I logged on and discovered the last time I posted was July 15. I was sure it had been longer than that. It felt like months ago the last time I posted. Years maybe.
It's been two months.
I didn't post anything in August. That's the first time in two and a half years I missed a month.
I didn't purposefully post something at least once a month for two and a half years. I got lucky.
My luck ended.
It seems like I've been everywhere in the past two months.
I did a little math because I like math. I've been in town for 40% of July and August and out of town for 60% of July and August.
I'm tired. I'm also an efficient packer.
I'm leaving again on Saturday. I'll be gone for just about four weeks. I expect you won't be hearing from me in that time.
The high is usually between 15 and 20 degrees cooler in New York than here at home. I'm contemplating taking three different pairs of boots, which feels excessive. Church boots, every day boots, get me to the gym and back boots. Thank goodness, I won't be needing snow boots.
I went to the 100th annual Meskwaki powwow. Ma did her first ever 5k. I walked it with her. We got Meskwaki swag. She thinks she might try running next year.
We went to church the Sunday we were in Iowa for the powwow. The people were very friendly. One lady asked me who I was and what I was doing there (passing through or moving in?). She asked me who my grandmother was because she apparently knew some of the Meskwaki people. "Oh, of course. I knew your grandmother!" Sure you did, lady. "She went to study at BYU, didn't she?" Huh, maybe you did know her. "She had a couple of sisters," Okay, but a lot of people had sisters. "She had the prettiest handwriting. So precise. Like a machine." A random lady in a random town in a random church used to know my grandmother. Weird.
Ma and I ran away together and saw two Tuacahn plays. The rest of the time we laid in bed and read books. It was glorious.
Ma recently drove to Oregon with Pa for a wedding. On the way home they stopped by an orchard. She brought home eight varieties of apples for me to try. Eight. That's love.
I'm obsessed with apples. It's unhealthy. Or very healthy, depending on your perspective.
Ma also brought home four varieties of pears. I love me some pears.
The day after I got home from New York, I helped throw a crazy birthday barbeque that kept getting bigger and harder to put together. I was grumpy.
This past week is the first time I've not been fighting grumpiness for a long time. It's also the first time I've been home with no extra visitors for more than four days.
I'm not naturally a grumpy person. Just when I'm around people. And since the world is full of people, I seem to be a naturally grumpy person.
If I were a hermit, I would not seem like a naturally grumpy person.
It's still too hot to go running after work so I've been rocking the treadmill runs. I haven't run much since spring. I was sure the treadmill would kill me but it didn't. I've never run so fast and strong on a treadmill before. I still get bored out of my mind, but at least it's not hard.
In the last month, half a dozen people at least have mentioned how short my hair is still. For the first time in a year, it finally has some length to it.
I did not sew my swimming suit. That project has been shelved until March.
I haven't done any other sewing either.
Really, I haven't done much of anything. Yet, I have been so busy. How is that possible?
I made time for chia seed pudding. It's been on my list for months. It was gross. I don't care what they say. The Aztecs can keep their chia seeds. I'm sticking to my real, fatty-milk based pudding.
The Little Sister thought she didn't like green smoothies. Then she had one of my green smoothies. I made about two dozen smoothie bags for her freezer. She's going to have a baby soon and can't get her life together enough to make herself some food. So. Big.
Her little one loves them. He's been rocking the green-smudged, sticky mouth lately. Babies will eat spinach when it tastes like strawberries. I've got proof.
When I try to follow a green smoothie formula (google it) they turn out gross. I stopped trying.
I read the entire Harry Potter series in about a month. It made me happy.
Clearly, I have not been following my reading plan.
I'm going to write a post about the books I read during the summer. Maybe in October.
