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First thing in the morning, I send a text out to everyone:
Hey, everyone! I’ve got good news. Jacee’s coming to town next week!
BTW, should we meet up later? I want to talk about something.
-Susan
Amy responds within seconds. I swear, that girl spends every waking second checking her inbox.
Hey, Sue! Yay, I’m excited to see Jacee after so long! And sure, I’m up for a meeting later. I’ve got to go on some errands, but I’ll be done by 2. See you!
Evan and Donovan still haven’t seen the message, but they’re probably still asleep. Especially Donovan. Left to his own devices, he sleeps so late you can’t accurately say “good morning” to him. In the kitchen, I find a note Mom left. She’s taking Savanna to play with some friends. They’ll be back at one o’clock, so I’ll get to see them before going to meet the gang.
Several minutes later, Evan texts me:
Jacee’s coming out? Cool! I can’t wait! And sure, I’m free all day, so we can meet up.
Later, Susan!
I go to the living room after finishing breakfast, and start browsing channels on the TV. Nothing good is on, so I go and start drawing.
I can’t decide what to draw, so I just doodle, making circles and loops until some shape catches my eye. Finally, I notice one that looks like a leaf. I turn it into a maple leaf, and then a whole tree that it fell from. I sit back, looking at the picture I just made. There’s no way I could have drawn that a year ago, but I’ve been practicing.
I decide on drawing a face next. This time, I know exactly what to draw. Donavan’s birthday is soon, and I want to surprise him with something cool. So, I’m giving him a picture of himself.
He’s tricky to draw, given that he almost always wears a hood. I’ve never been able to draw cloth very well. Eventually, I get it right, but my hand is cramping. I look at the clock, and find out that it’s 12:48, then remember that I’m not even out of my pajamas yet. Shoot.
Three and a half minutes later, I’m ready. Who knew I could get ready to leave the house so fast?
I wait until Mom and Savanna get home, greet them and give them both a hug, and then head out for the dirt lot. Almost an hour later, I get there and find Evan already there. I start to run over, and he waves.
“Hey, Sue!”
“Hi.”
“Well, I guess Don’s not here yet. I know Amy’s on her way, but I don’t know about Casper, though. I think he’s usually busy on Fridays.”
“Yeah. I can wait, though. It’s not like I’ve got much to do anyway.”
I flop down on the scrubby grass next to him. The others arrive in about half an hour. Donovan looks like he just got out of bed, which is entirely possible.
Evan shouts, “Hey, Don. You eat breakfast yet? Oh, wait. I guess that’d be lunch.”
“Give me a break.”, Donovan says with a shove to Evan’s shoulder. He’s pretending to be mad, but he grins at me as he pushes Evan over.
Evan lands on the ground, laughs, and gets back up. “I guess I asked for that one.”
Amy walks over to me and, with a pointed look at Evan, says “thank you for not calling a meeting early in the morning.”
I chuckle, and once we’re all sitting down, I tell them about Harvey Johnson. When I’m done, Evan looks unsurprised, Amy looks concerned, and Donovan looks half-asleep. Amy elbows him, and he jumps.
“Sounds like I was right. Guy’s going around all of our houses looking to recruit us.” Evan says. “I should probably let Casper know.” He pulls out his phone and calls Casper.
“Hey, man.
Yeah, I’m with Amy, Don and Sue.
Oh, fun!
I just felt like I should let you know, Sue just told us that that guy I told you about yesterday came by her house last night.
OK, cool. Talk to you later.”
He hangs up and tells us what Casper said. “Well, Casper has no plans to accept this guy’s offer. He’s on guard now, so that’s good.”
He thinks for a second, and then tells us, “Oh! I forgot. Casper told us he’s going to his grandma’s next week, so he won’t be here for most of Jacee’s visit. He’ll be back by Saturday, though, so there’ll be a little overlap.”
“OK. Well, I don’t think there’s anything else. I should get home. I’ve got a project I’m working on.”, I tell everyone.
“See you, Sue!”, Evan says, and everyone waves. I jog off toward home. Once I get there, I settle down and start working on Donovan’s portrait again.
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Sunday.... the day my weekly horoscope appears in my inbox. Oh, PLEASE!!!!
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
You are a social sign. You're a born schmoozer. You will love meeting unusual people and being stimulated by unexpected connections with others. You might get an invitation to join a group. You might be introduced to someone who is "different." Possibly, someone you already know will say or do something that amazes you. The bottom line is that your social interactions with others will be sudden, surprising and liberating, for some reason. You might even feel younger. Hold that thought because by Friday, financial restrictions might limit your involvement with a group or your interactions with someone.
Ok... the someone "different" will come from work... and they will want to "negotiate" a price... or something equally as fun. And....look!! I'll be asked to join a group (which I very rarely EVER do!!) and then I won't be able to afford to do anything with the group that I join. Oh, YEY! That sounds about right!
Let's just fast forward to next week... or next year... or another life time....
At least I can look forward to someone "AMAZING ME"!! (oh wait, that was just a "possibly".
(Sorry.... picture quality kind of bad here... didn't realize it until I posted it... but I needed a beachy picture to start my day!) Happy Sunday.... I hope someone AMAZES YOU! (in a good way) ♥
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