Happy Birthday Rita!

I just got back from dinner with my friend Rita. She is one of my very oldest friends from Whittier College, I have known her for 32 years! Amazing, isn't it? We had swimming together 1st semester and her sister said that only a Freshman would do that! We later pledged together, she was in my wedding, done a little traveling together and she just always has been one of my very good friends! There were 7 of us that pledged as freshmen and this is the year we are turning 50. Rita's attitude about it is much better than mine. Since she is the youngest of 5, now she is like her brothers and sisters. But I am the oldest of my sisters so when I turn 50, I'll be the only one and for quite a while. Can't say that I'll really looking forward to the big 5-0.

Came home to see Nevin watching the Republican Convention. Sounds quite enthusiastic.

School went well, we had a whole bunch of kids sign up last minute and I now have 25! The other two K classes are high also and hopefully, we'll get some relief in the future, maybe a new teacher? My students were so cute and most of them so little! I'm much more relaxed. Even a couple of parents commented to me that I looked so much happier today than I looked last year. I didn't think I was so transparent. Oh well. My whiskey barrel of flowers outside my classroom survived the summer quite nicely but I want to buy some bamboo for the inside of the class. Thay have always done well in that room, maybe that was what was missing last year. Off to shop, I hear the Dollar Tree has some good deals! :-)