" So Far So Good "

Well it may be a little to soon to tell as I woke far too early this morning (4:00 a.m.) but I am feeling much better today. Thank you everyone for your prayers and well wishes. It may have been what did the trick!

As I said yesterday, at least I think it was yesterday, you know what fever can do to your brain! Katie woke up on her own and got ready for school. She is going to do it for the rest of the school year (five more days) and I think it's good practice for her.

I didn't think she could do it but she got me to cry Monday. When I picked her up from school she was carrying her cap and gown. As she entered the car she said "Mom your gonna cry." Then I said " I doubt it, I'm really too sick to cry right now." And I did feel awful at the time. I started to drive the few blocks home as usual as she proceeded to unwrap her cap, gown and tassel. Well she held up the tassel that had a little charm on it that said "09" and she said "Look it's made out of real metal, not cheap plastic!". Well that silly statement and looking at the tassel started to choke me up. You know when you are a woman it doesn't take much! I started to cry a little but quickly realized that I needed to see where I was driving so I wiped my few tears out of my eyes. And then little miss "I'm fourteen and know everything" said to me " I told you that you were going to cry.".

I received an interesting text message from my husband that I'd like to share with you this morning. It reads as follows, " Heard on the news they checked someone into the psych ward wearing just a thong riding a goat. I'll come get you but this is the last time!" Isn't he romantic!

If you've read Teresa's blog "Do the Write Thing" you will notice that it has changed and I think it looks beautiful. In her last post there were pictures of a cottage on the ocean. This brought back to me one of my favorite dreams. We all have them. And although mine will probably never actually happen I still like to daydream from time to time that it does. I would love to live in a house or cottage on a beach on the ocean. I have had frequent dreams about this over the years and am especially fond of books that take place in that setting. There is one particular house in a Diane Lane/Richard Gere movie called " Nights in Rodanthe". The house in that movie is amazing to me. And I very much enjoyed the movie. It's a great chick flick. I wouldn't dream of asking my husband to watch it with me. Way too much estrogen for him! If you haven't seen this movie, I would suggest watching it alone or with a bff and a box of tissue handy. Interesting tid bit, Rodanthe is in North Carolina where my daughter lives,MMMmmm.

This is a photo of the house from the movie. So if you have some time to spend in the house for whatever reason, check out this movie if you haven't already. And don't forget to keep on dreaming!