Courageous Joy

Monday

The first day in May – wow.

Things I did on Monday:

I did some paperwork for PWOC.

Went to the hair dresser (cosmetologist) and got a “summer look”. I thought this meant a sporty new cut with attitude – she thought this meant platinum blonde! YOWZER! Unfortunately, the new color burned my hair…..she offered me a product called “dumb blonde”…..ok now.

Becky and Ian recommended Café Italia. This is an old Chinese buffet recently converted an Italian restaurant. I love Italian. We have always found a little Italian café with home cooked food and not should we say “unique atmosphere” every place we’ve been assigned. Mike took Stacia and me out to try this for lunch yesterday. Yes, it still smells like Chinese….and when we sat in our booth we almost slid to the floor….definitely qualifies as “unique”. {bg} We were the only ones in the restaurant. I got the pasta combo and it was “ok” but I think I’ll continue searching for whole wheat manicotti and lasagna noodles – I like my own as well or better. Mike had a great chicken penne, artichoke, and garlic butter dish…..yum. The Chocolate Cheesecake we shared was good too. {wink}.

Mike and I took the younger four to Payless shoes to take advantage of their buy one get one ½ off sale. They love to see us coming…well they cringe when we begin to make our way through the aisles (a bit like the devouring locusts in Exodus must have been) but they smile big when they ring us up. I’ll see about taking the older 3 today. I’m still looking for a pair of sandals with arch and heel support. I don’t think I can stand wearing these supportive tennies all summer.

Back at home – I ended the day with a migraine. Mike watched the little one and I took meds and went to bed.

I did NOT get Part 2 of our vacation journaled.