think I’m well past the age where I can look all right going out in a t-shirt and jeans with no makeup on. And I can just about guarantee that when I do go out like that, I’ll run into people I know.
3. Snow days are nice. That moment in the morning, when I’m just beginning to think about getting out of bed, and my school gets called off...well, there’s little more exciting than that. However...snow days become a lot less nice when we use up our 5 allotted days and cruise right into make-up days. I didn’t sign up for this school gig so that I could be going to school in July.
4. Methodists cook better than Episcopalians. It’s a limited survey I’ve done, but the Methodists are out in front. Waaaaaaaaaaay out in front.
5. When given the choice between leaving plants out in the -ahem- cool van or bringing them in to the warm, dry heat of the house, opt for the house. Apparently plants don’t appreciate below-zero temperatures.
6. Chez voiture is in no way ready to get a puppy. Yes, the one that visited yesterday was a-DOR-able, and yes, he did sort of really like A. But the poop on the floor? Yeah. Not so adorable.
7. Dementia must be awful. I’ve been walking around in a foggy daze most of the last week. It takes me several minutes to figure out what day it is when I wake up in the morning. Between the snow days and the family events going on, I’m having a hard time keeping things straight. I’m hoping that gets solved when I return to school next week. Um...just in time for the next snowstorm.





Papaw, here’s to you. We miss you.