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Guess what I did today?  I went to Lafayette BY MYSELF and had a mani/pedi with my favorite nail tech, Tina.  Then I shopped for a bridal shower gift for Megan, Karen, and me to give to Erin, Alex's fiancee.  Next I ate BY MYSELF at O'Charley's, but just as I finished, Hilary and Blaine and the kids came in so Landon sat with me until my change came back, then I visited with them for a while before their food arrived.  I stopped at Lowe's and Meijer, then stopped at Rural King for rat poison on the way home.  It felt good to get out and do something that was not related to cleaning out houses and making decisions and just doing what I wanted to do.

As I was driving, I had the urge to write, which is part of the reason behind this blog.  Topics for posts?

-- Adjusting to the not having Mom around as in not wondering how she is or checking to see when the next doctor's appointment is or checking with Greta to hear about her latest rampage

--Cleaning out the house in Wooster - trash and treasure.  Definitely.  One more than the other.

--a normal summer routine - which is odd to even say since most summers I have taught summer session, even when I was teaching high school because of the Purdue classes - or I have been recovering from knee surgery.  I haven't had a 'free' summer in....really, I can't remember when I have had a 'free' summer.  This one isn't either.

--effects of childhood verbal and physical abuse on adults they grew into

--rebuilding one's life

--faith

--overthinking things

--underthinking things

--counting one's blessings

--online Bible studies

--reading for pleasure (haven't done that for a few weeks)

--quilting (haven't done that for a few weeks either)

--importance of family

Many things to ponder.  Notice that none of them popped up today as a blog post.  Maybe tomorrow?  Maybe next week?  Maybe not at all.  Just thinking.