Actually, it was a surprisingly good day over here. I expected to be tired and cranky when I woke up--I wasn't. I expected Kaylee to be tired and cranky when I woke her up early--she wasn't. I expected a fight or crying or some minor skirmish before school--there wasn't. Plus I stepped outside to blue skies and temps in the SIXTIES. Oh, now *that* is what I'm talking about. I wore a t-shirt all day, in January, and was quite comfortable. During the morning, I did the Errand Run. Picked up my mail at the post office and mailed off an SMA Support thing, stopped at my bank and cashed a check, stopped at Glenndale's bank and made a deposit, that kind of stuff, and headed from there to Culvers for lunch with Steve, Ty, Chuck, Dow & Nathan. When we left there, three of them were headed to Huntington to check over the T-6 in the RG, but they were big enough that they didn't need that 4th seat filled too, so I went to the grocery store instead. I was perusing the aisles for kitty food, litter, and crunchies, when I got the text that the Cheyenne was going instead, which would leave more than enough room for my rear-end too. So I checked out, threw the few items in my trunk, and made it to the airport in time to hop up front and go.
It was windy today, and really turbulent down low. We got tossed around a lot on the way over, and ran into a little low level wind shear on landing, too. But the T-6 is looking really good! The canopy is on, the Garmin 530 and the rest of the panel is installed, the center section is done and waiting to be put in, the tires are right there, and this thing is really close to getting a lot of it put together. The wings still have a lot to do it looks like, but one of them is sort of close. Chuck and I took some photos of it today with his camera, so I'll stick some of them up on the flying blog when I get them. It's exciting to see, it really gives me a giggle to see it come together.
The trip back home in the Cheyenne was much more smooth-the clouds were higher so we went higher, and it was less bumpy up there. We landed, and I ran for the car and peeled out of there. I have discovered that I can make it from the airport to Kaylee's school in exactly 8 minutes. I made it with two minutes to spare before she would have been sent to "extended care". I expected she would be mad at me for almost being late, but she was in a perfectly good mood, which was yet another surprise for the day. She's rarely in a good mood on Mondays, but she just hopped in the back seat with a "Hi Mommy!" and a smile.
When we got home, I opened the trunk of my car to pull out the few groceries I had bought earlier, and found that the kitty litter box had mashed the cereal box quite impressively. Apparently I was making a few sharp turns for awhile there or something. ;) She had a quick snack, changed clothes, and it was time to go to ballet for the first time in weeks. They are doing a routine to "Somewhere Out There" for the recital, and they practice it every week. I don't know why, but that song always makes me feel sad. Anyway. Oh, and their outfits for the recital, one for tap and one for ballet, are both ordered, and we saw the pictures for them today. The ballet one is a lovely blue fancy thing, and the one for tap is a lime green and whatever polka-dotted skirt with a belt thing. (You like those technical terms? Ha) Should be cute, actually.
We left ballet and walked next door to the ice cream parlor, where she got a small mint chocolate chip and I got a coffee drink, and we went right over to Cheerleading practice. That got out at 7:30 pm, and I brought her home just in time to make and eat dinner, do her homework, read a chapter book to me, and get ready for bed.
Now, about this homework thing. I got a note today that says the teacher is now requiring the kids turn in their spelling homework. See, every night these kids are supposed to do 1-2 pages of math homework, write out their spelling words 3 times each, read a book themselves for 30 minutes, and study a Bible verse. Then at some point during the week there is other homework as well. Projects, English, whatever. Well, I personally think that's a lot for a first grader. I have chosen not to have Kaylee write her spelling words three times per night every night, because we will go over them once and she already knows them. Why waste her time, right? Now she has to turn in those spelling words for a grade every time. So tonight I ask her to read and spell all 20 words on her list verbally first--she nails them, spouting them off in a big rush without even thinking about them, and it's the first day. I don't think she's EVER missed a spelling word. Her test isn't until Friday, she already knows them, but I have to force her to waste 30 minutes of her time or more in writing each word out three times. That's sixty words! I *really* dislike busy work or pointless exercises. If she didn't know the words, that's a great way to learn them. But with that much homework every night, why force her to go over stuff she does already know? That kind of thing just...bugs me. Oh well, I'm sure it won't be the most dumb or pointless thing she'll ever have to do. ;)
To top off a busy but good day, Steve just brought me back a little steak and some Cheesecake Olivia with chocolate and caramel sauces from Outback Steakhouse, which I am going to go Eat and Enjoy!
These were my "Quotes for the Day", which I thought was fairly interesting considering a conversation I was just having earlier...
"Forgiving is not forgetting; it’s actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. It’s a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don’t want to repeat what happened."
~Desmond Tutu
"If your life is not all you want it to be, it may be that you have some forgiving to do."
~Author unknown
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