Breakfast

I woke this morning to the sound of rain, and the awareness that when I went out there would be heavy gray clouds and lots of cool, damp air.

Yesterday at breakfast, this is what kateri_thinks and I saw:


All that blue out there is the Gulf of Mexico and the sky running together somewhere out on the horizon.

And when we looked out from our room, this was was our view:


(These are cell phone photos. I'll get our actual film developed asap and post what I hope will be better pictures.)

kateri_thinks's Report from Florida

If you're not already a friend of kateri_thinks -- and if you're not, you should be! -- she has posted her summary of our trip together here:
http://kateri-thinks.livejournal.com/138005.html

School Progress Report

I faxed in my Application for Readmission to graduate school, and my statement of why I left, what I did during my break, and why I want to come back. I also emailed my statement to the advisor I spoke with last week, to be sure she had a copy.

Hopefully the next thing I'll hear from the university is a letter with my admission notice and instructions about how to register.

Next stop, the federal student loan webpage to update my profile and apply for financial aid.

Mom Stuff

In about two minutes, I'm taking The Daughter to her school for her end-of-the-year beginning orchestra concert.

It ought to be a lot shorter -- but potentially much more acutely painful -- than the interminable Talent Night show a few months ago.

But I'm going, and I'm taking my camera, and I'm going to be Very Proud of my daughter and all the work she's put in this year.