Good Stuff!

My new computer arrived today. Hooray! Hope to blog from it wirelessly from my house later tonight, if Chip has time to help with the set up. AND, I just got a call from the furniture company, and my new bed is available for me to pick up. Hooray!
I have to say how helpful I found this book, which my friend Lane lent to me. I know it probably seems obvious to everyone else, but the premise really helped me. I was so confused by the misdirection and excuses the last boy gave me, hell, wasn’t even sure if he broke up with me or not, and I certainly didn’t understand why, what happened–all out of an effort to be kind and protect my feelings–which backfired–but now I know–he’s just not that into me. And that’s fine. That I can understand. It’s clear. Of course, I don’t know why every person in the world isn’t madly in love with me, but if they aren’t, that’s fine, their loss. I am actually totally relieved by this news. It finally makes sense, and I can put the worries and confusion to rest. Ahhhh.
Today my friend/coworker Alison and I went yarn shopping and then to lunch at Big Easy. I ordered some dark red Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran for the Tubey pattern. Soooo soft and delicious. Can’t wait to get my hands on it–in a week or so. I also ordered quiche and salad and sweet tea. Life is good.
Tomorrow night I’m going to see Packway Handle and some other fabulous country/alt type bands at the Georgia Theater. I hope I am not too old to stay up to see PH play–they are supposed to start at midnight, which will of course be 1:00. Plan to move into my house this weekend, really start living there. And this Monday is a holiday, and I’m going to volunteer to celebrate King’s legacy, at least for an hour or two. Here are some options in town:

Schedule
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Kick-off
10:00 – 1:00 Volunteer at project sites
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch at the Lyndon House (directions below)
2:00 – 4:00 Afternoon activities for all ages at the Lyndon House – performances, educational activities, speeches, and arts & crafts
Projects
1.) Alternative Education Program – stay at the HT Edwards Building (location of the kick off) and learn about volunteer tutoring opportunities
2.) Brooklyn Cemetery – Clear overgrowth from cemetery paths
(1/2 mile) Next to Clarke Middle School (1235 Baxter Street): Start out going WEST on DEARING EXT toward EVANS ST,. Turn LEFT onto EVANS ST., Turn RIGHT onto W HANCOCK AVE., Turn RIGHT onto BAXTER ST.
3.) Burney Harris Lyons Middle School – Plant trees and flower bulbs and spread mulch
(5 ½ miles) 1600 Tallassee Road: Start out going WEST on DEARING EXT toward EVANS ST, Turn RIGHT onto EVANS ST., Turn LEFT onto BROAD STREET, Turn RIGHT onto HAWTHORNE AVE., Turn LEFT onto OGLETHORPE AVE, OGLETHORPE AVE becomes TALLASSEE RD.
4.) Cedar Shoals High School – Plant trees and flower bulbs, spread mulch, and set up and stain concrete benches
(6 ¾ miles) 1300 Cedar Shoals Drive: Start out going EAST on DEARING EXT toward W HANCOCK AVE., Turn LEFT onto W HANCOCK AVE., Turn RIGHT onto BROAD STREET. Continue on BROAD ST through downtown as it becomes OAK STREET and LEXINGTON HWY (4.8 miles) Turn RIGHT onto GAINES SCHOOL RD, Turn LEFT onto CEDAR SHOALS DR
5.) Clarke Central High School – Plant trees and flower bulbs and spread mulch
(1 mile) 350 South Milledge Avenue: Start out going EAST on DEARING EXT toward W HANCOCK AVE., Turn LEFT onto W HANCOCK AVE, Turn RIGHT onto BROAD STREET, Turn RIGHT onto MILLEDGE AVE, Turn RIGHT onto BAXTER ST and park in the Clarke Central parking lot.
6.) Clarke Middle School – Plant trees and flower bulbs and spread mulch
(1/2 mile) 1235 Baxter Street: Start out going WEST on DEARING EXT toward EVANS ST,. Turn LEFT onto EVANS ST., Turn RIGHT onto W HANCOCK AVE., Turn RIGHT onto BAXTER ST.
7.) Classic City Performance Learning Center – Plant trees and flower bulbs, spread mulch, set up concrete benches and set concrete stepping-stones
(2 ¾ miles) 240 Mitchell Bridge Road: Start out going WEST on DEARING EXT toward EVANS ST., Turn RIGHT onto EVANS ST, Turn LEFT onto BROAD STREET, Turn RIGHT onto HAWTHORNE AVE, Turn LEFT onto OGLETHORPE AVE, OGLETHORPE AVE becomes TALLASSEE RD., Turn LEFT onto MITCHELL BRIDGE RD, Turn RIGHT onto WINCHESTER DR. The school is to the left of the school district building
8.) Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery – Clear overgrowth from cemetery paths
(3 miles) On Fourth Street next to Springfield Baptist Church: Start out going EAST on DEARING EXT toward W HANCOCK AVE, Turn LEFT onto W HANCOCK AVE, Turn RIGHT onto BROAD STREET, Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto E BROAD ST. at the THOMAS ST/BROAD ST intersection, E BROAD ST becomes 1ST ST., Turn RIGHT onto 4TH ST.
9.) Hilsman Middle School – Plant trees and flower bulbs and spread mulch
(6 miles) 870 Gaines School Road: Start out going EAST on DEARING EXT toward W HANCOCK AVE., Turn LEFT onto W HANCOCK AVE, Turn RIGHT onto BROAD STREET. Continue on BROAD ST through downtown as it becomes OAK STREET and LEXINGTON HWY (4.8 miles)
10.) Spalding Cemetery – Clear overgrowth from cemetery paths
(3 miles) Arch Street across from East Friendship Baptist Church Start out going EAST on DEARING EXT toward W HANCOCK AVE. <0.1 miles Map 2: Turn LEFT onto W HANCOCK AVE. 0.1 miles Map 3: Turn RIGHT onto US-78 BR / GA-10. 2.1 miles
Afternoon Activities at the Lyndon House Art Center
Downtown Athens at the North end of Jackson Street (293 Hoyt St.).