Well!

Hi. I'm making stew. The idea was that it would rain, and I would make stew. Instead, I'll have to settle for the rain we got during the night, and a sky full of gray clouds. And stew.

Josh's interview was a success. He is now employed. He's going to sell cutlery for Vector Marketing and get paid by the appointment and buy his own expenses. And then he's going to do something else in July. We should hear one way or another from the police by mid June. He will either be offered a job by them, or he will find another one for himself.

He was sick with a fever yesterday, last night and this morning. He feels better now, and is working on a computer that his mother wants him to fix for some co-worker of hers.

I have flowers! I have crocuses under Abbie's window, and in the back yard, and under the mailbox. Even some purple ones. They were all supposed to be white and purple, but mostly, they are yellow. And there are little points all over, too. In fact, It would seem that I missed about 5 tulips when I was re-locating them to the back yard last year. Ooops. And the ones that I DID get moved seem to be healthy enough to come up. I checked for bud on the burning bushes in the front - they are fine. I didn't get to the redbuds in the back. My poor mutilated maple is about half living, and is going to look very odd after the pruning.

I didn't quite get the laundry folded.

No news from Josh's grandparents. I'm assuming all is well, or at least moderately so.

In similar news, a former taiko member is in the hospital with a broken wrist and a severe head injury and brain swelling. So very sad! Since I am the one who mentioned it, I have been put in charge of collecting money in order to send flowers to her. Little does Andrew know, I also mentioned trying to pull together some songs for a fundraising performance, say, in a park somewhere, and sending money to help offset the medical expenses. Several group members expressed interest, but I'm not sure what our limitations would be, since we are a non-profit organization.

Performance practice tonight. I am going with curly hair. I'm also very tired. Taking care of everybody all the time gets exhausting.

Well, I'd better go. I still have to make a salad and heat some bread if I want to actually have time to eat before I run away to practice.

Have a happy Tuesday (even though it isn't beautiful and sunny.)