Later that same day...

I found myself quoting John Denver this evening,

sitting out on the back porch.

"Hey, it's good to be back home again.
Sometimes this old farm
feels like a long lost friend."

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Now, I use the term "farm" loosely here.
We don't exactly live on a farm.
We have a wild barn cat and five
chickens. That's the extent of our
livestock. We do have a large, thriving garden.
I also thought about taking pictures of that,
but did you read my earlier post today?
I don't feel good.
Didn't feel good then and don't feel good now.
So I didn't get any garden pictures for you.
Besides, it was fixing to rain.

I did manage to unpack and pick up a thing or two around the house today. I took a little snooze while Baby J was asleep and Lloyd Dobbler was on a conference call this afternoon. And then while Lloyd Dobbler and Big E were at baseball practice, I fixed supper. We had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, watermelon, and rolls. I still have to go downstairs and clean up the mess. Yuck.

It was at the dinner table that we realized today was
Wednesday.....so guess who didn't go to church?
How messed up are we that we don't know what day of
the week it is? Holiday weekends and being out of town
just make me lose touch with reality.

If you'll turn your attention to the juke box, I'd like you to
take a moment and listen to #2. I think that's supposed to
be rain in the background of that song
---which makes me like it,
because you know me and rain.
We're bffs.
But the song is so slow and kind of depressing....
makes you want to leave home.....

I thought you might like to know that we have
only three days left
of school that we have to accomplish.
My two big kids will never finish their math in three days
so we'll be going at it however long it takes them to finish.
And then of course we are doing our
Science in the summer this year
.....so we have that to do.
(I'll just tell you, I love Science like
I love the roads in Alabama.)
But three days.
THREE DAYS, Dear Reader.
Only three more days. Yahoo!

Well, I have the boys all asleep in their beds---I think the kids are glad to be home too. Big E and Sweet T fell asleep with their light on. I thought they were being awfully quiet in there and when I went to check on them, they were both out cold. I need to get that kitchen cleaned up so I can totally crash for the night. I really hope I feel better after a good night's sleep. I have felt so very terrible today.