Months ago, I ordered a dress from Etsy that had a really cool pattern. It arrived, I tried it on, I wondered for what occasion I would possibly wear it, and I put it in my closet. A week ago, it was time for Sarah to get ready for her Homecoming dance. I had not taken her shopping for a new dress because I figured she already had some nice options, including the dress she wore to prom. Perhaps this is a faux pas to even consider re-wearing a prom dress, but I considered it. Sarah, however, was having none of it. She really wanted to wear her new t-shirt. I said she had to wear something fancy and I went to see if I had anything that might work for her. I found the Etsy dress and offered it to her. She eagerly put it on, and I realized it should belong to her. It looks much better on her than on me.
Amy’s school doesn’t do a homecoming dance, but since Carl and I were going out with some of the parents of Sarah’s school friends, I arranged for Anna to hang out at our house to host a homecoming dance with two of Amy’s friends. Amy wore a dress that used to belong to Grammy. Everyone looked wonderful and had fun evenings.
On Tuesday night, it was time to dress up again. We were going to see SIX, the musical about the six wives of Henry VIII. Sarah had been saying we all needed to wear our best musical notes and stripes, and she wore a blouse in accordance with such a decree. The rest of us do not own many clothing options with musical notes, but we made do. I wore a medieval black dress with gold trim and a poison ring that has been home to an invisible frog ever since my mom owned it. Amy wore a bluish-purplish dress with sparkly gems at the neckline and she had a SIX-inspired crown from the first time she saw the show. Carl took the cake by wearing a Henry VIII costume. Amy didn’t know he was going to do that and when she saw him she just about collapsed with laughter.
On Wednesday night I was interviewed for an Everyday Heroes podcast with Natalie Karras, who lives in Australia, so for her it was Thursday morning. That was very hard to get my brain around, but it was delightful talking with her.
I was honored on Thursday to be part of the first local author panel that Riverstone Books (in Squirrel Hill) has hosted. The benefits of a panel include meeting other authors and finding out about their books and getting a wider draw for an audience. It was heart-filling to have two of my past volunteers in attendance, and it was rather stunning to realize they had each known Sarah from babyhood on up.
This weekend I’m having a wonderful time in San Diego with one of my life-long best friends. We wanted to meet at a place with a beach, but we didn’t realize that the Sunset Cliffs beach is only accessible if you are a crazy daredevil. Luckily, we could still enjoy the beautiful views from the walk on the top of the cliffs, and we drove to a beautiful walking beach in Torrey Pines.
Meanwhile, Carl and the girls are enjoying a Dad Weekend. Such weekends are always full of adventures, and this one is no different. Yesterday involved a festival with a bounce house, foster cats to pet, an ice cream treat made to look like spaghetti and meatballs, and a Ferris Wheel on a bridge in downtown Pittsburgh.
Wishing you all the joy that Amy had upon first seeing Carl VIII.
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