I'm getting to be a real slug-a-bed; slept until 6:30 again today. That means I had time only to get dressed, check e-mail, and gulp down my coffee before picking Susan up for our walk.
Okay, now I'm back, so here's yesterday's chronicle:
The cleaners came a few minutes after 10:00, did their usual good job and the place looks great. I did get over to Santori's for a fresh supply of feta cheese, lettuce, zucchini, and honeydew melon. When I got home, I was annoyed with myself when I realized I should have gotten lemons and tomatoes, too. Went to Tucker Tom's to get them and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of both--and their modest price.
Determined to increase my exercise, I took a one-mile walk in the afternoon, happily listening to Kate Smith on my portable CD player. I'm embarrassed to admit I had taken it back to Radio Shack, complaining that I could barely hear it. I slunk out after the guy there pointed out I had the ear phone plug in the wrong hole. (Well, geez, I was an English major, not a technological engineer...)
Got a nice, long, newsy e-mail from Mike. They're looking at schools for precious Vivian--about time, now that she's three. They got her on a waiting list for what seems an institution more prestigious than Harvard, as the deposit is $10,000 just be be admitted to the waiting list! He first said it was the World College, run by the Rev. Sun Young Moon--he's a jokester. In the meantime, they were able to enroll Vivi in a 3-year-old class at a school with a similar program. It has a library for nursery and K., a computer lab, a pool, kitchen for bi-weekly cooking classes (are these kids in training to be chefs, for cryin' out loud?), and other amenities, which Mike whined he was "deprived of as a child."
Paula designed a hotel in Jakarta and will go back there in two weeks; the rest of the family may join her for a few days. This week, she goes to Shanghai and Guangzhou and Mike will be in either Japan or Hong Kong the following week--whew!
Gotta go--Susan asked if I wanted to go to the big Tuckerton Flea Market this morning and I do, so she'll pick me up.