Anotha Hello!

Two years since I chattered away on this medium. This is a new post, a new day. A new sound of the familiar dinosaur cough ringing through the room. The husband dinosaur cough answers me back in the next room. Sundays are great days to catch up on photo editing and grading (when I remember to bring my students' work home)! This weekend was pretty neat. I went to a restaurant that had a bar and a band. I reveled in the country attire and the fact that drunk people hug and dance a lot. I watched sneakily from my table, an outsider to the drinks and the mayhem. I enjoyed my broiled vegetables and fried pickles and sammich though. Well, I guess I enjoyed people watching too. Who doesn't? The next day we went to Shane's parents house after an after-wedding shower some of the people in his hometown gave us. So so many towels. And a random assortment of lovely gifts. When we got back to my in-laws house we had the most delicious food and opened wedding gifts. As for the food, we feasted on deer meat, mashed potatoes, squash patties, green beans, and pickled green beans (for me). Shane has a big loving family that makes me feel like I am super loved and accepted. That feeling is the one we go out in the world looking for, and when people receive us with warmth, it is stellar. You know what I mean!

Why am I still posted on the "summer of giving" blog? Well it's like an expression I coined to explain one summer in which I wanted to reach out to others and myself with wisdom and wit. I was experiencing new things and wanting a forum to share what I learned. I think it's fine if I continue with the giving; hope you don't mind. :-)

Random Tip: Sway when you have a cough. It distracts the cough and lets you be coo cool.