Monday, May 4th was THE MOST PERFECT DAY. I got in my car, filled up on
some $1.17 gas...and headed over to Mendota, Illinois to meet Rhonda Pierce for
lunch.
It was
VERY WINDY...and kinda cold for an actual picnic...but we managed.
Then, we got IN Rhonda's car to actually talk a little business. In
this whole new world we're living in....
We met up in a CVS parking
lot -- then scoped out the park situation. Turns out Mendota has a
beautiful lake, as well as the Hume-Carnegie park right downtown (in
front of the original Carnegie library).
We had a wonderful, responsible, socially proper distanced visit!! |
On the
way home, I drove about 80 miles in Illinois Hwy 92...and I only met 4
cars. There was not one other car (or tractor) in my lane the whole way
home...
THEN -- this happened.
Since Monday is cleaning day -- Carrie
worked in my basement ALONE -- without any help from me (or would she
call it interference?)...and when I went down there -- I COULD NOT
BELIEVE MY EYES. That girl is magic. She had things organized, and
sorted, and bagged, labeled...it was an AMAZING thing to see. Suddenly,
all the kids' craft activities are living in the same space, and there
are about 100 pithy t-shirts all hung up and sorted...OMG...OMG...OMG...
So -- like this day wasn't PERFECT ENOUGH...
THIS HAPPENED...
Emily
called (about 5:30) and said the kids had been working on a Mother's
Day scavenger hunt for me -- but they were so bored and antsy, she told
them they could do it tonight. I said sure -- come on over...and when
they did, Lilly had worked on some artful clues -- with pictures, and
rhyming words -- the scavenger hunt took us outside, down to the garden,
into Elliott's truck, up to my brother's house...then, finally, to the
little park on the corner. (which the kids and I had turned into the
Social Distance Cafe last month)....
And there it was. Their gift to me.
You really will not believe it...
It is SO SPECIAL -- it needs a special blog post all it's own...
Tomorrow -- on Mother's Day -- I'll post the picture.
You really will not believe it...
It is SO SPECIAL -- it needs a special blog post all it's own...
Tomorrow -- on Mother's Day -- I'll post the picture.
What a wonderfully descriptive phrase "100 pithy t-shirts"!
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