I love Mondays

Maybe I already called another post that. I probably did! But I really do. It's the first day of the work week and it's my only ten-hour day, but I love it. Especially now that I'm showing movies on Monday afternoons for the participants- I make them popcorn and soda or juice (today there are Arnold Palmers! my favorite) and even before I came in the dining room they had turned their chairs towards the TV. I brought in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for them- it's a little early but I hope they'll think it's funny.

I'm getting nervous about the Thanksgiving meal- there are going to be lots and lots of volunteers coming to help, and I want to make sure that there are enough tasks for them to feel useful and organized. It's funny how much work it's going to be just to prepare things so that the volunteers will feel like they're helping. I know it will be a lot of running around and yelling to Caroline and Rachel on our walkie-talkies and probably slipping and almost falling down the stairs a few times, but I'm excited.

I had strep throat the end of last week but it felt like it only lasted for two days, and I was only out of work for one of them. This past weekend was a girls weekend because Paul was out of town, and we had the best time together. Now I'm looking forward to planning for Thanksgiving, even though it will be hectic, and going to New Jersey and New York for the long weekend.

Also! I decided that I'm (almost 100%) positive that I'm not going to grad school next September! And I'm really happy about that decision. But I have months to write more about that.