The kids were off school today. This morning I cut my hair just to trim the dead ends off. The ends were starting to get crunchy and I didn’t really feel like paying for a generic and typically mediocre haircut when I could just as easily do that for myself here at home. I actually kind of like it.

This afternoon we took a trip into town. My daughter had a lunch meeting with friends. While she was doing that the rest of us went to Barnes and Noble. I’d seen a Goodreads review of a book on Elisabeth Elliot. I have another book I’m starting called Foster by Claire Keegan. This was another recent John Blase recommendation. He said the author had put a spell on him. I decided I would give his recommendations one more chance.

If I don’t end up liking this one then I’m not going to bother reading any more of what he likes or recommends. Truthfully I am eager to get back to my own pet research projects and reading preferences for my own down time. I haven’t been looking forward to this semester as much as usual.

We’ve got class tonight and I haven’t done much of anything for it. There wasn’t really anything due so that was helpful. I will show up in my sweatpants, put in my time, and then come home. Thankfully too he usually lets us out early. It’s just that one harder teacher who doesn’t. I have her for an intensive but that’s a few months away. So it’s just the two 8-week classes right now: Research and Evaluation. Tests and Measures.

Josh and the boys went down to the lake again today. The past two days I have had him text me pictures. They weren’t out there as long and all came back with bright red cheeks. He and I are both nursing a cold so we’ve been taking turns with episodes of violent sneezing. Supper is on the stove.