Thursday

Good afternoon! It's almost 5pm here and I spent a few hours this afternoon with my aunt Barb, we took a ride to Olcott, which is on Lake Ontario and had a nice lunch. We went to a restaurant called the Harbor Inn, it's a quaint little place. My aunt used to go there every Friday with my Grandpa and there's a waitress there named Sherry that loved my Grandpa, she came over and talked to us about him and how she used to snap his suspenders and he'd laugh...she'd give him extra clam chowder to take home with him because she knew how much he loved it. It was really nice talking to someone that isn't in my family that knew him and loved him. I've been thinking so much about him lately, I think it's because Father's Day is coming up. When I was a little girl my father wasn't really in my life and my Grandpa totally stepped in and it meant the world to me. I remember he took me to father/daughter banquets through school and worked with me on a father/daughter project that I had when I was in Girl Scouts. I still have the plaque we made and it is one of my most valuable possessions. I loved him so much, he was an amazing man...a wonderful husband to my grandma, a wonderful father to my father and my aunts and uncle and a wonderful grandpa to myself, my brother and all my cousins. I love being in his house because it makes me feel so much closer to him.

As you may have noticed I'm a little melancholy today...I mentioned this to Jenna in an e-mail earlier..I apologize ahead of time to any boys that may be reading this...but this morning I was feeling sorry for myself for no particular reason and happened to look at my calendar to double check the time of my hair appointment tomorrow and whattaya know...it's hormone time! Ahhh yes, I do so much love the 3-4 days of each month where I am weepy at the drop of a hat and then the next minute want to rip someone's face off. I have learned the hard way to not make any major decisions or to have any serious conversations at this time because it always ends up biting me in the ass.

Aside from my current hormonal imbalance, all is well. The weather is beautiful today, it's in the low 80's and a wonderful breeze. Zero humidity. Yeah! I love zero humidity and so does my hair.

Speaking of hair, I can't wait to get my hair color touched up & a trim tomorrow...I don't want to start a new job with gray hair that is out of control.

Well that's all I've got right now, hope everyone has a good day.

And Kari, if you're reading this, please know that your friend & their family are in my thoughts.