Elianna had her senior prom this evening. She left around 9 to be at Clara’s by 9:30. The girls were doing their own nails. She came home for a short time and at 11:45 the two of us left to head back into town. She had an appointment for makeup and hair, one at noon and the other at 1. I’m feeling more and more inspired whenever I’m around these hair and makeup places. These girls always look so glam and put together.

Like it wouldn’t be that hard to just put in some effort, to make it part of your routine. Her makeup girl did a beautiful job. The hair person was running behind with another client so they asked another girl to stay past her shift and do her hair. I felt bad for the worker girl but was glad that she stayed. They use pictures on their phones that the clients bring in and then try to copy what they see. I thought she did a good job too.

We drove home. I went back to bed because I was tired and had given up on it being my homework/paper writing day. It has to be close enough to the due date for that to happen. Instead I focused on simple chores like laundry and sweeping. I have these plans that in the month of May when I’m not in any classes I will get the house put back together. I will have that time to focus and direct my energies toward the cleaning.

Elianna left to meet up with Miles. He was able to leave early from helping with the tear down after graduation. A little while later I left too to meet up with the parents for pictures. They took them at a church downtown that had possible rain coverage. The girls looked absolutely stunning in their makeup and dresses. Another mom and I started to tear up but we choked it back and let them stay behind the eyes for now.

Next was the senior walk. Dad and I left home around 6:45 to be there in time for 7:15. I’d never been to one of these. Josh’s sister was there since she’s in town helping my mother-in-law after her knee replacement surgery. Elianna’s dress was the dress she wore for her own senior prom. So that was kind of fun and it was interesting seeing everyone’s dresses and hearing about everybody’s post-high school college plans.

The baseball team was standing behind us. They decided to all take each other as dates so the upper classman paired up and brought all the younger ones. I thought about taking a picture and sending it to Ethan but then I was like “no, stay in the present, stay in the present…” and turned around and forgot about them. They have a new coach this year and their team has over 10 wins this season so far. They are 2nd in conference.

So that’s pretty cool. Josh and I hugged Elianna goodbye and I cried once we both had gotten back in the car. It was just such a beautiful night and she looked so pretty. Some of these kids are really great people. Earlier in the week Elianna saw a rainbow while out getting earrings. She texted me and told me about it but when I went outside to see if I could see it I couldn’t. She’s told me at times that I am wrong and I know she is right.