Polly Wants a Cracker. I Think I Should Get off Her First. I Think She Wants Some Water. To Put Out the Blowtorch.

Went to the library for my usual volunteering this morning, only to find out that the library is closed due to water damage. Grr. Kind of wishing someone had emailed me about that, so I didn't have to wake up early.

The rest of the day was good though. It was certainly an improvement over yesterday. Aside from the fact that my house is a bit mad right now. I have an E.S. meet-up coming in a few days, which means that my mom is extremely stressed and easily agitated. Whatever. This will be over soon, right? Cannot wait for summer. I need a break.

I went to meet Tess and Sierra at four-ish in front of the nursery school (question: is it creepy that I meet all my friends in front of a nursery school? We know all the staff there really well. Plus, my brother takes art classes there on Wednesdays, so that makes it slightly less creepy, RIGHT?!) We weren't exactly sure what to do, so we settled on going to 7-11 for ICEE's and then sitting in my car with the air-conditioning blasting for an hour until Colin left art.

After dinner we headed to Barnes and Nobel to see- quite possibly- the most adorable thing I have EVER seen.

One of the little girls I babysit (her name's Avery) recently won an essay competition held by Barnes and Nobel (bear in mind she's only 6). The topic was "Your Favorite Teacher" and when she won, Barnes and Nobel decided to host an event where she got to stand up in front of everyone and read her essay. It was absolutely amazing! Adorable! Agh. Writer-kids are the best, are they not?!

Anyway. That's been my day. I have an interesting idea for a blogpost tomorrow so maybe you'll actually get something that isn't a recap for a change...? We'll see, ducklings.

-MEL

(P.S.- I have had "Polly" by: Nirvana stuck in my head all day. Fucking love that song. Makes me so nostalgic for the old days... haha. When Colin (my brother) was a baby, he thought the lyrics were, "Colin wants a cracker". He used to literally think that song was about him. hah... hah... hah... I love it. Nevermind is just another example of an amazing album produced by- you guessed it- Butch Vig.