friday afternoon thoughts.

When I started composing this post in my head, I was in a MOOD and all of the ideas in my mind were very very funny to me.

I think the mood has passed.

Of course, that mood was likely induced by the physical funk I am still in post-Guatemala trip (I came home with a lovely sort of head cold type situation) as well as the fact that we all three have just hit the ground running as soon as our plane landed in Greenville. Bergen and Piper have had school and work and I have had the same.

I plan to share lots of trip photos and thoughts and stories about Guatemala – whether you’re looking forward to those or not. I need to write through my thoughts and I want to share the gorgeous scenery and the dear people’s stories and also I have to keep talking about driving a Tuk Tuk so please wait for all those posts to come soon.

In the meantime, I’m here. Deeply grateful for my quite soft bed and all my children but missing our incredible local lunches and the puff of the volcano we could see most days.

February is a good time to leave South Carolina – because of our boring gross plain wet weather you know? But it’s also a good time to leave the country because it’s the annual season of wanting to quit all things homeschool while simultaneously being forced to decide all things school for the future school year. It’s a dumb system and I don’t know who planned it this way. (And you can see all the years I have complained about this exact topic. I suppose I am predictable.)

This week I started rereading Wendell Berry’s Hannah Coulter for at least the sixth time. This time for our February Book Club. I still love both Wendell and Hannah, so that’s good news. The Yukon has three new light alerts on but my mechanic friends assure me it’s okay. I also ran over a bullet casing (??) and had a tire to repair this week. Grown up daughters have filled in the gaps with grocery shopping and meal planning and that is a win for sure.

Last night I drove Piper and her friend to Atlanta to see a concert and I had a great time with them. I also realized that I am too old to attend concerts with standing room only sort of audiences and speakers right next to my ears and I actually don’t know if I was ever young enough to enjoy that combo because it just is not my scene. But I have more than put in my fair share of parenting time at such events. Anyway. We did have fun. And it was all enjoyable because I love Piper and her friend – until the 12:30 am return drive home that included the blue lights and two tickets. That’s right. TWO. Because apparently there are supposed to be lights that work illuminating your car’s license plate and how could I be forty-nine and have never known that?

There are forsythia blooming outside my window and while I adore their beauty, I realize that I have seen exactly NONE snow this “winter” and I find that unacceptable so the real question is – where can I see snow within a few hours drive of my house? This is a real question.

This weekend maybe I’ll finish that trip laundry and maybe clear out my inbox and maybe finish writing two articles already on a delayed deadline. Or maybe I’ll find a good movie or TV series instead.

So, in conclusion:

Likely I will write too much about Guatemala next week.
You should slow down while driving in Georgia.
Where is there snow currently accessible to my life?
Know any good shows or movies to watch? (I’m not into action films.)