Confused

You know how I complain about not knowing what day it is? Well, all week I've been thinking that I have a book event in Sturgeon Bay on Saturday September 20 and that it's this coming Saturday. It isn't. Today is September 11 and there's no way nine days can be crammed in before Saturday. I even packed my backpack of books, bookmarks, and keyrings. I love this rolling backpack. It holds a lot of books and has pockets for the keyrings and bookmarks, and even my water bottle fits on the side. At least now I'm ready for next week's book event.

 

Figuring I'd be sharing a table, I set up the book display rack and slotted in the books, putting in Christmas at Seaview, and rearranging them until I liked the way it looked. Then I talked to the bookstore owner this afternoon and kept talking about this Saturday and he corrected me that this Saturday isn't the 20th, that there's a week in between now and then. *head, slap* Well, that was embarrassing. 

 

I spent a little time, maybe an hour, making a couple more Amazon ads for Better Than Mom's using keywords I found yesterday. I did that instead of working on writing more short stories. I'm not too inspired right now so I'm working on the marketing part of being an author instead of the authoring part.

 

The sedum are blooming and the bees know it. I glanced out the window and the raspberry colored sedum has bloomed this week so I went out with the camera and snapped a picture of the flower with a nice chubby bee on it.

 

Then I moved down the retaining wall to find the copper colored sedum blooming with its own bee. There were two bees when I showed up but one flew away when I was getting focused so there's only one.

 

Speaking of taking pictures, today's drawing prompt was Technology so I drew my digital camera. I think I did an okay job, not great, but it's recognizable as a camera. I'm happy with that.

 

Last night at watercolor class we used painter's tape to mask off birch tree trunks in one of our squares. I painted mine in blue and yellow, which kind of turned green. So I decided this afternoon to paint birch trees using real colors like brown and rust. I'm semi-pleased with the way it turned out.

 

And I drew a gratitude journal page. I got to do the after school run again today and had to deliver OJ to a sports bar near Lambeau Field where his Cub Scout den parked cars before tonight's game. DS was there too as was the other den leader so it wasn't just a bunch of 9-year-olds parking cars willy-nilly in a field.

 

There was a flyover before tonight's game but I missed it. I heard it but thought it was too dark so didn't go out to see if I could see the plane. It was plenty loud. I didn't miss that part.

I watched The Birdcage tonight. I was looking for something I didn't have to think too much about. It's such a good movie but it makes me sad to remember that Robin Williams took his own life. 

--Barbara