Iron shirt for I.T. Make lunch and dinner for I.T.; pack it up.
Finish editing Fash's application for the scholarship offered by a local philanthropist. Give to I.T. who will deliver it this morning.
Throw a load in the laundry.
Breakfast.
Catch the 9:45 a.m. radio broadcast on NPR, promoting Homeschool Performing Arts' upcoming show of "Annie". Fash was on the panel of cast members being interviewed- way to go, girl! (Guess who the volunteer mom is, who worked on publicity for the show)
Make lunch and dinner for Fash; pack it up.
Run to Walgreens for a pack of nylons to complete a Lily St. Regis costume. Remember to buy toilet paper! Not for the show.
Pick up Rooster (remember Whippersnapper? the young man, who came to ask I.T.'s permission to "date" Fash? Well- in "Annie", the final show of our theater-loving daughter's high school career, he plays Rooster and Fash plays Lily St. Regis. Anybody gettin' what I'm sayin' here?).
Drive the two of them 45 minutes east on Highway 6 for scene run-throughs the rest of the day and into the night. Drive 45 minutes back home. Try not to let the fear of "merging onto the highway" attack. The semi will let you in. Trust. Increase your speed. Trust. Merge. Merge. Merge!
Back home.
Get ready for work.
Clean up the kitchen.
It's crazy week for the cast of "Annie"- rehearsals all day, every day, up to opening night on Thursday. I.T. will work 8 hours at his real job, then go to the auditorium to pound the sets together for another five. I'll be sharing Hope (and maybe selling books) at the bookstore- that's what we do there.
All the while, my mind is racing- she'll be gone soon, off to college. How did we get here? Time stood still, but the kids grew up. When? How? What's next? Is Everything going to be alright?
When I drive, I play WJQ99, my favorite Christian radio station. This is the song that is stickin' today. Crank it up and let it bless your day!
"It doesn't matter what you've heard. Impossible is not a word. It's just a reason for someone not to try. Everybody's scared to death. When they decide to take that step. ...It'll be alright....Life is so much more, than what your eyes are seeing...."
Everything will be alright.
