I realize that Tuesday was actually Super Tuesday but that doesn’t mean today can’t be its very own kind of super. Especially because it’s Thursday which means we are one step closer to Friday. And for us this upcoming weekend is a weekend of absolutely nothing on the calendar. We don’t even have a soccer game. I don’t even know what we’ll do with all the free time.
And now that I’ve put that out there, I realize I better hope and pray Caroline doesn’t come up with some kind of school assignment that involves building a log cabin replica out of popsicle sticks over the weekend.
My last couple of days have been filled with trying to write some things for the new book, wanting to go yank a leaf blower out of my neighbor’s hands because you can only blow leaves for thirty minutes or so before you are alienating the neighborhood, and dealing with the mood swings of a junior high girl who has had a cough for the last ten days.
Here are a few things that might interest you:
1. #Mom Joke Monday
Y’all. This is so dumb. Truly. But a friend shared it on Twitter and I watched it and I couldn’t quit laughing by the end of it.
2. Wake County Children’s Book Drive
This book drive would provide every child in ten elementary schools in Wake County with ten books each. Unfortunately, only 22,000 books were donated and they needed 110,000. You can read all the details right here. They have extended the drive to March 12th and if you have gently used (or new!) children’s books you’d like to donate you can mail them here:
Elizabeth R. Santana
Administrator
Wake Up and Read
Wake County Public Schools
Crossroads II, Office #2314
110 Corning Road
Cary, NC 27518
I was so glad my friend Lindsey brought this to my attention yesterday. I believe in books and how they can change your life. I would love to see them get all the books they need and more.
3. Doggie jail
Piper and Mabel ride in my car almost every day. I take them to the dog park and to pick up Caroline from school on a regular basis, but they were absolutely trashing my car seats. So I ordered a pet barrier, also known as doggie jail.
You can only imagine the poetry this jail sentence has brought out of Mabel.
Warden, oh warden
A bad case of prison blues
I can’t be fenced in
I am innocent
Sister has the dirty paws
Please let me in front
Bars are everywhere
I can’t see freedom from here
Now plotting escape
Have a super Thursday.