Up: We made $130 at the yard-sale on Saturday.
Down: But I still have a ton of children’s clothes leftover.
Up: I’ve been working on my novel for NaNoWriMo. I’ve unexpectedly fallen in love with the story.
Down: Of course, I haven’t written any of the actual story yet. Stop laughing. I’ve just written outlines, scene cards, and character sketches. I’m totally going High School Creative Writing course on this project.
Up: Our family in Baltimore are making an impromptu trip up to spend sometime with us this evening.
Down: This means I have to do some really-quick-straightening-from-the-yard-sale before they get here. In four hours.
Up: I *think* Daniel’s brother Tim and his girlfriend Dani are coming to spend the weekend with us.
Down: What they don’t know is that there are lots of leaves with their names written on them. Ha! No, seriously, I’ll make sure Drew helps some too. 😛
Up: The election is tomorrow. PLEASE GO VOTE.
Down: I have to admit, I’m a little nervous. I guess we all are, right? Hopefully we will all still be friends once this drama is over.
Up: We took the closet door off in Drew’s room and put up a curtain instead. He’s using the extra cozy area as a tiny playroom.
Down: But the roof is sloped inside the closet and I keep forgetting and slamming my head into the ceiling.
Up: Drew has learned to say “on” and “off” when talking about lights.
Down: Instead of saying “Mommy!” when I walk into his room in the mornings, he now says “ON!”
Up: The carbon monoxide detector we bought the other night still has a bright red ZERO on the screen.
Down: But there is still worry to wring my hands over because the furnace side of the chimney is almost blocked and when that actually DOES happen, well, that zero will start rising. Hopefully our landlord will have some ideas soon.
Up: Daniel introduced me to the world of cheese and pickle sandwiches.
Down: It’s hard to resist these. I’m now on pickle jar #2.