periodically

beckie has strep throat so she stayed at her parents place for the day. hopefully she'll make it down tomorrow. we'd planned to go snowboarding today, but besides the fact that she's sick, all the snow has melted. that was disappointing. i've never been snowboarding before, and it was going to be my thing-i've-never-done-before for december. now i haven't accomplished anything for this month, which is extra disappointing since that means my year of doing things i've never done before will go out with a fizzle instead of a bang.

it was so blustery this afternoon that i decided to fly my kite. at first it seemed like a good idea, but it turns out it wasn't. it was TOO blustery and i think it busted my beloved pirate ship kite. i'm procrastinating inspecting it because i don't want to know for sure if it's no longer sky worthy. after this i concluded that i have rotten kite-flying luck. it's always either too windy, or not windy enough. only once (maybe twice) out of a half-dozen attempts have i been able to launch my kite and keep it flying.

sneak into my empty bed
and educate me.