NEED...HOT...WATER

Dearest you,

(Friday)
My older sisters and I babysat this morning for a mother's Bible study. I had know idea I was supposed to work from 9-12 until my mother told me at 8:05. Apparently my sister had woken me a half hour earlier, asked me if I would be willing to sub for someone, and received a "yes" as an answer. I have no memory of any of that...whatsoever.
But anyways, Carmen and I played with eight three-year-olds for three and a half hours. I played dolls with the little girls. One charming, adorable, blue-eyed, blond-haired, sweet child repeatedly asked me for permission to pretend things. "Can I pretend this is a baby princess named Ariel?" (baby is pronounced beh-bee), "Can I pretend I'm the queen?" "Can I pretend this is a queen dress?" And I was thinking, yes, child, it's your imagination! You don't have to ask to pretend anything!

We pretended (with my permission, of course) that one doll was Ariel, one was Cinderella, and one was Prince Charming. The latter was a small, bald, ugly, and POSSIBLY male doll that was anything but charming. But it's your imagination, so anything goes, right?

Another little girl suddenly hopped up from where she was playing with a kitchen set, performed sporadic jumping jacks for a full minute, and then promptly announced, "Time for dinner!" She then sat at the miniature table, as if to dare someone to declare her actions were anything but normal.

And then I was asking a little lass for a "couple" of green blocks to finish a castle for another small person. She ran to the play kitchen, grabbed a cup, and proceeded to fill it with green blocks. She handed it to me saying, "Here's a cup of green blocks!" Ummhmm. :D


(Saturday)
We went to the Renaissance Festival today. So many wierdos there, but that shouldn't surprise me. I suppose I could be thrown in the "wierdos" category, considering I went OUTSIDE MY HOME in a medieval gown I made and wore it all the day long. Did I mention I did this in the 21st century?
Yep, with braided hair and jeweled belt and fake accent and all. Ok, the fake accent didn't hold up long.

Our house is now an obstacle course of fans, dehumidifiers, cords, and such laying about. We must yell in order to converse in certain rooms because of the same objects. Now we have an excuse if we "forget" to carry out a request. Not "I didn't hear you," but "I COULDN'T hear you." :P

(Monday)
So Gen and I had a dance party tonight. You should have been there. Actually, you shouldn't have :P
I babysat a two-year-old boy all day today. He's the cutest and sweetest little boy, which is a good thing, 'cause I'll be with him all day tomorrow too :D

We've finally removed all the drying paraphernalia. Now we can converse without sounding irked. We are still deprived of hot water--supposedly that will be returned on the morrow. At the moment, we're all either taking advantage of our neighbors' generosity and using their showers, or we're braving our own (my dad calls them "Indian Showers"). The latter is not an option I would recommend for the sensitive in skin. If you hear someone shrieking spontaneously, it's probably one of us girls washing our hair. Let's just say I don't think I'll be taking hot water for granted for a good long while.

People are still bringing by food and other necessities. Today someone brought by dinner and two rather large boxes loaded with odds and ends. One of my little siblings discovered several boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats and exclaimed, "It's just like Christmas!" In May, yes. :)

Praise God for food and dancing and hot water! :D


Con amore,
Sophie

P.S. In the random chance that you were curious, mugwump is dictionary.com's word of the day, meaning "a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue." It's just a fancy word for a person straddling a fence because they're too cowardly to commit to one side. Generally...In my humble opinion which I will not force upon you by any means...except on occasion :P

P.P.S. I've been having difficulty uploading pictures this past week...or so. Which would explain why the last few posts have been void of colorful images.