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No Comments Thrown for a Loop (but it was my own fault)
This weekend was our stake conference, and I truly loved having my hubby with me for the adult evening session on Saturday as well as the 10 am general session on Sunday. (The kiddos were good, too, so that was nice all around.) What I DIDN’T love was my hubby reminding me Sunday morning that his flight was leaving at 5 or 6 that evening. Say what? Of course, it was for a work trip, and I knew about it in the abstract, but my brain had apparently not rendered it concrete on my calendar. We moved our dinner plan up to lunch so he could enjoy it as well, he did park and ride, bless him, and after getting the kids off to bed, I finished reading Vera Brosgol’s Plain Jane and the Mermaid.
It was weird.
Here’s the thing, though–it was weird in a totally good, let’s-stop-letting-society-judge-us-by-our-looks kind of way. (Also in a ‘includes the character of a mighty water demon who looks like a somewhat demonic, fishy version of Toad from The Wind in the Willows‘ kind of way.) Jane’s infatuation with Peter-the-Pretty-Boy has a creative conclusion, the mermaids are an interesting mix, and the resolution of her (Jane’s) inheritance problems made me giggle. Plain Jane is a creative, unexpected gem of a story, and I’m looking forward to seeing what my girlies think of it.
In the meantime, I have slept badly the past few nights, so apparently the medication for restless leg syndrome I’d run out of works better than I’d realized. Thankfully, I got in to see the doctor and got refills today, so I have hopes for tonight. Wish me luck!