nine to nine

today was gray. today was friday. and today, i cleaned my room.

yesterday, i took down the suitcases from my closet, to switch out my winter clothes for my stored summer ones, and i made a big mess. i've always liked the process of taking out my summer clothes; it's like finding treasure. things that i had forgotten i had -- to be discovered all over again. color. the only downer being that almost all of my summer clothes do not fit me. they are, sadly, too small.

today i: did the laundry, washed the towels, washed the dishes, swept the floor, and cleaned my room. then francis was home from school and we had teatime, with the usual: tea, crackers, cheese, salami, and fruit. it was blustery outside with a storm on the way. we went to the library, to get our friday night movie, and then to safeway, to get the dinner that i wanted: frozen pizza, rootbeer, and icecream. then we came home, cooked our pizza, and watched "nanny mcphee". it was either that or "godzilla raids again" and greg picked nanny mcphee because it 1.) was NOT godzilla, again, and 2.) had emma thompson and colin firth in it. i was partly afraid it would be one of those annoying kid films, but was partly curious because it had emma thompson, and i couldn't picture her doing an annoying kid film. she was lovely and magical. (i didn't remember until the end that she wrote the screenplay.) and of course i teared up at the end, because i cry at most movies. always have. i'm a sucker for a good story and a happy ending; it's like...honey on toast...