I got back from West Monroe late this afternoon and have spent the time since then trying to straighten up the house and do laundry and make a grocery list. I’m not sure why I feel so behind when I’ve only been gone for twenty-four hours but I’m thinking it’s because Monday is the day I am usually my best self. It’s really all downhill for the rest of the week after that.
But now my Tuesday will need to be my Monday and I need to go to the grocery store and put up laundry and wash these stupid white slipcovers that I now hate with every fiber of my being because you know what they never are? Clean.
Actually I take that back. They are clean for 2.6 seconds right after I put them back on the cushions. It’s a glorious time and for that 2.6 seconds I feel like I’m every woman.
Anyway, I had a great time being in West Monroe. Sophie and I spoke at First Baptist and everyone was so nice and the sweet lady who picked me up from the airport (Hi Joy!) even drove me through Popeye’s chicken to pick up lunch before she dropped me off at my hotel. I feel like I should clarify that she offered to take me anywhere to eat and I requested Popeye’s as soon as I realized it was an option because I like to keep it classy.
It was great to meet so many people who read here on a regular basis and I know Sophie and I were both relieved that plenty of women were there because the weather was terrible. A cold front blew in late that afternoon with rain and thunder and lightning and the whole thing. It’s not really the kind of weather that makes you think,”Hey! Let’s get out in this and go somewhere!” But people did and I was grateful because it would have been awkward to just sit and visit with Sophie all by ourselves on the stage at First Baptist.
All this to say it’s been kind of a busy couple of days and I ended up sitting on the runway in Houston for over an hour in the hottest, stuffiest plane you can imagine. I really can’t even think about it right now or I’ll start to feel claustrophobic all over again. So this all adds up to me being a little beyond tired and in need of my bed. Which is where I’m heading right now.
But I’ll be back tomorrow. Hopefully with something interesting. It seems promising since I’m going to the grocery store and we all know how exciting that can be.