Good morning! It is too warm and way too humid
this morning. It is so humid out that you can see it hanging in the air. Try
about 96% humidity. Yuck. Actually, if you took away the humidity, the
temperature would be okay.
Yesterday was a get ready for school kind of day.
All morning Amena wanted to know when we were going to get supplies. I went
with Laura to Staples after she got home and we got what was needed with a few
exceptions. Seth still needs a calculator which I’ll get when I see one I like.
Amena thinks he needs colored pencils but Laura has some he can have, a pencil
box that I’m sure we have running around somewhere and if we don’t, they don’t
cost much, and a black fine tip Sharpie that I think a blue one will work for
but the list says black and we know how literal Amena can be. Cedric needs 3
holed graph paper and I think there is some upstairs. I couldn’t believe that a 4 MB flash drive was
on his list. I don’t even know if they make them that small any more.
When Laura and I got home, Amena wanted to sort
everything out which was fine so she started doing that. Then I asked Laura if
she’d be willing to take Amena and Cedric to get shoes. That way I could make
supper and we wouldn’t have to go today.
She was willing although not excited. I can’t say I blame her for that.
Just as Seth, Joseph and I were finishing up
eating, Paul called. The truck died on the way home from work. Could I look up
Ray’s number? I did. Paul tried calling but there was no answer. Who was home?
Me. Seth. Joseph. Oh. I called Laura and she didn’t answer but she called back
and I asked her if she could drive by Ray’s and see if he was there. She did.
She didn’t see any lights although his truck was there. She didn’t get out and
walk around or knock so I went to see if he was there. If his truck is there,
he is, so he had to be around somewhere. I got there, noticed there were lights
on, knocked on a back door and then he walked around a motor home in the back
with his dog. He’d been out walking the dog. For some reason his phone wouldn’t
work so I called Paul with mine and he talked to Ray. I think Paul was hoping
it would be an easy fix that Ray could do on the side of the road but Ray didn’t
seem too excited about going to look. Soooo, Paul called a place in Sterling
where he took the van once and they called a towing service and the truck got
towed there. I got to drive down to pick Paul up in Laura’s car. That was pretty
exciting. Even more exciting is the fact that the problem with the truck might
be a fuel injector which is something like a $1,000 fix. Yikes. If it isn’t one
thing, it’s a half dozen others. Or, in this case, just one really expensive
thing. The bug already needs to go to Springfield today and the Jetta needs
some attention. That means there is the van for Paul to drive to work. And
soccer practice starts Thursday. Oh boy.
I didn’t do much yesterday other than laundry,
going to Staples, and picking up Paul. I did spend a lot of time looking at
patterns and clothes for the mid-1770’s and the medieval period. That was fun
but not really the best use of my time. There is always so much that needs to
be done. I did wash some of the fabric that I’m going to use for waistcoats for
the boys. It needed washing before getting used in the worst way. Those I
washed yesterday were both wool fabrics and they came from Salvation Army.
Goodness knows how long they sat in someone’s stash without being washed. When
I took them out of the washing machine, I thought I might have to rewash them
but once they were dry (yes, I wash and
dry wool in the washer and dryer—just not all
wool) they were fine. I’ll get the third, which is a cotton upholstery fabric,
done today. It doesn’t look like it sat for so long and doesn’t smell.
Up for today is a trip to Springfield. Amena has
an orientation at the middle school. We have missionaries for supper. That
should be enough.
Have a wonderful day!
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