It seemed cool this morning, and I really didn't look forward to going out, but Elise and I had returns to make, so we went up to the UPS store and got that done. It was nice once we got out and found the sunshine, and I ended up walking home while Elise drove. Such a nice walk.
I'm enjoying seeing the strawberry-vanilla hydrangeas as they turn different colors. I thought this little pot of dead-looking stems would never leaf and bloom.
I'm not sure the temps got low enough to hurt any plants, but we dutifully brought them inside last night. I wish they had looked this good all summer. These are the ones we couldn't find a place for in the apartment.
I met the others at the Y for mah jongg this afternoon, and we noticed we were playing along at a good pace and not having to sit there saying "Where were we? What are we doing?" I did get the perfect hand my first time and reached mah jongg early. Things just fell into place nicely, and it was a pleasure. Sharon won the last game, and there were two wall games.
Sharon had made us Halloween-themed cards to try, and she did one and won, but the others of us kept forgetting to try it. Maybe during the interval, we can at least look at it and get familiar with some of the hands. I guess I'll go Friday unless I get a chance to go to the cross-country meet.
The girls both came after school and had a lunch of sorts - Gray had tomato basil soup and cheese toast plus half an apple and some chips. Kate had mac and cheese, cheese toast and the same snacks. They watched a Mystery show with Elise while they ate and then tried to work on homework. Gray's especially was so hard. We got a little frustrated at word problems talking about refilling bird feeders and fractions and those greater than, less than signs. They have soccer practice and/or DMW tonight, so they left pretty early.
I'm going to get warm and put on pjs and have a cup of coffee and read some. Elise has me interested in some Flannery O'Connor short stories, and I have some blogs to read. I feel a little down tonight for no particular reason, but my blogs always cheer me up.
A little bonus: Ryan called and said he was bringing some laundry over - I've volunteered to do some of the girls' laundry to take some of the weekend backlog off them - and I love to do laundry. He also brought several pieces of banana bread he had made, which made having that cup of coffee that much nicer. Good-smelling clothes, coffee with cinnamon-vanilla creamer this week, and banana bread. Nice night after all.
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