The past few days have been weird. I didn’t go to work Friday. Instead, I stayed home, went out to breakfast with Jamie, then helped him pack for Seattle. We then drove both of our cars past Midway Airport (about 90 minutes) so we could drop my car off at the transport place. For extra fun, the stereo wasn’t working since when it was repaired earlier in the day the power supply was cut off, thus the stereo thought it was stolen and required the security disc to get it to start. It was a very quiet hour and a half.

After dropping my car off (bye Gil!), we raced to the airport and got Jamie there with a whopping 50 minutes to spare. He made his flight, at least. I then drove back up to Rogers Park, which took about 2 hours. At least I was on Lakeshore Drive, which, oddly enough, goes by the lake and was gorgeous. I then uberquickly made some fruit salsa to go with some pita chips (yum) and went to the GCF barbecue. We made it inside just before the thunder storm. :)

Yesterday I got very bored. I miss Jamie. Anyway, I worked out, cleaned the house, knit a bit, and went to the dentist. The dentist was really cool. Really. There is a big flat screen monitor on the wall facing the chair. They use digital x-rays, so as they take the x-rays, you get to see your teeth. Pretty fun. They also use this ultra-sonic water pick thing instead of a metal scraper. Too bad I’m moving away from the high tech dentist.

I also tried to apply for a job. Note my use of the word “tried”. I already sent in a paper application to this district (which happens to be my first choice), but they changed to an online application, so I needed to do it over. Well, I went through and did the easy parts and left ones requiring thought for later, since I was feeling feverish (I think I had a 24 hour cold, if those exist, since I’m perfectly fine today). Well, I hit the wrong button and accidentally submitted my incomplete application. Bah. I’ll just have to ask them to delete it so that I can submit a complete one. Whee!

Today I woke up feeling much better, went to church (the new sermon series is on Psalm 119–I think I’ll listen online over the summer), and then our small group had a barbecue at a park. It was great fun. LOTS of food (I’m still full 5 hours later!), great friends, and an ultimate frisbee game. Little bit of a burn on the nose, but it was sunny enough to get burned! And it didn’t storm until way after we left, despite the ominous clouds. I’ll miss the group a lot.

Now I’m looking for ways to spend my husband-less time. I started reading Celebration of Discipline, which is interesting. There’s always boxes to pack, and I could even write lesson plans for next week (bah! There are 7 days left! It’s worksheets, packing, and basically babysitting my kiddos!), and perhaps even use up my yarn stash. Or I could just call Jamie… :)

By the way, his first day of work is tomorrow! Exciting!