Oh dear.. this plant is getting eaten up by the beetles. I get torn between wanting to save the plant and thinking "well, gosh, beetles need to eat too."

Stories:

1. I went to splash class, only to discover that there was a sub teaching it, and she normally teaches zumba. So she tried to make us "dance" in the water. The thing is, I don't WANT to dance. I want to exercise. So about 10 minutes into the class, half of us left. I was the only one brave enough to complain to the club manager about it.

2. I went to Whole Foods, which is my new favorite store for this week, anyway. Actually, I think this store will be added to the permanent rotation. The prices aren't that much higher - not for us, anyway, because we're only feeding two people. My find of the day: chocolate fudge mint cookies that taste exactly like Girl Scout Thin Mints. Oh yes, yes please.

3. I thought about baking rolls, but right now we have a ton o' bread products in the house, and I don't want to bake just for baking's sake.. that gets wasteful. So I got motivated and got all the laundry done (save for the load of whites that's still sitting in the dryer). Then I made beef barley soup.

4. The trip to Hinckley-because-it-is-there trip isn't going to happen. Racing happened instead.

5. I woke up with a stye in my eye. EW. It brings me back to the days of teaching pre-school, when every other week it was pink eye, or bronchitis, or pink eye, or bronchitis. Those little darlings were cute, but they were germ machines.

6. There is some knitting to be done today, and I'm the one who must do it!