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Greetings all

Another great spring day here. Days sure are getting longer. I dragged myself to the gym and walked even though I did not feel like it. Glad I did. Always a good idea. Listened to the Village People. After that did the studio and made more stuff. Supply is low so I need to get busy. Firing day tomorrow. Caught up on all the gossip.

Nice to find old friends and connections Liz. Good Karma. DD is right - you have a gift for finding good people.

Countdown DD! Not surprised that you have so much to do that there is not much time to think about it. So many tasks mount up. Hope you are headache free. Enjoy the events.

We are still watching Government Cheese but it is very odd.

Not sure what is for dinner tonight. Freezer exploration needed.

Paula send me your address and I will send you a slug wine stopper. Alway more underway.

Diane S

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Drippy, drizzly day today. DH is supposed to play golf at 10:30, but that is up in the air. I have to repack for Aruba. At least I isolated the stuff for Aruba that came here from Florida when I unpacked earlier this week.

DH worked in the yard again yesterday morning and is very sore. But he is done I hope (unless he ends up having to mulch when we get back). In the afternoon we went to Provincetown and just meandered around. We walked through the west end where there are all kinds of interesting homes on the water - DH had never done that. We had a glass on wine/beer at a bar on the water before we drove back. A second beautiful day outside after the same on Tuesday.

So 3 small world connections yesterday: I got a note from a person in the FB group where the people were being snarky - he was a neighbor of mine growing up and used to deliver our paper (he is a bit younger). He lives here year round now. Then at dinner last night we started chatting with the couple next to us. Of course there is the where are you from originally? DH and the husband grew up next door to one another! They exchanged phone numbers so we can get together when we are back. When DH called his sister to tell her, she informed him that another acquaintance from their town is going to Aruba on the same flight as us and staying in the same resort. Weird to have 3 of these in the same day!

Not sure we will get a good Justice walk in this morning but I will have to look for a break. Time to start organizing the packing. Have a thumbs-up Thursday!

I love hearing about your connection to the kids (and Peps too). That will be your biggest miss. It was weird when I handed in my equipment the last day and went home without it. I didn't miss it though.

I agree about DH's decision - I always had my lawn mowed on the Cape since we didn't always know when we would be there. Previously when I suggested it he had been resistant, but now he apparently has decided it will work best. He is very sore from all the work but hasn't even finished it (the mulch needs to be spread). I wonder if kids will do it this weekend (they arrive today)?

I agree that hiring out the spring yard work will just make life less stressful.

Diane funny you are fighting slugs on your flowers but profiting from slugs on your wine stoppers. :) Beauty and utility of slugs is a matter of perspective I guess. Like many things in life.

Paula happy you get some time with your youngest. Our DD often comes home for more than a week at a time. DS is more elusive, and restless. 4 days in a row is a long visit for him.

I have 11 days of classroom time, but 17 calendar days left. Calendar days matter more to me, because even on the weekends there are often emails and the mental load buzzing quietly in the background. I'm very curious to see what it feels like to hand my computer in and have my email shut off. To truly be done.

Today's after work activity was buying supplies at Costco for a breakfast we are hosting for our graduating special ed kids. There are of course no funds for this, so it's fueled by teacher donations. Anybody who had collected money at work for a group present etc knows how smoothly that goes. Hopefully the people who asked for another day (after 4 email reminders) will actually pay me, because the money is spent. But if not, this is the last time I'm in charge of the organizing, collecting and shopping for this event. Its a nice way to say goodbye to the students we've been shepherding through the school system these last 4 years. For some its touch and go if they will actually graduate, but we're pretty successful at pulling them across the finish line. These seniors have a special place in my heart. They were my first 9th graders after Covid with no restrictions, no masks, no online, no hybrid, just regular school. After 2 years of disruption, they were absolutely squirrely and had no academic stamina, but they were seemingly overjoyed to be back at school for the social parts and they were a hoot. I enjoyed their good natured antics so much.

Still misty rain here, and still my plants are unmolested. They already look bigger to me than on Friday and Saturday.