Day 170

It's almost as magical as Christmas Eve - it's the night before school starts. I just happened to be at Wal-Mart this afternoon. I saw lots of moms with chips, cookies, notebooks, shoes, and anything kid/school-related in their shopping carts. Lots of those women had the same glazed look in their eyes that men get on the early morning hours of Mother's Day. They know they need to be shopping, but their minds are frozen with indecision. It gets hard to make choices and to make those final decisions. Since I am a grandma - I've graduated from those days of frenzied shopping and preparation.

I, on the other hand, am a Grand-ma. And that gives me the oppor-tunity to relax and enjoy this time without stress. So this morning I took Jaide and Jared out for our last breakfast of the summer. We went to Frisch's. They got the breakfast bar and eat enough of whatever they want. I had a half-order of biscuits and gravy, but I didn't realize I couldn't eat the full order so I barely ate half. A lot of food. We stopped at Dollar General after that for a quick 'walk about'.
After I returned them back home to their mom, I went in to Hannah House and did some work. Since we had the dinner theaters last weekend, there was lots of record-keeping, balancing and preparing the deposit, payroll, and financial reports. Early results show a pretty good profit 
So, tomorrow is a busy day, but I'll be obligation-free until the evening when I go to the church. But I do have lots of reading and studying to catch up on so I'll be busy too.