April with Few Showers

We are on the downhill slide of the spring semester. Only four more weeks of school to go. I always get to this time of the school year and think, "Where did the time go?" And if I think we're busy now all I need to do is look at the upcoming months on the calendar on the fridge.

NO FASHION SENSE. It's really a good thing there are no such thing as fashion police. Nate could fund a major community project with all the citations he would receive. I could too. I know this doesn't really happen as frequently as the picture in my mind has it, but Vicki sends him back upstairs many mornings to change either his shirt or his pants.

He gets it from me. I almost never notice things like that. We were talking about it at work the other day and I made the comment that everyone could come to work naked and I'd never notice. I'm pretty sure they haven't tested me on this, but I could have missed it. I guess that's why Vicki was so aggravated with me a few weeks ago when Ben arrived at church wearing Nate's pants which were high waters on him. Hey, I did brush his hair.

Back to Nate, the other day he came down with a blue shirt and bright blue shorts on. Once Vicki called my attention to it I had to agree, it truly was hideous. Poor Nate made two more trips back upstairs to get something that matched and he didn't understand why.

We'd be really bland people if it weren't for quirks like this.

LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION AND THEN SOME. When Pauline moved here back in 2003 she continued to subscribe to The Camden Chronicle to keep up with news back home. Her subscription was still current when she passed away a couple of years ago. Since Vicki enjoyed skimming through it we figured we'd just let the subscription run out naturally. Again, that was 2010.

We had new renters move in to Pauline's old house this month. Since the Chronicle was the only piece of mail Pauline was still getting regularly Vicki decided to call them and see how far ahead Pauline had paid for the paper. Turns out someone at their office had miskeyed the subscription info. Pauline was set to receive the Chronicle until 2035. We have officially lost touch with Benton County now.

SO, WHERE DO I STAND? We were driving along the other day when Vicki spotted a vehicle that she likes and commented, "If we only had two kids that would be the vehicle I'd want to get."

After a moment Nate very nonchalantly piped up from the back, "So, if you were to get rid of one of us, which one would it be?" and then matter of factory added, "I just want to know."

OUT WITH AUNT MAR. The reality is, Aunt Mar cannot get out and go like she could six months ago, so anytime we can take her out to eat is an event. Friday was such an event and we went to Cracker Barrel which she really enjoyed.

We saw several people from church. All we glad to see Aunt Mar out. Chester Frasier slipped up behind her to hug her and give her a quick kiss on the cheek. Taken by surprise she looked up and said, "Who's that kissing me?"

On the way back home I pulled over at the spot where the house she was born in used to stand and asked her if she knew where she was. She did.

Joe