It really was a long day

Boy! Yesterday was long, long, long. It started off on the wrong foot, when Zoe couldn't articulate why she didn't want to wear pants. We had five minutes of whining, arguing, and crying that she didn't want to wear pants or her Elmo shirt. Finally, we figured out that she wanted to wear her dog dress. My goodness.

Then yesterday's blog didn't want to upload right, and that made me cranky. Then Zoe didn't want to eat her oatmeal. I left her to it, and when I came back after five minutes she had eaten half a bite (the other half was smeared on the table). I couldn't get into the truck with her and drive to Medford if she hadn't eaten anything! I almost lost it at that time, but then thought, "Hey, maybe she wants some toast". She did! So, toast it was.

We loaded up and the ride over was fairly pleasant. Zoe mostly read her books. We met my mom at her work and she introduced us around. Zoe got a sucker (a cherry tootsie pop) and we shook many hands. Everyone thought that she was cute with her quail tail.

We had lunch at Rooster's, which, as Zoe will tell you, is decorated with many roosters. The food was pretty good, especially the cinnamon roll. When we go there next, we will be sure to have cinnamon rolls, again.

After lunch Zoe and I drove to Ashland to pick up the vegetables. Vince was a little late in getting back, but not too late. We loaded up (I was careful about my shoulder, which is doing quite well, by-the-way), then headed back over the hill. The drive home went quickly, and Zoe, even though she reassured me many times that she was "not tired" fell asleep not long after we got to the summit on Dead Indian Rd. ("Not tired. Not tired," she said. "Can you think happy thoughts?" I said. "Not tired, not tired," she assured me. "What about sand?" "...At the beach...zzzzzzzzz.")

That would have made a full day, but it was not over by a long shot. Zoe slept while I unloaded vegetables, and then loaded up the computer and printer. We had about five minutes at home and then we drove to Mazama for the big Mud Run. We arrived just as the first race started. We set up the computer, then watched the finish of the first race. Then we went to work. Zoe helped me score the first two races (she also watched the runners out the door) then her Mima picked her up and took her home.


The rest of the meet went pretty well, though one school, who shall remain nameless, couldn't seem to get their scoring envelopes to me, so that delayed the whole process. And even though outside showers were provided there was still much mud in the hallways and the locker rooms. I don't know what the solution might be to mud everywhere except to close off the locker rooms altogether.

Finally I made it back to the Hill House for dinner of hamburgers, pickled beets, and potato chips. Travis is leaving for SOU on Thursday, and since he has to work his final day at Walmart today, we had dinner with him. Good luck Travis!

We made it home and put Zoe to bed, then watched a bit of the Lord of the Rings before falling asleep ourselves.