5. I took on some extra working grading essays on a test that college students in Georgia must pass before graduating. I did approximately 150 of these in less than a week. By the time I finished, I felt a little disoriented and confused, although I learned a lot of things. For example, apparently there's an old saying that "modesty is the best policy." You can learn a lot of "life lesions" even if you're home schooled. And "quiters never win." Those sentences were in the good essays.
4. Here's a picture of my next reason:
Dave is going to redo the floor in our bedroom, so we had to move everything out. Obviously we left one of Wendy's toys, but that's about it. We moved the furniture and everything else that wasn't nailed down into the basement. The mattress and box springs were the most fun, especially since the box springs wouldn't fit down the stairs and had to be carried around the house.
3. I could hardly move because of sore muscles. (See excuse #4.)
2. I was in a very crabby mood. I emailed a friend of mine about the week I was having, and I think it scared her. So I decided not to inflict that on y'all.
1. I've run out of things to say. Well, almost. I can tell you about one interesting thing I saw today. Here in my hometown we have a yearly Cherry Blossom Festival. People tend to go a little nuts painting things pink, but today I saw the winner. Some folks were out walking one of those big standard-sized poodles, and they had dyed that poor dog pink. Not a soft baby pink. I mean flaming, hot pink! I wish I had had the camera.
I wonder if our groomer would like to try to dye Cera pink.
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The poodle sounds like the sheep at the end of the Nanny MacPhee movie. At least dogs are color-blind, so the pitiful thing wasn't embarrassed. But I do feel a great deal of pity for Cera's groomer. The poor man would probably keel over with a stroke at the mere mention of dipping your little holy terror.
ReplyDeleteNow about the floor, is Dave going to do a Caption Jack Sparrow inlaid in different shades of wood? It would go perfectly with the nightlight and toothbrush holder for the bathroom. ;^P
I doubt anyone would be willing to dye Cera pink!
ReplyDeleteWe have a big long-haired white dog, part Great Pyrenees, who would be quite eye-catching if dyed bright pink! It might be a good thing we don't live there, or we might try it.
Your excuses sound very valid, Robin! I got a kick out of the misuse of words in those essays you were scoring. I got my husband, who was a college teacher at the time, a book filled with those "almost the right words" words one time. It was really funny to read through that, as you knew it all made perfect sense to the people who wrote them!
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