What a day

Today was crazy. My alarm went off at the normal time, but I had a rough time getting up and so ended up crawling out of bed way later than normal. I woke up with a very heavy heart due to the fact that I had heard some bad news from a friend yesterday. I started praying as soon as I woke up and prayed most of the morning. Work is just a little stressful as we are winding down the end of the school year and everyone wants to be finished. I was supposed to attend a meeting this morning, but it was canceled, so I was at work not really wanting to be there. As the day wore on it did get better and for that I was grateful.

After work I went to spend the afternoon with Grammie and Pa. Grammie was in a great mood, but Pa was quite dizzy and feeling very sick. I sat work on the crossword with Grammie, but we didn't get too far on today's puzzle. I realized that Tuesday's puzzle was still available so we worked on that. Since Grammie has a hard time hearing sometimes it came make the crossword interesting. Like this afternoon, I asked for a scoop holder that started with a "c." She thought I said soup holder and told me the answer was a tourine. I then reminded her the answer started with a "c" as in Christmas, or cat. Let me tell you that just confused the situation even more. After hearing the work Christmas, Grammie that I needed the answer noel. I had to start all over again with the original scoop holder clue. When we finally figured out that we were talking about two different words she started laughing hysterically. It took awhile for her to stop laughing and when she did she declared that "that had hurt." I'm glad I can make her laugh. After we had exhausted that puzzle, we looked at the latest Martha Stewart magazine. It has tons of great, bright pictures and I can keep up a running commentary to amuse Grammie. The first picture I saw was for blueberry scones. I told Grammie that I had never made scones before and I wondered if they were hard. I asked Grammie if she had ever made then and she said, "No, but you could make then sweetheart. They wouldn't be that hard." I just smiled, but inside I was so happy that she still remembers me enough to have confidence in me.
We continued looking through the magazine and ran across some crazy ways to spice up one's personal alcohol stash. This consisted of adding beets, chamomile, lemon, or many other crazy things to your alcohol. Grammie didn't seem all that interested in the options. :-) The food section was fun with lots of different ways to serve cold soup: carrot, cucumber, pea and best of all- corn and coconut. I told Grammie I would let AJ know to serve cold soup for lunch tomorrow. That about did it for the magazine after that. I told Grammie about the quilting guild and she thought it sounded like fun. I said good-bye and left to run to the bank.

When I got home I had to look up the address for the quilter's guild meeting tonight because I had lost the paper that I had on Tuesday. After booting up the computer, looking up the address, finding the address on a map, and looking up books to buy it was time to gather some quilts and run out the door. I figured I would grab dinner after the meeting. When I got to the meeting I left the boys' quilts in the car and went in to wander the "yard" sale. When I was about 1/2 way through, Gwen (the woman who invited me) came up and gave me a huge hug. She was so glad I came and wanted to know where my quilts where to show. I brought them in and got them ready. In the meantime, the secretary of the group befriended me and let me sit with her. I saw the most beautiful and creative quilts during show and tell. I talked about mine and told how Eli's had 1,000 pieces and Spencer's glowed in the dark. The comment about Spencer's earned a laugh. Afterwards some of the women came up to look at the quilt and I was warmly welcomed back. I can't wait to go again. What a wonderful bunch of women. The only catch is I have to make my name tag. I suppose I'll think of something.

After the guild I went to Barnes and Noble to buy some books for my friends. I didn't find what I was looking for so I walked over to the customer service desk. Would you know it, but the person there is the same person who can't remember that I work in the school district doing the same thing that he does. I said a quick prayer and walked up to the counter. He was happy to see me and he did remember my name. I think he was going to ask where I worked/how work was, but at the last minute he asked about a mutual friend. We talked for a minute and I left. I came home and typed out my day. I can now say I'm ready for bed and will probably fall right to sleep.