Watch Your Tail

I went to bed early last night--my back was giving me problems. I was up at 12:30 to chat with Snowflake and my bottle of Tylenol. Sometime later I found Snowy curled up beside me, but I did not stay awake long--that is until my son come up at 6:30 to tell me that we had visitors. Two Amish children had come to ask for a ride to another farm. Their parents are not home and their milk cooler was not working. I ended up taking Ben, the little boys' neighbor, to another farm to get a ride rather than doing the trip myself.

When our Amish neighbors come, they usually walk. They come across our pasture rather than taking the road. They are usually barefoot, but now that the weather is getting cool, they are wearing boots again. Our cats have never adjusted to their coming; they are so quiet that the cats frequently do not notice them until they are walking up the deck. This and their straw hats and black bonnets (my cats are afraid of hats--I don't know why!) cause all the kitties on the deck to go into a panick. They jump, scatter, and dart as if their lives were in danger. Silly kitties.

Well, it is Monday and time to start school. We start with reading a chapter in the Bible and praying through the World Mission Prayer League prayer letter. Then I work with my daughter with Spanish and any other work she needs to do. I then move to working with my youngest. Lunch, farm chores, and working with my 3rd child keep me busy until 4 or 5 o'clock. In the evening I struggle to keep enough momentum to get the house cleaning done. I usually curl up with a book sometime after 8:00. I just finished reading the Theban Trilogy: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Last night I started reading The Great Gatsby, which I've never read before. I enjoyed reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight earlier this year, and I also really enjoyed Song of Roland. If you read these, though, I highly recommend a good electronic dictionary! My Franklin 11th Edition Speaking Dictionary has a lot more of the Old English words in these books than my Sharp.

O.K. I've rambled on long enough! Off to do school! Have a wonderful day!

Jean