Another day in paradise

And, for those of you a certain age who are now singing along, the day started out at eight degrees below zero.

As it was dropping to that temperature last night, I was out in the uninsulated, unheated garage, sorting frozen butterbraids so I could get them delivered today.

I put the ones for work in my trunk (it was certainly colder there than in my freezer). 

So, ran the girls to the bus this morning, in my winter jacket and my jammies. No, I didn't embarrass them and get out of the car or anything, but I wasn't getting dressed to run a quarter mile down the road.

I get ready, actually did my hair today, blow dry and used a curling iron and a straightening iron on it. It has a new shorter length and coppery-red highlights.

I get to work, gather my bag, my lunch, my soda, my purse, my gloves and the bags of Scout popcorn I was delivering. Then I get into the trunk to get the butterbraids. Thinking I had everything, I shut the trunk and headed in to work to start the day.

Two hours later, a co-worker wanders over to ask me about my gloves.  "If you are looking for them later, I think they are sticking out of your trunk, or you have a dead body trying to get out."

No, it's not the zombie apocalypse. It's just my gloves sticking out of the trunk. At least it wasn't something important!

Survived tutoring, middle school parent-teacher conferences for Dizzy, visiting a friend, collecting Dizzy from practice, heading as far across town as possible to get Bean from his Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow meeting and then home.

Since getting home, I've tucked in kids, snitched part of Dizzy's dinner (I missed out tonight), re-tucked Tater back into bed when she started sleepwalking and have written over 1500 words on my November Novel. It is going well so far, but I'm running out of storyline. I know where I want it to go, but I can't see how to get there.

Guess I'll have to get out my inspiration pack from the first write-in and see if it can help. I ate the snickers earlier, but I might have the kit kat left...

I have 3rd grade movie night, middle school library lock in and working the college football game to look forward to in the next 48 hours. Somehow in there I want to watch some more Castle episodes and continue to write at least 1700 words each day. 

And the happy news, it's supposed to be above freezing next week! Ready to have double digit temps again!

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief today!