Ten on Tuesday

1. One of my oldest friends father died a few weeks ago...I'm only now getting a card out to her. I miss her, I miss the times we had together in England. We've known each other since we were about 11 years old, I remember her father dearly, I used to call him Papaji. 

   

   It's me Rachel, Monika and Me, Monika loved the boy in front

2. I always have so many ideas I want to blog about in my head and then by the time I put pen to paper (figuratively) the ideas are all gone. Where do they go?
3. I remember I used to observe people just sit and watch YouTube like there were free videos on how to make gold, and I thought to myself "How do you do that? How do you watch YouTube like it's a regular TV?" And now as I lay down at night I find myself fidgeting just as one side of my hand begins to get numb from holding up my tablet as I watch mindless YouTube videos...sometimes I'm perfectly content with seeing how normal peoples lives are.
4. I emptied Baby C's purse the other day and found $68 of which $28 was in singles!! I also found a flash light and a pair of socks. (I'm happy she's resourceful.)
5. I have very mixed emotions about not spending Easter with Baby C. We didn't have anything planned, no where to go or no where to be and she did ask to spend the weekend with my Aunt. But as I look at all the pictures on Instagram I feel a sense of guilt. (I'm not happy that I'm easily influenced)
6. My dear friend from college who is recovering from a stroke text me this weekend. She remembers so much from college but not always what happened yesterday. It was so nice to reminisce about our days of driving up and down Main Street in N. Newton, Kansas, sipping on an Ocean Water from Sonic. I miss her a bunch too!!

   

   I think that's an Ocean Water in her hand, what are the odds. That's my dearest friend from #1 in yellow and it now just dawned on me that the guy in the baseball hat just passed away a few months ago. So much has happened since college.
7. I went to H&M (Clearance section) to pick up a few items of clothes for Baby C as she's growing out of everything. When I got home I lay the "few" items on the floor to match up outfits and realized we'd come home with 19 outfits.
   
8. Big C and I were talking this weekend about how we need to figure out which state or country we want to retire to. Just the mere idea of it makes me feel old.
9. Even though I truly feel guilty about #5 on this list, Big C and I spent literally all day in bed on Easter Sunday watching movies. I did go downstairs and put a leg of lamb in the oven around 3pm. We sat and talked about not remembering the last time we were able to do this.
10. I'm saddened by the idea of Joey's Pad taking a break from blogging. I realized as I read Chrissy's post that it's the most mundane of posts that I love reading the most, and not the "I went to Egypt and washed the feet of an elephant" posts.