Lists

Laura was very excited about doing school lunch shopping with me. She made lists three different times because of misplacement, each had check boxes and the desires of lunch munchies for her and Cole. She wanted just the two of us to go shopping and take care of this important responsibility.

Well yesterday was the day, cause ya know when else at this point? We had to drop something off at the church and decided to drop Cole off as well, kept Hannah, logistics just didn't pan out for a mommy/Laura shop. So we're close to a Publix (campus Publix) and I ask Laura if she wants to go to the Publix closest to us or closest to home.

I knew she'd pick closest to us, but I like change and yes I considered that FSU students were back in town, but I brushed it off.

We go in and we are in the thick of it....moms, dads, students. When I see the parents bringing their kids to school I think it's so sweet and it was, we just weren't in the mix. We were the only group with anyone under the age of 17. It was tight and Hannah's singing may have annoyed a few. Laura's basket may have hit a few people, her taking the time to check her list may have tried someone's patience.

I watched at one point as Laura checked her list, and I could see behind her a freshman and mom discussing spices. I thought of the different stage they are at in their lives and how very far away it seems and reminded myself not to rush it.

I'll be sending my babies off for a few hours tomorrow that I have trepidations about and those moms are dropping their babies off for months....with thousands of other interesting, differing, whateverelsing, very young adults.

I'll wait for that thanks.

Then we come to the end and I see another odd man (couple) out. Representin' the older generation is an elderly man and he is pulling the cart with and even more elderly gentleman who's shuffling his feet, having trouble breathing. And it seems to me that the son is helping his father shop for his groceries, (probably not for school lunch munchies). It was sweet and made me think.

I have bittersweet emotions about tomorrow's freedom for my child, I have larger issues with someday leaving her at a university/world's door and visions of further down the road, when a time comes, where Laura is taking me shopping and a hope that she will slow down for me to check my list.

Stress reliever

So I was a little stressed out today, not for any huge reason, my life is not stressful. Even though I wasn't looking forward to it, tonight was Prism. I love the Marching Chiefs, to me they're the reason to go to the games. LIke a good burger; the burger is there to compliment the condiments, not the other way around...not that I don't enjoy good football every now and then, but not as much as watching the band work magic. Well this is a concert with the chiefs and concert band (I have no idea if I'm explaining this right). Anyway the wind and percussion groups put together different musical pieces. It's wonderful. The stress melted right off of me. I love love love music and really who doesn't? People have different preferences, but all respond to music. It is one of my very favorite gifts from God.

The Ruby Diamond is being renovated which is where the Prism concert is usually held. So this year and next it's relocated to Godby High School, wherein I was able to get close up seats due to the fact that maybe not as many people were intrigued with the idea and it was general seating. I was able to watch the conductors. This job has always intrigued me. I was in elementary and "middle school" (we didn't have a middle school, but it was middle school grades in a high school) bands and played clarinet so I know a tidbit about music. I just really don't get that the person waving their arms around is really leading all the peeps. I love to watch it though and they seem so very passionate about what it is they're doing, especially a couple of them tonight. The same could not be said for some of the students playing. The looks on some of their faces would have made you think they didn't sign up for this, but were drafted at gun point. Ah kids :)! It was fun as always though. A guy in our ward produces the show and kudos to him (although whenever I ask him what he does he always says ah nothing, so I've decided he's the guy who turns the lights on in the right spots at the right times thus producing the prism:) )!!! Thanks Matt for the tickets, it was great! Go Chiefs! and concert band and the noles will be back eventually...right?

Random

So I don't know who this 36 year old is Brandon's talking about in the previous post. In my head I'm a good 18/19 (which is why Janet thought she was older than me). My body is doing it's own thing and is probably past 40, so somewhere I think I end up at around 20 something, sounds good to me.

My life is good...aged or not. I am thankful everyday for my husband and children, family, friends, and the gospel that keeps me safe from my self. Keeping all that I'll take another 36.

So due to Brandon's genius, once again, we bought the old jiffy stove top popcorn to put in our store inspired by Janet's old post, Laura bought it and we cooked it up the kids were amazed. I started to tell Cole that when I was growing up we always cooked popcorn on the stove. We didn't have microwaves. "YOU didn't have microwaves"!!!??? was his exclamation. "Did you eat all of your food burned"? So glad to know he has such confidence in my cooking skills. I guess we did have a microwave in my teens, but up until it was all black:).

There were other cute things from the kids, but I can't recall them right now, must be the old age.
Hopefully, more later!