UP AND AT' THEM!

 THIS IS REALLY FIORELLA'S BLOG FOR JANUARY 24 THAT SHE WROTE IN THE LATE EVENING, THEN COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE TO THE NEXT MORNING.  (Now you know for sure that Fiorella is a real person.)

Maybe Fiorella likes music and languages because they are vibrant activities....and likes art and linguistics because they are absorbed into silence.....

Every now and then when your girl is preparing for bed, she glances over at the painting on her bedside table and smiles at the two little girls who are holding hands as if forever. They were best friends and Fio never gave a thought to the idea that they might be separated, but then one day, Janny's family moved away and Fiorella was alone.... until she made a new best friend. Yet even now, she still remembers Janny Orcutt, and wonders where she is now.

Good news! Your girl found her lost glasses for the second time around--although it's not as important now because, as you remember, she's trying to score an appointment to get new glasses.

We have a new oven now, but Fio still doesn't have access to it for some reason or other, which puts her in a difficult situation because, assuming the slab of salmon she'd picked up at HEB would carry her along for a week meat-wise, she'd already tossed the remainder of the turkey left in her little fridge. Hello, hamburger drive-in.....

Fiorella had a great time getting reacquainted with friend Maria this afternoon at the community mailbox, then accepted a ride back to her house in Maria's car--where they sat for at least half an hour more exchanging retired teacher stories with each other.

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