I guess there’s a lot of lessons there. But here’s the one that struck me this week. Every morning I get up and let the dogs into the back yard. And it’s the same every morning. They line up at the door, I open it, and they tear out, hell bent for leather, racing across the back deck and tearing into the back yard. No, they’re not that desperate to do their business. They’re racing out after squirrels. They never catch a squirrel but it’s the same crazy enthusiasm and excitement every morning.

I figure the lesson there is simple enough. Face every day with the same enthusiasm and optimism even if you didn’t meet your goal the day before. Yes, it has occurred to me that it could be mistaken for stupidity, but I prefer to think of it as optimism.

Enjoy your weekend.:wave:

Girl came home yesterday from her second day of basketball camp with either a broken nose or a severely banged one. She took an elbow hard to the nose during a drill becuase the other girl wasn’t doing it properly.:cursing: It’s not canting left or right but it’s got the bump and it’s swollen off to the side and under one eye. Apparently it bled for half an hour and then she got back out there and played without crying.

She’s back at camp this morning.

I’m doing a week-long Q&A session on story conflict over at eHarlequin. Drop by if you have any questions or answers of your own. I’d be happy to see you.:wave:

My friend was visiting this weekend. She’s from California which means she doesn’t have much of any kind of accent. I guess it was the lack of Southern drawl that threw me off. We were in the kitchen enjoying a cup of tea and she walked past me to throw something in the garbage.

She returned to her chair and said, “Do you bathe often? Do you like vanilla?”

I’m quite alarmed. What? Do I stink? I thought she knew I took a shower just the night before. “Uh, yeah, pretty much every day. Ya know, I just took a shower last night. But I don’t like vanilla scented soaps. They sort of make me nauseous. Uh…do I stink? Does my hair look greasy?”

It’s her turn to look perplexed. “No, you don’t stink. I just wondered of you liked to bake because I’ve made my own vanilla extract and it’s really good.”

Light bulb goes off.:lightbulb: Oh! “I thought you asked if I bathed, not baked, often.”:happy2::happy2::happy2:

One of my favorite musicians is going to be performing FREE this weekend.

I love Marc Broussard. Love his voice, lyrics and the music (which about covers it all) and he’s going to be performing at the Virginia Highlands Summerfest on Sunday. Let’s see…great music at an arts festival…I think someone can twist my arm.:mrgreen:

Have a fab weekend!