This fine morning, I went to my water aerobics class. I skipped on Wednesday for the beach, and while I was active, it's not the same as getting that workout. I was feeling a bit achy, so I went, and ahhh, it was nice. Then, all by myself, to the thrift store, as I wanted a book...I found a 99 cent Anne Tyler with four novels in one book, not sure if I read two of them.
Then to Aldi, for strawberries, hot dogs and brats, and chicken, and some salad kits for camping. Then to BJ's for a graduation cake...the girls just keep talking about graduation cake, so I got one...the nice lady there even wrote Congrats Char.
Home...ahh, home. I put some things away in the camper, then in the house, then the pool...but not for long, because I have to pick the girls up from work, Char has to get ready for graduation tonight.
The elementary walk, Miss Charlotte Claire...all grown up, with her kindergarten pic around her neck...how did it happen so quickly?
It's 88 and super humid here, and graduation is in three and a half hours, outside...I am going to melt. I am going to sweat through my dress and stick to my chair. If I drink too much, I'll have go find the bathroom, and I'll faint.
See how my thoughts go?
The poor graduates with those stupid hot gowns on. Oh dear, the abuse we subject ourselves to for absolutely no good reason. If I were king, they would not wear them, and we would not do this...one thing the Covid Era did right was drive-by graduations...and oh, the speeches....those who love the sound of their own voices, droning on and on...
Okay, I'll stop it now and behave myself. After all, this is the last one...and I won't make Char feel bad...a few of our kids chose not to "walk", and we were fine with that, but a lot of them did, and ugh, I've never been to a graduation ceremony that was amazing, with the exception of the nursing school ones, and the Army ones. Even those could have been much, much shorter.
Ah well....time to go out the door again, somebody slap me and get me to behave myself ha...have a good day, and don't melt like I am going to....
4 comments:
Thanks for the catch-up here and I'm with you on speeches and ceremonies that take much too long. Happy weekend!
We are only 22 degrees hotter than you. Not a fun time of year.
Terri, it wasn't too terribly long...but still...no one cares about those speeches...
Kristi, I am stunned, 110? oh dear. That's like an oven. It was almost that hot when I was in Phoenix. Phew. Of course we're going camping today, we'll be right on Lake Ontario, and the temp is dropping and rain is coming in...
My last 4 were homeschooled and graduation was in an air conditioned church… yay.
A few years ago my niece invited us to her graduation from officer school for the marines and it was mid summer at Quanico. Super exciting to be there but had it be in our seats( bleachers) by 6am and it started at 9am. By 9 it was already in the 90’s and humid as Virginia can be. It was hours long, very exciting but sooo got. By the time it was over the excitement was truly losing its edge and we just wanted to be in the car leaving. Lol
Judy
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