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Rainbow on the way into town today.

Sixx was delivered to UNC Greensboro yesterday. Man, is it unnervingly quiet here! She’s got a lovely room/suite she’s sharing with 3 friends and her constant chaos/mess makes it look like she been there for a few weeks already! Lol.

Meanwhile, back on the homefront, I’m cleaning up her room. Again.

Last favorite dinner made, eaten, and cleaned up.

Truck is packed out.

Well, tonight it was Hot Fudge Sundaes! I used to do this when the kids were little and their Dad would be out of town. It always cheered them up. And it was fun. Then when he’d announce a job out of town or a work trip they’d all reply “Sundaes!!!”

But tonight I’m the sad one (a lil bit) cuz Sixx goes back to school Wednesday. Already! I know. So last week I asked her what dinners she wanted before she heads back and I’ve been making all her favorites …

Three Bean Chili

Nachos (w/leftover chili)

Chicken Parmesan

“Bacon” Chowder (actually a green bean chowder I make with bacon so she’s always called it bacon chowder since she was little 🥹)

Ham steaks with potato salad

Buffalo wings

Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo

And tomorrow will be Chinese style Spareribs.

So I was joking with James that when society finally collapses we’ll be ok. We can survive on our 2 dozen cherry tomatoes, 3 jalapeños, and a cucumber! And he ran out and then came back in setting down these giant zukes and summer squash with a big ol’ “so there, smartass!”

Don’t really know what to expect from the garden this year. Most of the summer has been spent in drought and now we’ve been drowning (and steaming - it’s hot af) for 2 weeks straight. We lost the cucumber plants, no matter how we tried to water everyday.

Anyways, the smaller zuchini has been turned into fritters. The larger will likely become a big ol lasagna, and I’m thinking summer squash Milanese.

We went to breakfast this morning before grocery shopping and I swear this young man in the diner a table or two behind us, just stepped out of the 1950s and into the diner. I kept the photo blurry on purpose cuz I did not have permission but you can get the gist.

He was so legit, right down to his pegged pants and shoes, that I actually looked around to see if someone was filming for an ad or a movie. The whole town is like stepping back in time, so that’s not unusual.

Saturday lunch date, of course. I got no pictures of the food cuz we had Sixx with us and we were having too much fun joking and laughing to stop and take photos.

She goes back to school on the 12th so we’ve been running around all week trying to pick up everything she needs. AND we had to finish everything with regards to a small student loan to pay the balance left for the year. Her sisters and brother each pitched in to pool some book/spending money.

We got home Monday night from the quick trip to CT. God I miss New England (no not when it snows!), it was so nice to get out of the heat and humidity for a cpl days.

So Tuesday I took her to the $1 aisles at Dollar General and got all her health and beauty aids for $19! Then took her to Roses Wednesday (which is a lot like Kmart, maybe dirtier!) and picked up some dorm essentials on the cheap - I think another $25. And today we went into the big city and grabbed her some art supplies at Ollie’s (Good Stuff Cheap!) I think the most expensive purchase today were 2 pillow shams at Wally World for $25. Ouch. They had nothing at Ollie’s. But that’s the thing with that store, you never know what they’ll actually have week to week.

So aside from some kitchen sponges and some face soap I buy from my friend on the beach, She’s all set to go back.

Loan completed and approved✔️

Move in day timeslot scheduled✔️

All purchases purchased✔️

Umm, what the hell is going on here? This is the parking lot of the hotel outside Harrisburg. Four more have joined since I took this photo. Google earth cars? Mosquito sprayers?

Reminds me of