I can’t believe this is my third day home already! Monday I mainly caught up with reading, unpacking, grocery shopping, and cleaning up, but that evening Lesley, Justin, and I ventured out to Verite Coffee, a coffee-and-cupcake place in Madrona. We went to read our New Testament and the People of God books, but ended up talking more than reading. We had fun catching up, so all was well. Lesley and I watched a bit of Monty Python and the Holy Grail when we got back. Overall, I was just enjoying being at home
Tuesday I took Justin in to work so I could use the car and run errands. After working in my classroom for a few hours, I got my brows waxed, my hair trimmed, and my back adjusted. I went to the bank, washed the car, got some bubble tea, grabbed some lunch at home, went to a meeting, took Justin to a meeting, ate dinner at home, and picked Justin up from a meeting. I spent most of the day in the car, but I felt productive. When we all got home, we watched a documentary about Wal-Mart that I would recommend, even though it can be melodramatic at times (see Justin’s blog for more info).
Today I took Justin in to school and tried to find the route to my school from there. I ended up on the West Seattle Bridge and 99 North when I could have just taken a few backroad shortcuts. The 5-10 minute drive turned into 45 minutes and a trip through downtown, but I think I can get there now. We had a mentor meeting at our school for the Achiever Scholars with computer training and free pizza. I was at school until 1, and then I picked up my free notebooks for students from the science materials center in Fremont. I picked up Justin and we had some coffee at Revolution Coffee in West Seattle, then we caught a second-run matinee at Admiral Theaters (The DaVinci Code) this afternoon. When we got home, we went for a walk for almost an hour and played on the zipline at the nearby park. It seems like a lovely fall day here, and it has for the last few days with the highs barely reaching the 70s, the leaves falling and crunching under our feet, and with the sun making a rare appearance. I like fall, but I am not willing to give up summer so easily. Maybe we’l get some rain and some warmer weather before fall really begins in a month.
Tomorrow brings untold adventures. I have to report back to work next Tuesday, so I have to pack a lot in in five days.
