After having a full week full of packing and relearning to fly and Mah Jongg, I woke up this morning with a slight sore throat and in no hurry to get up. When I finally did, I felt weak and still sleepy. I had a 12:30 appointment for a haircut, but when Beth called to cancel because she was sick, I was relieved. Yesterday, my hair was in one of those rare states where it looked tolerable enough to skip a haircut. But I did take a Tuesday appointment just in case. A look in the mirror just now made me realize it won't hurt to do it.
My thoughts all day: I CANNOT be sick. I usually don't allow myself to consider such, so I tried to ignore it, but I fell asleep in my chair in the middle of the morning and then went back to bed and slept several hours.
Emily called about 4:30 and said she was on the way home and let me in on a lot of the news of the clinic - who is being hired and all that excitement - and asked if I wanted to come over and clear up some details of the trip. We really haven't talked about it much. It looks like one of those vacations where we just go where we want to for a few days and then end up at our destination for a week. Lots of things depend on other people, on whether they can meet up or whether they can join us or none of the above. We're okay with anything. The 3 adults have a lot of memories to keep us busy, but the kids might bet a little bored with talk of the "old days." We'll see what comes up, but we have just a few musts - one including the Original Oyster House in Mobile where I always got Mike's Grilled Shrimp with cheese grits and turnip greens with tasso. Yum I'm not sure how much it was when we used to go, but Mike W would have something to say about the $24 price tag, although after seeing prices here, it doesn't seem high at all.
I just don't take pictures like I used to, so I'll be borrowing from the past months when I need something besides boring tales.
The last thing we had was Graysen's band concert last week. Elise and I went separately from the rest of the family but ended up on the same row. It was good, and the kids looked like they were having fun with it. I have a few pictures from a distance, but the music stand blocked their faces for the most part, so I relied on those taken by a school photographer.
This is a good picture of our friend Carly in the sixth-grade group, front and center!
And little sister Ida who sat two rows in front of us and kept an eye on us! Love that bow!
A little bit excited!
This girl has a busy life, but I love that she is involved in school activities along with her team soccer outside of school. This is her second year of band, and she completed two seasons of cross-country as well as two seasons of middle-school soccer. She'd love to take track this spring, but where's the time to fit it in? I'm hoping she and Carly and Katherine can all do cross-country next fall. It would be a lot of fun to watch, but I'm not sure we can convince Kate of that! She's not sure about the band and says she might or might not try it. Keeping all her options open! 
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