Two questions (both rhetorical)

Last weekend, while shopping at Half Price Books, I lost an earring. I've called them and they have it, so now I have to get myself back up there this weekend to pick it up. It's the same sort-of-dangling earring I wore on The Rock Boat, it just kind of hooks on, doesn't clip closed or have a back or anything. Here's my question: How is it that I did not lose the same earring in four days on a cruise ship, through rough seas, drinking and all sorts of shenanigans (I love that word) but I lose it while shopping for books on dry land?!

Second question. On Superbowl Sunday I was at my sister-in-law's and she had a big bowl of peanut M & M's out. Now, know this: I don't like nuts, but I do like crunchy peanut butter (just another of my many quirks). But, I wanted some chocolate and that was all there was. So, I thought, Well, I like crunchy peanut butter, how different can peanut M & M's be? Probably sort of like crunchy peanut butter with a coating of chocolate. So, I tried one. And a few more. And I decided that I actually like peanut M & M's. A lot. Now I am craving them. So my question is: How does a person go thirty-some years before discovering that they like peanut M & M's? How crazy is that?

Snow Days

In the past two weeks, we've had four days off from school and three two-hour delays due to weather. The end result of this is that we now have no scheduled days off between now and the end of the school year, which mercifully comes on May 31 this year.

That's fifteen straight weeks without a break of any sort.

Early Spring

Groundhog Day is my favorite holiday. I am firmly a Punxsutawney Phil fan. I stand by him. It's like the Tammy Wynette song, except in this case "my man" is a groundhog.

But I can't help but be discouraged by the past few days weather, including the fact that school was canceled Monday and Tuesday due to extreme cold and a wind-chill advisory. Still, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Things could turn around. I'm counting on it.