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Tuesday
13 November 2001
 

 
01.) I drove to work today. I went in reverse for the first time, which means I've now done all the gears. Woo hoo! I didn't stall the car at all, but it made me very nervous.

02.) I had a great time reading to the little kids at work today. I love the way they stare with their jaws slack when they are really engrossed. We went through three books. One was about the reflections you can see in puddles and afterward we went out in the courtyard and peered into puddles for a while.

03.) I spoke to Rose again. She said, "Sight unseen, I love you." I said "I love you" back and we both got off the phone filled with joy.

04.) I didn't get a chance to speak with my sick pseudo-grandmother, but I had the kids at work help me make a huge Feel Better card for her. It has a fabric tree, drawings of dolphins and children, and hearts in every color of the rainbow.

05.) I stopped at the bank and supermarket on the way home. This meant that I got home late. When I arrived, I met Matthew headed out the door to look for me. He had been very worried when he got home and I wasn't there. He must have said, "I'm so glad you're home!" seventy times, and every single one made me feel loved.

06.) Matthew and I sat on the couch and went through the top 100 foreign language films from the Landmark Theatres poll. I had seen 34 and he had seen 18. We giggled a lot and I got very animated when I began explaining a plot to him or when i tried to puzzle out if I had seen a movie of not.

07.) I love getting mail, but when I saw that the package was from an unfamiliar name in Chicago, I was really stumped. I've just moved and almost no one has my new address. I discovered an interesting book on film inside. There was no note, and I was still puzzled. Then it occurred to me to check the first page. I discovered that my autographed copy of Michael Gebert's The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards from Devon (of JiffySquid fame), which was such a wonderfully thoughtful gift because I am always on the hunt for more good movies to rent.
 

 
08.) Shortly thereafter, Devon came over to introduce Matthew and I to Buffalo 66 (1998). I threw some pasta in the leftover soup as I reheated it and we stuffed ourselves during the film.

09.) Matthew and I are both tired because he had to wake up at six today to go back to the dentist to have them fix something, so we are going to crash into bed now.